At a ceremony held Tuesday, March 26, at the Rady JCC, two veterans of the Winnipeg sports media scene were honoured for their contributions to the Jewish sports scene in Winnipeg.
By MYRON LOVE (with update by BERNIE BELLAN)
The Seven Oaks School Division has decided to cancel a booking of the Garden City Performance Arts Centre, which was scheduled to take place April 26. The booking had been made by the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, which was planning on hosting a panel discussion titled “Sorry, NOT Sorry! Unapologetically Working for Social Justice”.
Anyone who followed Harvey Rosen’s writing over the years would have come to know that Harvey relied upon a great many sources when he wrote his column, but no one had ever been a greater source of information than Ernie Nairn.
In November 2017 we published a story about young Winnipeg writer Jamie Michaels and his second foray into the world of graphic novels. In 2016 Jamie had found some success with his very funny - and often ribald graphic novel about a canoe trip he and two other Winnipeg buddies had taken down the Mississippi River. The title of that book was “Canoe Boys”.
By MYRON LOVE
One of the speakers at this year's Limmud, held the weekend of March 2-3 was Steven Schipper.
By BERNIE BELLAN
It was an experiment in participatory democracy – a town hall meeting at which audience members were encouraged to offer their opinions, either in English or Hebrew, about the upcoming Israeli election.
By BERNIE BELLAN
“Living in Sderot is 95% heaven and 5% hell.”
That is how Mayor Alon Davidi of Sderot characterized living in the Israeli city of Sderot to a small group of invited guests at a luncheon held in the board room of Taylor McCaffrey law offices on Thursday, February 28.
Posted Feb. 26 - updated Feb. 27
By BERNIE BELLAN
Now in its ninth year in Winnipeg, Limmud – a weekend program of learning organized by a group of volunteers, has found itself enmeshed in controversy over the appearance of a speaker who is associated with a group stridently critical of Israel’s “occupation”.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Sixteen-year-old Michael Akbashev is rapidly becoming known for his prowess on judo mats. Two weeks ago he earned a bronze medal in the under-81 kg. class at the Canada Winter Games, held in Red Deer, Alberta. (The Canada Winter Games are open to athletes 21 years of age and under.)
By MYRON LOVE
For Jared Henoch, being appointed the new executive director of Bnai Brith Camp is the ultimate dream job. In his younger years –as camper, counselor and program head, he missed only two summers at the camp when he was out of the province.
