Bridges for Peace provides vital support to Israel
By BERNIE BELLAN
A number of members of Bridges for Peace, along with invited guests from the Jewish community here, gathered at the Bridges for Peace offices on Portage Avenue on Wednesday, October 4, to hear reports about BFP activities from BFP International Development Director Rev. Cheryl Hauer and Deputy International Development Director Terry Mason, both of whom live in Israel.
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Michael Gobuty played an instrumental role first, in saving the WHA Winnipeg Jets from folding, then in getting the team into the NHL. He was honoured for his contributions to hockey on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017, when he was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.
By BERNIE BELLAN It was almost five years ago that I was first introduced to the writing of Méira Cook, when I read her very first novel, “The House on Sugarbush Road” (published 2012), which won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award.
By MYRON LOVE Don Aronovitch, Louisa Raizman, Steven Schipper and Judi Shuster are inviting Winnipeg’s Jewish community and other supporters of Israel to join them in standing with Jewish students on Winnipeg university campuses who have to deal with threats and intimidation from some fellow students and professors should they openly support Israel.
By BERNIE BELLAN Over 200 people were in attendance at Temple Shalom on Saturday evening, Sept. 9, to watch - and dance to klezmer music performed by four talented musicians: Sonia Shklarov, Myron Schultz, Danny Koulak, and Josh Dolgin.
By MYRON LOVE Ian Dimerman has long had a passion for making movies – but only in the past year has he devoted himself full time to the business.
By BERNIE BELLAN We received an email last week from Faye Rosenberg-Cohen, Community Planning and Allocations Chair for the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg.
By RAN UKASHI B’nai Brith Regional Director for Manitoba
By MYRON LOVE Despite living under constant threat of terrorist attack, Israel remains one of the safest countries in the world in which to live or visit. It is precisely because of that constant threat that hangs over the country that Israel has developed a security blanket that is at the same time, unobtrusive, yet virtually impregnable, and light years ahead of any other democratic country in the world.
By MYRON LOVE
By BERNIE BELLAN
“The Lost Expressionist: Nick Yudell’s Journey in Images. A hidden cache; a world seen through the daring eye of an unknown photographer”. The inaugural exhibition and multimedia presentation by Celia Rabinovitch, Ph.D., hosted by the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. Newly restored negatives from a concealed cache reveal a young photographer from Morden and Winnipeg, who became an RAF pilot, shot down in the Western Desert of World War II, who created a powerful legacy.
