Yonatan Orlov By BERNIE BELLAN Yonatan Orlov is a past nominee for Jewish Athlete of the Year (2018). We’ve been writing about Yonatan since 2014, which...
Dr. Michael Eskin By MYRON LOVE “My mother-in-law, the late Rose Kessler, always used to say that you should never retire and she was right,” comments...
Dr. Brent Schacter By BERNIE BELLAN ISBER stands for the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories.What does that mean, you might ask?According to its website,...
B’nai Brith Canada released its annual Audit of Antisemitic incidents in Canada on April 25.Here are some excerpts from the report: “B’nai Brith Canada’s 2020 Audit...
Chai returns to the stageon Thursday, Jun 16 Music and song have the potential to uplift us from darker moments. So, amidst troubling ongoing world events,...
Gerry AlmendradesCIJA Director of Community Security By BERNIE BELLAN Gerry Almendrades was born in Peru and served 20 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. In his...
Mindy Barsky By MYRON LOVE Mindy Barsky – Rainbow Stage’s new Development Officer (as of April 4) – says that she is very excited to be...
To see the names of theguys in this picture click on “Read More” We received a note from Joel Shuster, informing us that an all-Jewish team...
Rebecca BrimmerInternational President & CEOBridges for Peace By BERNIE BELLAN Two years ago we ran a press release from Bridges for Peace, in which the organization...
With aching hearts and great reluctance, we share the sudden passing of our beloved mother and best friend, Eleanor M. Burke (Shatsky) on December 12, 2021...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Melville Neuman on April 26, 2022, at age 97.
It is with great sadness that we announce that Meyer Rypp passed away suddenly on April 19, 2022, at the age of 84 years.Meyer will be...
William (“Bill”) Chaiken, one of the last of the first-generation abstract expressionists, died on November 13, 2021, at the age of 100. Bill was a prolific...
It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the passing of Betty Goldie Gilfix on June 11, 2021 (1st Tammuz) in her 99th year. The funeral...
We received the following press release on May 13 from a group rallying to keep the West Kildonan Public Library, which has been a familiar community...
Cecil Rosner (right) with someonehe bumped into purely by chancenamed Juras. Juras had read Cecil’s late mother Mina’s book, “I am a Witness”and was able to...