TEL AVIV — Young people with substance-abuse dependencies often face a stark challenge when trying to overcome their problem: Any kind of lapse is seen as...
(JTA) — The prize dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” will be going to Barbra Streisand later this year, in a return to its tradition of honoring Jewish...
(JTA) — The Guardian deleted and apologized for a cartoon of outgoing BBC Chairman Richard Sharp widely criticized for channeling multiple antisemitic tropes. The Board of...
PITTSBURGH (JTA) — How many times should an alleged synagogue shooter’s name be mentioned in a news story about his trial, now beginning after more than...
(JTA) — Rabbi Michael Wolk was nervous when he stepped foot onto his synagogue’s bimah in May 2021 — but not because his congregation was returning...
(JTA) — Israel’s 75th anniversary was supposed to be a blowout birthday party for its supporters, but that was before the country was convulsed by street...
(JTA) — A Polish political feud over Holocaust history has widened into an international condemnation of the government’s attempts to silence a leading scholar on Polish-Jewish...
Rabbi Matthew Leibl will be offering high holiday services at The Gates on Roblin this coming September. The following information is taken from the servicesontheriver.com website:Join...
April 29, 2023 In a post on the Simkin Centre website it was noted that the Covid outbreak at the Centre, which first began April 2,...
Ed. introduction: In 1989 my late brother Matt wrote a story about a gathering of 10 “Machalniks” in Winnipeg. Machal, as the story explains, was short...
By JESSE POPESKIi, Chai Co-Artistic Director I grew up on the prairies, so the first time that I saw mountains I was in awe. I remember the...
A recent New York Times article by Alix Strauss: “Setting Couples on the Path to a Richer Sex Life,” in which she interviewed Cyndi Darnell, a...
By GERRY POSNER When you are instilled with Judaism, it can take many different forms in life. With Ryla Braemer, her Judaism came through her schools...
Regardless what you may think of Justin Trudeau’s politics, his ethics – or lack thereof, or simply his competence as a prime minister, there is no...
By MYRON LOVE The Winnipeg Music Festival annually held in March and, once again, this year, recognized a number of younger members of our community for...
By MYRON LOVE After 43 years in practice, the past ten as head of the Independent Investigative Unit (IIU) of Manitoba, Zane Tessler is looking forward...