Elaine Todres By GERRY POSNER With all the problems in Canada stemming from Covid-19, most notably in nursing homes, I suggest what is needed is a...
Hilda Chasia Smith“Chasia’s Enchantment – Meditations • Poems • Inspirations” By BERNIE BELLANWhen I was contacted recently by Hilda Smith (née Szternfeld), who told me that...
3 lines Reg Sherren“That Wasn’t the Plan:A memoir by Reg Sherren” By MARTIN ZEILIG For “a freckle-faced, red-headed kid growing up in small-town Western Labrador,” who...
By SHIRA HANAU Jan. 19, 2021 (JTA) — When the Yiddish newspaper Der Blatt set out to explain how a massive wedding for the grandson of...
It is with enormous sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Malke Shore, age 92, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, at the Saul...
Harold was the centre of our family’s universe. He was a kind, compassionate, loving, no bars hold kind of man. He loved us all, but he...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Israel (Soody) Kleiman at the age of 88.
Leo Panitch died on December 19, 2020 from pneumonia brought on by Covid – 19, contracted while in hospital being treated for cancer.
Judah Leblang/book cover Ed. note: I first met Judah Leblang when he appeared at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival in 2018. As it was my custom over...
Laurrie Zechoval passed away peacefully on January 7, 2021, with his daughters and sister by his side.
Joyce Cavell Basman (nee Epstein) passed away on December 13, 2020, at the age of 97. A woman who lived and died on her own terms,...
The family of Sheldon Claman is saddened to announce his passing on December 19, 2020, at home surrounded by those he loved the most, in person...
Tamar Rubin By BERNIE BELLANBecoming a doctor requires a tremendous amount of dedication, intelligence, and empathy – and those are just some of the attributes that...
Rebecca (Rebbie) Victor By BERNIE BELLANIt was 50 years ago this month that the life of a young woman who was loved by all who knew...
Diandra Etkin/Aaron Migie By BERNIE BELLANIn late November we reported that the Winnipeg branch of the Canadian Associates of Ben Gurion University had made a major...
David Matas Jan. 4, 2021 Winnipeg-based international human rights lawyer David Matas has been awarded the first ever Global Humanitarian Leader of the Year award by...