Tova Vickar and the L’Arche Tova Café

TOVA VICKAR (at right) cutting the ribbon for the opening of L’Arche Tova Café in January, 2012 By REBECA KUROPATWA

L’Arche Tova Café, which just celebrated its first anniversary, is much more than a place to grab a cup of coffee. It’s a local, social enterprise that provides practical job skills training for those with developmental disabilities.

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Show & Save ready to step in to fill gap left by Entertainment Book bankruptcy

IAN GROSNEY - President of Show & Save By BERNIE BELLAN
As reported in the May 8 issue of the Free Press, the bankruptcy of the Entertainment Book has thrown into turmoil the plans of a great many organizations that traditionally have sold that book to help raise funds.

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Is size of Winnipeg’s Jewish population up or down? Results of National Household Survey at odds with Jewish Federation figures

By BERNIE BELLAN
On Wednesday, May 8, Statistics Canada released results from what it labeled the 2011 “National Household Survey”.

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Dr. Brent Schacter honoured by Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University

By BERNIE BELLAN
The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University paid tribute to Dr. Brent Schacter on Monday, April 29th, at the Fairmont Hotel.

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Jewish newspapers across the country all dealing with issues of finances, how to attract younger readers

By MYRON LOVE
The announcement by the Canadian Jewish News Board of Directors in early April that the Jewish newspaper of record for Toronto and Montreal is shutting down its print edition at the end of June has sent shock waves across the country. With correspondents and columnists in Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria, the CJN was the closest thing that Canada’s Jewish community has had to a national paper.