By BERNIE BELLAN
The Allocations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg has released its report for the 2019/20 fiscal year.
Among the highlights is a total increase of $35,000 in funding for the 12 beneficiary agencies of the Federation.
Laurel Malkin, president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry McArton as 2019-20 Combined Jewish Appeal Campaign Chair and Chair of Financial Development.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
Leah Schwartz (17) has always loved delving deeply into scientific research. Both of her parents share a passion for science as well.
Schwartz studied at the University of Winnipeg (U of W) Collegiate and did some research at the Cardiac Fibrosis lab in St. Boniface Hospital.
By MYRON LOVE
Lauren Isaacs doesn’t pull any punches. As far as the recently-appointed Toronto Director of Herut Canada is concerned, all of the ostensibly Jewish groups – with names such as Independent Jewish Voices, Jewish Voices for Peace, J Street, the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and If Not Now – who claim to be fighting for a better Israel and for the Palestinians are peddling lies.
By MYRON LOVE
Before the year is out, Professor Amir Amedi is hopeful that new devices that he and his colleagues have invented will allow the blind to better navigate their surroundings and greatly enhance their lives.
By BERNIE BELLAN
It was way back in our Dec. 26, 2018 issue that we first reported on a lawsuit which had been filed by the Board of Jewish Education against two parents of children who had attended Gray Academy in the 2017-18 school year. The statement of claim alleged that the defendants, Ido and Rochelle Raam, had failed to pay the amount of tuition that had been agreed upon earlier.
On July 17 the Board of the Rady JCC issued the following announcement:
The Rady Jewish Community Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Berkowits as its incoming Executive Director. He will assume responsibilities on August 12, 2019 and will succeed Gayle Waxman.
By SCOTT TAYLOR
(Posted July 10) Dudi Sela seems lonely. On the one hand, he’s in Winnipeg to get paid to play the game he loves. On the other hand, his wife, Marina, and two young kids are back in Israel and on this rainy Tuesday without a match, he finds himself missing their smiles.
By BERNIE BELLAN
For years now the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, in which 85 persons lost their lives, has been marked by commemorative ceremonies at the Berney Theatre each July.
By MYRON LOVE
On Thursday, June 6, Ken Zaifman was presented with the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan’s highest civilian honour. Previous honorees have included fellow Winnipegger, the late Albert Cohen (in 2009), movie star Clint Eastwood (2011), General Douglas McArthur, John McCain, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.
