By SHIRA HANAU Jan. 19, 2021 (JTA) — When the Yiddish newspaper Der Blatt set out to explain how a massive wedding for the grandson of...
Judah Leblang/book cover Ed. note: I first met Judah Leblang when he appeared at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival in 2018. As it was my custom over...
Tamar Rubin By BERNIE BELLANBecoming a doctor requires a tremendous amount of dedication, intelligence, and empathy – and those are just some of the attributes that...
By ADAM SCHWARTZ I have some very exciting news for this upcoming year. Starting in January I am joining the World’s Most Awkward Boy Band. No...
Devon Levi By BERNIE BELLANIf Harvey Rosen were still writing for us, I’m sure here is how he would have introduced the following story:“Readers of this...
Danny Finkleman By GERRY POSNERAnd then there is Danny Finkleman. For many of us that grew up in the 50s and 60s – when we think...
Bryan Borzykowski/Yoni Goldstein The Canadian Jewish Record is a website that was created following the closure of the Canadian Jewish News in April. (The CJN had...
Rabbi Matthew at the keyboard Asper Campus, Dec. 10, 2019 This article first appeared in the Dec. 23, 2019 issue of The Jewish Post & News....
Dr. Benji Goldstein’s ice Chanukiah By BERNIE BELLAN Sioux Lookout is a small community in northwestern Ontario with a population around 5,000. There aren’t many Jews...
Before he died, Alex Trebek had taped a series of “Jeopardy” shows. On Nov. 30 that day’s episodefeatured a number of Yiddish expressions By LIOR ZALTZMANThis...
Frank Rosenthal/Robert De Niro The character of Sam Rothstein in the movie “Casino”was based on Rosenthal By STEPHEN SILVER(JTA) — “Casino,” Martin Scorsese’s examination of the...
Gail Singer By GERRY POSNERI have often written in this paper about the huge contribution that Winnipeg Jews have made to the arts. To tackle this...