By BERNIE BELLAN
“Living in Sderot is 95% heaven and 5% hell.”
That is how Mayor Alon Davidi of Sderot characterized living in the Israeli city of Sderot to a small group of invited guests at a luncheon held in the board room of Taylor McCaffrey law offices on Thursday, February 28.
Not long ago, Jessica Rosenbaum was a pretty good hockey player at the University of Manitoba. She grew up in Garden City and went off to the University of Prince Edward Island before returning to Manitoba to play her final two seasons of university hockey with the Bisons.
By REBECA KUROPATWA
Adam Nepon, who was born and raised in the Winnipeg Jewish community, always felt drawn to Indigenous music and art. It wasn’t until he was in his late 20s though that he discovered he had some First Nation heritage.
By BERNIE BELLAN
Sixteen-year-old Michael Akbashev is rapidly becoming known for his prowess on judo mats. Two weeks ago he earned a bronze medal in the under-81 kg. class at the Canada Winter Games, held in Red Deer, Alberta. (The Canada Winter Games are open to athletes 21 years of age and under.)
Posted Feb. 26 - updated Feb. 27
By BERNIE BELLAN
Now in its ninth year in Winnipeg, Limmud – a weekend program of learning organized by a group of volunteers, has found itself enmeshed in controversy over the appearance of a speaker who is associated with a group stridently critical of Israel’s “occupation”.
By BERNIE BELLAN
With the Israeli election drawing nearer (April 9), I thought to myself: “Wouldn’t it be interesting to hold a large forum where Winnipeggers could gather together and discuss Israeli politics?”
By BERNIE BELLAN
Eighteen-year-old Sarah Jacobsohn was recently announced as the Ultimate Canada Junior Athlete of the Year. Her ascent to the top of what has become a hugely popular sport - not only in Canada, but many other countries around the world as well, has occurred in a relatively short period of time.
By BERNIE BELLAN
When sportswriters write about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the start of a new football season a certain number of well-worn clichés usually get trotted out.
How about “long suffering fans”, “the drought continues”, “Will this be the year?” - just for starters.
By BERNIE BELLAN
A couple of years ago I wrote about the terrific catering and take-out service offered by the Chabad Winnipeg. In that article I noted that, under the supervision of head cook Alla Golinkin, the Chabad had developed a reputation for providing an extremely diverse array of dishes - all meeting the highest standards of kashrut, yet at very affordable prices.
By CYNTHIA SHARP
Fern Carr is a former Winnipegger, lawyer, teacher and past President of both the local branch of the BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Project Literacy Kelowna Society. A member of the Federation of BC Writers, she is also a Full Member of the League of Canadian Poets and has served as the League’s Poet-in-Residence. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee who composes and translates poetry in six languages including Mandarin.
By Cantor JESSICA TURNOFF FERRARI
For Jewish women of a certain age, playing mah jongg is as inevitable as eating Chinese food on Christmas or complaining that you’re hungry on Yom Kippur.
By MYRON LOVE
For Jared Henoch, being appointed the new executive director of Bnai Brith Camp is the ultimate dream job. In his younger years –as camper, counselor and program head, he missed only two summers at the camp when he was out of the province.
