By BERNIE BELLAN (Originally Posted April 21; updated Apr. 22; updated Apr. 24, updated Apr. 25; updated Apr. 25 evening; updated Apr. 26) Posted Apr. 26: I've now realized that everything I've been saying about the Berents not having staged the attack on their own restaurant is undoubtedly wrong. It's not easy to admit that I was so wrong, but I will, and here's why:
Students Supporting Israel at the University of Manitoba
By MYRON LOVE Emily Kalo first encountered antisemitism on a trip to Halifax. “I didn’t know what to do or say,” recalls the Gray Academy graduate who is currently a science student at the University of Manitoba. Since that incident, Kalo has made it a point to learn how to counter anti-Israel and antisemitism on campus to the point where she has become the founding president of Winnipeg’s first Students Supporting Israel (SSI) chapter.
The date was September 3, 2002. Morley and Bev Jacobs were doing some painting in their new house in River Heights. “I looked at Morley and I didn’t think he looked well,” recalls Bev, a former triage nurse. “We phoned an ambulance and he was taken to Victoria Hospital.”
(l-r): Harvey Rosen, Rady JCC President Linday Sawyer-Fay, and Ernie Nairn
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”.
Ernie Nairn
By BERNIE BELLAN 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.
Organizers of the Israeli election town hall, Thursday, March 7, at the Shaarey Zedek (l-r): Tamar Barr, Interim Executive Director, Rady JCC; Dr. Rena Secter Elbaze, Engagement and Education Director, Congregation Shaarey Zedek; Elaine Goldstine, CEO, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg; Ian Staniloff, Executive Director, Congregation Shaarey Zedek; Yolanda Papini-Pollock, Co-founder, Winnipeg Friends of Israel; Tami Jacoby (Event Facilitator), Political Studies Professor, University of Manitoba; Gustavo Zentner, Finance Chair, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg
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.
Jamie Michaels/cover of "Christie Pits"
By BERNIE BELLAN
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 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.
Michael Akbashev at the Canada Winter Games and as Shalom Square Youth Ambassador last summer
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.)
