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Retiring Manitoba Theatre Centre artistic director, community leader among new slate of Order of Manitoba inductees

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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.

Yom Ha'atsmaut celebrations at the Asper Campus draw record crowd

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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.

TV personality and fashion maven Jeanne Beker headlines annual JFM Women’s Endowment Fund Luncheon

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(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.

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin - one of America's top rabbis - draws huge crowd to Adas Yeshurun-Herzlia

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(l-r): Moe Levy, Executive Director, Asper Foundation; Laurel Malkin, President, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg; Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, guest speaker; Abe Anhang, co-chair, Adas Yeshurun-Herzlia distinguished lecture

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.

Bret Stephens on the rise of populism, nationalism, and hate

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Bret Stephens2 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.