By BERNIE BELLAN
The story about porr Omar Khadr really dominated the news in Canada for a couple of weeks; however, don't expect me to shed any tears for poor little Omar.
The following letter was printed in the May 24 issue of The JP&N. It came as a response to the suggestion that the Jewish Federation appoint an ombusperson to deal with complaints about agencies that come under the aegis of the Federation (http://jewishpostandnews.ca/opinion/2304-is-it-time-that-the-community-appointed-an-ombudsperson):
By BERNIE BELLAN
One of the functions of a newspaper is to serve as a sounding board for individuals who have a gripe they want to get off their chests.
By BERNIE BELLAN
When it comes to writing about spiritual matters, I like to leave that field open to others. I especially enjoy reading Joanne Seiff’s columns, as not only does she write beautifully, Joanne always tries to find something different to say about subjects that might have been covered innumerable times before by other writers in this paper.
By BERNIE BELLAN The firing of St. Boniface Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hussam Azzam, only two months after he was hired led me to an extremely disturbing and surprising discovery about that doctor’s history of posting invective laden posts against Israel on social media.
