On Wednesday, May 8, former Winnipeggers Hersh Shefrin and Marcia Nozick were back in their home town to accept Distinguished Alumni Awards from their alma mater, the University of Manitoba, in recognition of their efforts to help improve the lives of people in their adopted communities and beyond.
In what will be the fourth recent appointment of a Winnipeg-born rabbi to a pulpit in Winnipeg, Temple Shalom, Winnipeg’s liberal reform congregation, has announced that, as of July 1st, Allan Finkel will assume the role of rabbi of that congregation.
By MYRON LOVE For Steven Schipper and Harvey Secter, the well-deserved honours keep on coming. The community leader and retiring Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre artistic director are two of six new inductees in the Order of Manitoba.
This year's Yom Ha'atsmaut celebrations at the Asper Campus drew a record crowd on May 9. Over 3,000 attendees over the course of the late afternoon and evening filled the Rady JCC gym to play games, enjoy Israeli food, and watch entertainment provided by a series of singers and dancers. Click "read more" for a montage of the day's events.
(l-r): Richard Yaffe (JFM Vice-chair), Chloe McComb (Chair,. Women’s Endowment Fund Grants Committe), Jeanne Beker, Dr. Eric Winograd (JFM Chair)
By MYRON LOVE 2018 was another year of growth for the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba. Last year, current President Eric Winograd reported, as the second largest such foundation in the province (after the Winnipeg Foundation) the Foundation’s capital base grew to $125 million and it was able to distribute a record $4.5 million from interest on its capital fund to programs and services that benefit both the Jewish community and the larger community as a whole.
By BERNIE BELLAN The second annual Adas Yeshurun-Herzlia distinguished lecture, featuring Rabbi Joseph Telushkin Thursday, May 9, attracted another very large crowd – duplicating last year’s inaugural lecture, which featured novelist Dara Horn. Over 336 tickets were sold for this year’s lecture. Apparently many of those who attended bought their tickets only in the last week leading up to the event, as ticket sales had been a bit slow until that point. But word must have spread how good a speaker Rabbi Telushkin was, and no one who would have bought a ticket with that in mind would have been disappointed.
There were from 20-30 protesters who were on the opposite side of McGregor Street from the Ukrainian Labour Temple, where Sarsour was a panelist
By BERNIE BELLAN Frankly, I didn’t really want to attend the much talked-about event planned for Friday, April 26, at which Linda Sarsour was scheduled to be a panelist. But, with all the attention that had been focused on this alleged “antisemite” (and oh my, how that word gets tossed around so liberally these days), I felt it my duty to see whether Sarsour was going to say anything that would give credence to the accusation that she really hates Jews. (Well, maybe not Jews per se, but according to the definition that’s become popular within certain circles, if you’re anti-Israel, ipso facto, you’re an antisemite.)
By BERNIE BELLAN Pulitzer prize-winning NY Times columnist Bret Stephens was the 14th speaker in what has become an annual tradition in Winnipeg: the 14th Sol and Florence Kanee Distinguished Lecture Series, held once again at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue –this year on Monday, May 13.
(Note: If you've already read our previous article about the BerMax incident, the following article won't contain any new information, but it should be more coherent than what we had previously - which was written more as a blog than an article.) What began as the worst hate crime in Winnipeg history - within five days was transformed into one of the greatest hoaxes in recent memory. It began with a police bulletin issued Friday morning, April 20 :
One of the featured films will be a documentary about the famed annual Wolodarsky cribbage tournament
The upcoming Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival from May 21- June 7 offers something for everyone: Award-winning Films, Special Guests, Talk Backs, Parties, and more.
The late Jerry Maslowsky
By HOLLY HARRIS When Jerry Maslowsky (z”l), a highly-respected local business executive, supremely gifted entertainer, devoted family man, as well as all-around mensch, died unexpectedly from an aggressive form of cancer in September 2016, he left gaping shoes to fill as well as an inestimable legacy of giving back to the community he so loved and had dedicated his life to serving.
the Rady JCC gym to play games, enjoy Israeli food, and watch entertainment provided by a series of singers and dancers. Click "read more" for a montage of the day's events.
By BERNIE BELLAN
By BERNIE BELLAN
