April 20, 2020 JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz signed a deal Monday to form a “national emergency...
Rabbi Lyle Fishman By RABBI LYLE FISHMAN (JNS) Countless times I have officiated at funeral and burial services since August 1984, when I came to Ohr...
David Zitzerman By GERRY POSNER Winnipeg has turned out men and women who have achieved fame in all sort of areas, especially the world of entertainment....
Rabbi Peretz Weitzman, z’l This story originally appeared in our paper in 2010: Lodz-born rabbi celebrating 90th birthdayBy PAUL LUNGEN TORONTO – When Rabbi Peretz Weizman...
The Dybbuk is one of the most famous Yiddish plays and films. Written by S. Anski before World War One, the Dybbuk is a spirit of...
Daniel Raiskin By BERNIE BELLAN Daniel Raiskin has been the music director of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra since 2018. This paper has been remiss not to...
Rabbi Joseph Peretz Weizman, devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and pillar of the Winnipeg Jewish community for over 50 years, died on April 21, 2020, Yom...
Sarah Wolovick (nee Sirkis) peacefully passed away on April 16, 2020 at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre in Winnipeg at the age of 93. The...
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Clara, “Queen of the Mayers,” at the age of 87, in Winnipeg.
Barry passed away on March 24, 2020 at the age of 82 and was laid to rest on March 27, 2020 at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park...
Our beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, sister-in-law, and aunt died peacefully at her home on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 89 years old.
Alexander Laak (supplied)/Soviet file photo By BERNIE BELLAN The story of an alleged Nazi war criminal by the name of Alexander Laak, who was found hanging...
Lisa Novick Greenberg/John Novick By BERNIE BELLANWhat’s it like growing up the child of a mobster – and a Jewish mobster to boot?The idea of stringing...
Adam Schwartz/Sarah London By ADAM SCHWARTZ What do all great women have in common? They just won’t take no for an answer. When someone puts an...
Julia Kroft/Sean Broder By MYRON LOVE As per usual, the 2020 Winnipeg Music Festival – even though suspended after just one week (as compared to the...
Al Benarroch, Exec. Director, JCFS By BERNIE BELLANWith the Corona virus enveloping the entire world, and with seniors being among the most vulnerable members of our...