Wedding scene in Plaszow concentration camp By MARTIN ZEILIG When Hadasa Bau and Clila Bau Cohen received notice earlier this year that their parents, Josef and...
Beth El Synagogue in L.A. May 30 By BERNIE BELLAN If you’ve been reading our paper for a long enough time – or looking at this...
Abe Simkin in 2012 – age 90 With the death of Abe Simkin last month in California, the last surviving member of his generation of the...
Outdoor Kabbalat Shabbat service at Etz Chayim By MYRON LOVEIt is most definitely an understatement to say that this will be a yom tov like no...
Peacefully, with dignity, and his family by his side, Abe Simkin passed away at Del Mar, California on July 22, 2020 at the age of 98....
Rochelle “Cooky” Elkun Passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 after a brief but heroic battle with leukemia. Cooky was a wonderful devoted daughter, sister, aunt, great...
Athlete, aesthete, early adopter, stylish dresser, party-thrower, voracious reader, world traveler, prodigious note writer, award-winning gardener – these are but a few of the many ways...
After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Cheryl Anne Lazar, loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and aunt, passed away on June 30, 2020 in Winnipeg,...
The following information was submitted by Shurat Hadin (Israel Law Center) on Thursday, August 6:As the Lebanese people struggle to recover from the catastrophic deaths and...
By SIMONE COHEN SCOTT Winnipeg Beach, July 11, 2020My usual practice is to spend the winter months in Jerusalem, returning to Canada in early April. That...
Annamie Paul/the late Rabbi Jim Diamond By GERRY POSNERImagine my surprise when I picked up a very recent edition of the JP&N and I saw an...
Ben Gurion U President Daniel Chamovitz The university is raising a fund to support students in their studies as the coronavirus pandemic continues. With the COVID-19...
book cover/Martin Zeilig How People Live In Soviet RussiaReviewed by MARTIN ZEILIGIn February and March 1932 Mendel Osherowitch visited the Soviet Union on assignment for the...
Jerry Shore/Harry Belafonte By MYRON LOVEFor my 21st birthday in 1970, a couple of friends treated me to a ticket to Winnipeg’s first ever major outdoor...
David Weller/Myron Love In our July 8 issue Myron Love wrote an op-ed piece titled “American Reform movement endorses anti-Semitic organization”. That article elicited a strong...
Ramallah Cafe is popular with Israelis By BERNIE BELLAN In recent weeks I’ve had occasion to meet the owners of some Arab restaurants in this city....
Prof. Bryan Schwartz By MYRON LOVETen years ago, University of Manitoba Law Professor Bryan Schwartz, in conjunction with the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University,...
residents of Simkin Centre early July By BERNIE BELLANEven though the Province of Manitoba has eased the rules governing personal care homes and how visitors...
With great sorrow, we announce the passing of Gloria Brown on Monday, July 6, 2020 at 98 years of age.
Paul Stein passed away on June 13, 2020 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Shortly after celebrating 100 years of a life filled with love, laughter and family, our precious mother Mollie passed away peacefully on June 6, 2020.
Lazer passed away after a brief illness, leaving a legacy of dedication to family, education and Jewish life. After marrying Leah Kolber of Israel, he taught...
By BERNIE BELLANA while back I was speaking with Jacquie Seipp who, four years ago, came up with a novel and very thoughtful idea: Invite individuals...
Members of ESRA on a hike in Israel Ed. note: We received the following email last week:Hello. My name is Jack Copelovici. My wife Ida and I...