Billy Crystal on being Jewish, playing ball and more

By CINDY SHER
(JUF News via JTA) – The inimitable Billy Crystal is back on the road.

Gray Academy of Jewish Education’s Junior Varsity Boys’ Basketball Team is the 2017 “AAA” Provincial Champs!

Gray Academy of Jewish Education proudly celebrates the junior varsity (JV) boys’ basketball team for winning the Manitoba High School Athletics Association McDonalds “AAA” provincial championship.

3 popular humorists write a Haggadah for the ‘when do we eat?’ crowd

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) – Of making many Passover Haggadahs there is no end.

Garden City Collegiate to house $7.7 million performing arts centre

By BERNIE BELLAN
Many members of Winnipeg’s Jewish community attended Garden City Collegiate over the years.

Lead investigator for Manitoba Securities Commission finds himself at centre of worldwide effort to shut down massive Israeli scam

By BERNIE BELLAN
There has been a rash of stories of late exposing one of the biggest scams operating anywhere in the world:  the selling of binary options.

Asper Business School Dean Michael Benarroch leaving Winnipeg to take up new post at Ryerson University

By BERNIE BELLAN
After a five-year tenure as Dean of the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Michael Benarroch will be leaving Winnipeg to take up a new position at Ryerson University as Provost and Vice-President Winnipeg.

Jerry Maslowsky tribute concerts - April 13 & 14

There will be two tribute concerts in memory of the late Jerry Maslowsky, both at the Berney Theatre, April 13 & 14. We've reproduced 2 pages from the March 15 issue of the print edition.

In Turkey-Netherlands row, a foreboding sign for Jews

By CNAAN LIPCHIZ

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (JTA) -- The thousands of people who gathered outside the Turkish consulate of this port city on Saturday patiently waited for hours, chatting with friends and relatives.

Team Israel baseball gear a home run with kvelling American Jewish fans

By ANDREW TOBIN

TEL AVIV (JTA) -- A couple weeks ago, Adam Atkins didn't know Israel had a baseball team.

Organizer of rally against Islamophobia has some baggage to deal with himself

By BERNIE BELLAN

 (Posted March 7) The CBC Manitoba website today reported on the adversity that a Winnipegger by the name of Omar Kinnarath has encountered since he helped to organize a rally this past Saturday to counter another rally that was being held to criticize a Private Member's Motion in the House of Commons to condemn "Islamophobia". (Updated March 8) We received copies of tweets from Omar Kinnarath's Twitter feed. Those tweets can be seen at the end of this article. Not only is he anti-Semitic, he's a homophobe and a misogynist.