By DARREN ELKIN
There were a number of questions left after the 2017 season which one wondered if they would be answered in 2018? One being, would the Hammers take the next step forward and improve on a solid 2017? Could the Diamonds add some youth and improve on a rather dismal 3-17 record from 2017?
By BERNIE BELLAN
Opened less than four years ago (in December 2014), BerMax Caffé & Bistro, located at 1800 Corydon Avenue, has surprised many of its Jewish customers by making the decision to go non-kosher (meaning it is no longer under any kind of kosher supervision) as of September 10.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Jim Carr, the Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, and now Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, returned recently from a six-day trip to Israel and the West Bank (from Sept. 2-6), in which he met with various Israeli and Palestinian officials and businesspeople – also Canadians currently working in Israel.
Manitoba Opera announced that the Gala Reception honouring Winnipeg philanthropist Gail Asper, held September 13, resulted in being the company’s most successful fundraising event in its 46-year history. The event, held at the Manitoba Club, raised more than $230,000 for Manitoba Opera’s productions and education programs.
By BERNIE BELLAN Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, & Jagmeet Singh have now all condemned a tweet made by one of Canada's most virulent critics of Israel: Dimitri Lascaris.
By BERNIE BELLAN Following upon the release of information about “designated funds” by the Jewish Foundation in our last (Aug. 29) issue, we are now able to provide readers with information about “designated” allocations by the Jewish Federation.
By BERNIE BELLAN It’s somewhat of a tradition for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, our primary news source for world news, to conduct an assessment of the year just past at Rosh Hashanah.
Six teen girls from Winnipeg representing the Rady JCC participated in the JCC Maccabi Games held in Orange County, California from August 5-10
By BERNIE BELLAN Congregation Shaarey Zedek played host to an evening of art, music and introspection Saturday, August 25.
By MYRON LOVE
Samantha Kasloff is living the scientist’s dream. The still relatively young Winnipegger is on staff at one of the world’s top research facilities – and the cherry on the top is that the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health (AKA “the Virology Lab”) is right here in Winnipeg, her hometown.
