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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...
Celia Rabinovitchcover of “Duchamp’s Pipe” By SIMONE COHEN SCOTTI first began to write this piece as a review of Celia Rabinovitch’s recently launched book “Duchamp’s Pipe,...
Eternal lights (top l-r): Chesed Shel Emes, Shaarey Zedek, Rosh Pina 1893 Bottom (l-r): Chavurat Tefilah,Temple Shalom, Simkin Centre By SUSAN TURNERIn November, we left Daylight...
Sandy Shefrin Rabin/book cover By BERNIE BELLANOne of the great joys of being in the position of editor of a Jewish newspaper is being on the...