For years, best friends Shannon Golding and Susie Freedman Tapper had talked about going into business together. Almost three years ago, it finally happened.The impetus behind...
By DAVID TOPPER A Note to the reader: I will preface this story with a remark about me. I often write stories and poems using the...
By Brenlee Carrington Trepel, K.C. July 14-16 2023 was the magical weekend of the 49th anniversary of our elementary school graduation from Ramah Hebrew School. Seeing...
By BERNIE BELLAN In our August 16 issue I raised a number of questions about the history of the Israel pavilion at Folklorama.Among those questions were:...
By mistake, The Jewish Post & News ran an incorrect ad for the Etz Chayim in our August 30 issue. Scroll down to see a full...
By SHARON LOVE On the weekend of July 7-9, the I.L. Peretz Folk school class of ‘63 held another get together- this time in celebration of...
By BERNIE BELLAN A few weeks ago I was contacted by a publicist for a publishing company, who asked me whether I’d be interested in obtaining...
By BERNIE BELLAN It was another very successful run for the Israel pavilion – Shalom Square, during the first week of Folklorama, from Aug 6-13.This year...
By MYRON LOVE Zac Weinberg firmly believes that everyone should give back to their community to help the most vulnerable among us if they are able....
Introduction: The recent release of the movie, “Oppenheimer” has generated a renewed interest in the effort that led to the development of the atomic bomb: “The...
The Israel Pavilion – Shalom Square first opened in 1970 when the venue (as we were reminded by Roz Greenfeld, who was a volunteer during the...
By MYRON LOVE Rainbow Stage, Canada’s only summer musical theatre in a park, has since its earliest days, had a strong connection to our Jewish community....