By MYRON LOVE
Shalom Square –the Israel Pavillion at Folklorama – featured some special guests at the early show on Friday evening, August 9. That would be the members of the I.L. Peretz Folk School class of ’72 who had come together on the weekend of August 9-11 to celebrate their 60th birthdays this year.
By SCOTT TAYLOR
Winnipeg’s Lou Billinkoff didn’t become an internationally-recognized athlete until he was 89-years-old.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
Since educator Dina Raihman moved with her family from Israel to Winnipeg in 2008, she has had an incredible impact on many Winnipeggers.
By ALAN DERSHOWITZ
NEW YORK (JTA) – If I had not defended Jeffrey Epstein and gotten him a favorable plea deal, it is unlikely that I would have been the subject of the recent hit piece in The New Yorker, not to mention be accused of sexual misconduct by two of Epstein’s alleged victims. Indeed, my first accuser told The New Yorker that she accused me because “Jeffrey got away with it, basically. And Dershowitz was one of the people who enabled that to happen.”
In other words, because I did my job well – getting my client the best result possible – I have now become a target of efforts to destroy my reputation and career.
By TOVI ROSE
On October 23rd, the Canadian Associates of Ben Gurion University will be holding a gala in honor of two of the Winnipeg Jewish community’s most philanthropic members, Hope and Howard Morry. The couple have long been active members of our community, with more than a few impressive titles between them. I doubt that anyone can argue against these two being honored for their many contributions, and thus, their gala is sure to go on without any protest. That is, it would, were it not for one key component. That component is the guest speaker for the night, one Mister Alan Dershowitz.
By BERNIE BELLAN
The Allocations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg has released its report for the 2019/20 fiscal year.
Among the highlights is a total increase of $35,000 in funding for the 12 beneficiary agencies of the Federation.
By GERRY POSNER
This coming fall the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada will ibe releasing a new book about the history of Jewish physicians in Manitoba.
It will be a very comprehensive look at Jewish physicians who can trace their origins to Manitoba and who practiced at least five years in the province.
I am confident that the book will confirm the notion that Manitoba produced some splendid Jewish doctors.
Laurel Malkin, president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry McArton as 2019-20 Combined Jewish Appeal Campaign Chair and Chair of Financial Development.
By BERNIE BELLAN
My cell phone rang at 12:17 pm Sunday afternoon, July 28. Since I have call forwarding on from our office during the weekends, but I didn’t recognize the number, I assumed it was someone wanting to reach The Jewish Post & News, so I answered: “Good afternoon, The Jewish Post & News, can I help you?” (See, I can be polite when I force myself.)
By JOSHUA DOLSTEN
(JTA) — It’s official: Gal Gadot will portray Jewish actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in a Showtime limited series.
The cable network made the announcement on August 2.
Gadot had been rumored as the leading candidate for the role for about a year.
By SIMONE COHEN SCOTT
Not often does the Remis Speakers’ Forum have two speakers at once. Further, we almost never have speakers honour us by planning their trips to accommodate our schedule.
But that’s what Shai Doron and Nomi Yeshua did, and we are the richer for it in our appreciation of Jerusalem. These two people are the President and the Chief Development Officer, respectively, of The Jerusalem Foundation, and their outstanding presentation was truly inspirational - at the Speakers’ Forum on July 29.
