Ed. note: We received the following e-mail from Randee Pollock, who asked whether we could assist in promoting a very worthy endeavour in which she and a group of women are involved:
By MYRON LOVE
The Manitoba Bar Association has honoured The Honourable Madam Justice Freda Steel with the MBA’s 2015 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of a lifetime of dedication and service to the legal profession and the community as a whole.
Nine-year-old Gray Academy student Ari Kay has been waging a so far, successful battle with childhood leukaemia. On May 1 Ari, along with his sister Sydney, participated in a very special event at the school when two individuals - Morris Henoch and Lindsay Kerr, offered to have their long tresses shorn and donated as part of the fight against cancer.
Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
If the newly revived Winnipeg Jewish Theatre wanted to come back with a resounding splash, it’s certainly done that with its latest production: “Bad Jews”.
By HARVEY ROSEN One of the highlights of the Annual Y Sports Dinner is the presentation of the Idy and Max Nusgart Memorial Award, which is presented to the person chosen as the “Jewish Athlete of the Year.”
By MYRON LOVE I must admit that it was a bit incongruous to be hearing a devout Christian choir lustily singing well known and popular Hebrew songs such as “Am Israel Chai” and “Oseh Shalom”. But, the member s of Bridges for Peace are also devout supporters of Israel and the Jewish People in our traditional homeland.
By BERNIE BELLAN Ari Shavit is the kind of speaker that we just don’t get to hear very often in Winnipeg. Although a Sabra by birth, Shavit’s mastery of English is so good that not only was he able to produce mellifluous prose in what is his second language, when he addressed a crowd numbering over 600 at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on Sunday, April 19, he spoke without once hesitating, even though he barely referred to his notes.
By MYRON LOVE Spiritual leadership comes in many forms. But the bottom line, as enunciated by Jane Eisner, the editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, comes down to “the power of personal connection – through study, social action or simple acts of kindness”.
By MEACHELLE BELLAN
I’m an exercise maven and I was in the fitness business for years – so, when my husband Bernie suggested that I should start going to the Rady JCC for fitness classes, I hesitated.
By MYRON LOVE On Tuesday, April 21, the Vickar family hosted a celebratory luncheon at the dealership (Vickar Community Chevrolet on Regent) for the top selling General Motors sales team in Canada last year. It was the second time in three years that Vickar Community Chevrolet has led the country in new car sales.
The community came out in force to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut at the Asper Campus on Thursday, April 23. Watch a video collage from that evening on this website at http://www.jewishpostandnews.ca/component/hwdvideoshare/viewvideo/172/local/yom-ha-atzmaut-at-asper-campus-apr-23-2015?Itemid=163
