It is with great sadness that the family of Ben Rykiss announce his passing, at the age of 97, on Monday, September 21, 2020.
Richard & Lucy (Mausovich) Lipari with “The Genghis Code” By MYRON LOVEFormer Winnipegger Lucy Manusovich Lipari, educator and construction company executive, has now added author to...
Seth Klein & cover of his book about climate change Review/Interview by MARTIN ZEILIGThere are parallels between our wartime experience and the climate current crisis, maintains...
Allan Levine & cover of his latest book By BERNIE BELLANWinnipeg’s own Allan Levine has established himself as an award-winning author of non-fiction history – with...
Neal Karlen (right) and cover of his book about Prince By STEPHEN SILVER (JTA) — In the late 1960s, when Neal Karlen was not even 10...
clockwise from top left: Shelley Werner, Michele Doctoroff & Caron Glickman By MAXINE FISCHBEIN(AJNews) – For many of us, three silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Michelle & Alex of Dolphins Swim Club Submitted by ALEX SHOGOLEVWe are a medium sized team that has expanded from Selkirk to Winnipeg. Michelle (Head Coach)...
Nola Lazar By MYRON LOVEThese are challenging times that we live in – but Nola Lazar, the current president of JNF Manitoba/Saskatchewan has proven over the...
Josh Morry Reprinted with permission from UM Today The Magazine Seven years later, Josh Morry still remembers the unsettling phone call he answered that one day...
Freda Glow By MYRON LOVE Freda Glow is proof positive that one is never too old to try something new (health permitting). A few weeks back,...
the former Bermax Caffée By BERNIE BELLANAs reported in various media on October 6, the three members of the Berent family: father Alexander, mother Oxana, and...
By MYRON LOVEDue to a combination of government-imposed limitations on numbers and many people’s reticence in attending religious services because of Covid, our community’s congregations were...
James Cohen’s 2011 debut album By MYRON LOVE (This story first appeared in the Oct. 31, 2018 issue of The Jewish Post & News. It’s...
Annamie Paul By MARCY OSTER (JTA) Oct. 4, 2020 — Toronto attorney Annamie Paul made history when she was elected head of Canada’s federal Green Party...
Rosemund Ragetli Each year the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada sponsors an essay contest named for the late Shoah survivor Mina Rosner. Mina Rosner dedicated...
Leonard Cohen/Michael Posner By GERRY POSNER I am breaking a cardinal rule – not just mine. Ever since I started writing these so called items of...