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By MYRON LOVE Many readers will no doubt remember the uproar caused 15 months ago (on May 16, 2024) when the valedictorian for the University of...
By HENRY SREBRNIK I’m not being faux humble when I say I consider Niall Ferguson more erudite and better read than I am. He has taught...
By GREGORY MASON If we define Hamas as a cancer, can we devise a strategy to, if not defeat Hamas, at least manage it? Is Hamas...
By BERNIE BELLAN (Sept. 11, 2025) There was a mood of heightened expectancy the afternoon of Wednesday, September 10, at the Gwen Secter Centre. The premier...
By BERNIE BELLAN (Sept. 11, 2025) It’s a complicated – and very confusing story – and it goes back to an earth-shaking decision issued by the...
“Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone” -from Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970) By BERNIE BELLAN...
By MYRON LOVE Over the past 35 years Gail Asper has risen to the top ranks among Canadian philanthropists and as the go-to leader for high-profile fundraising...
Ed. note: Elsewhere on this website we have a story about Rabbi Carnie Rose having recently become the senior rabbi for Shaarey Zedek Congregation. At the...
Introduction: Readers of this website may have read stories some months back about the huge controversy in which BB Camp on Town Island in Lake of...
By HENRY SREBRNIK Australia and Canada share many similarities, and so do their Jewish communities. Most Jews live in two large cities, in Australia’s case, Melbourne...
Winnipeg Friends of Israel are thrilled to welcome Dr. Ted Rosenberg on Sunday, September 14 at 7:00 PM for a presentation that promises to be powerful, timely, and...
By DAVID R. TOPPER As I recall, in the TV series, Genius – which began with a series on Albert Einstein, this one by Ron Howard...
Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN Carole King (born Carol Klein in 1941) is arguably the most successful female singer-songwriter of all time. With over 75 million record...
By MYRON LOVE Seven years ago, Dr. Gerald Minuk, Canada’s first hepatologist (liver specialist), partnered with Israeli computer science student Daniel Iluz-Freundlich in founding Refuah Solutions...
By HENRY SREBRNIK In a recent letter nominating U.S. President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heaped praise on...
By BERNIE BELLAN On Thursday, August 14, Al Benarroch was the guest speaker at the Remis Luncheon Group, which meets every Thursday between May and September...
Shalom Square – the Israel Pavilion at Folklorama wrapped up another successful week on Sunday, August 17. Despite having to contend with protesters who positioned themselves...
By HENRY SREBRNIK President Donald Trump’s administration has been discussing with Azerbaijan the possibility of bringing that nation and some Central Asian allies into the Abraham...
The Boys in the Light by Nina Willner Reviewed by JULIE KIRSH, Former Sun Media News Research Director In 1945, my father dug a hole on...
(August 2025) Submitted by Martin A. Koyle (Denver, Colorado), Judy L. (Shenkarow) Pollock (San Diego, California), and Lorne Billinkoff (Winnipeg, Manitoba) It is now a year...