By BERNIE BELLAN In what must have come as a shock, not only for members of Shaarey Zedek Congregation, but for most of Winnipeg’s Jewish community...
By BERNIE BELLAN After a summer in 2020 that saw our two Jewish sleepover camps have to cancel all overnight stays for campers, this summer, our...
Kayla Gordon/Keith Levit By BERNIE BELLAN Back in the fall – when our brief dalliance with the relatively loose Covid restrictions that had been in place...
Editor’s Introduction: Adina Horwich is a former Canadian (from Montreal) who’s been living in Israel for over 46 years. When the most recent war started Adina...
Bernice Marmel was born in Arran, Saskatchewan as Ethel Bernice Macklin. After moving to Winnipeg, she resided at the Winnipeg Jewish Orphanage and then went on...
Blog # 39 How’s that for… Opps. One of the ‘kosher’ Burger King outlets in Israel served a real cheeseburger. To a religious customer no less. The...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear mother and grandmother, Liubov (Liuba) Dimerman, who died peacefully at the age of...
With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Burt Gorenstein on March 31, 2021 at the age of 85.
The women behind “SIMCHA Zine”clockwise from top left: Adi Farage, Erin Meagan Schwartz, Liesje Rolia, Sophie Hershfield By BERNIE BELLAN Four young Jewish women, three of...
Lissie Rappaport By MYRON LOVE Lissie Rappaport is playing a leadership role in the campaign to end homelessness in our community. The daughter of Lynn and...
Sandy Shefrin Rabin/cover of “Prairie Sonata” (San Francisco, CA) — The INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS recognized Prairie Sonata by Sandy Shefrin Rabin as the winner in the...
Bernie Bellan/”Chris Sky” By BERNIE BELLAN The Covid pandemic has often led to the convergence of several wacky conspiracy theories into one larger massive conspiracy theory,...
Drs. Aleeza Gerstein/Zach Raizman By MYRON LOVE In the (Saturday) April 17 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press, the Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF) took out...
Raheel Raza By MYRON LOVE A newly-formed Muslim organization aimed at combating Antisemitism announced itself to the world on Wednesday, April 7, with its inaugural program...
Rebecca BraskChief Development Officer Jewish Federation of Winnipeg By BERNIE BELLAN When we saw the announcement in our print edition by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg...
Dr. Harry Prosen By GERRY POSNER It was not hard for me to jump on the Harry Prosen bandwagon for at least three reasons:First, his last...