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Holocaust Awareness Week: April 27- May 1, 2014

We Remember our Past. We Trust in the Future.   (April, 2014) – Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Memorial Day falls on the 27th of Nisan, midway between the anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Yom Ha'atzmaut.   This year, we will...

RWB WELCOMES SPRING WITH A MIXED REPERTOIRE PROGRAMME

RWB premieres three new works in Mixed Programme   Winnipeg, MB (April 14, 2014) – Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 74th season concludes with a mixed programme featuring three stunning Winnipeg premieres from leading contemporary ballet...

Re: Rabbi Green Responds to Minyan at Desserts Plus

Editor,   You are correct in your assertion that Minyanim of late have become undependable in many Winnipeg synagogues.   The exception to this rule is Congregation Shaarey Zedek, where one can count on an egalitarian Minyan, two times a day, 365 days a...

Does the IDF really want the Haredi Orthodox in its ranks?

As far as the army is concerned, the issue of drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the IDF cuts both ways.   The “blessing”?  Well, faced with the deterioration of the situation on Israel’s borders, opening a large until now untapped portion of...

Bridges Built Through Visit of Jewish Historian, Yanky Fachler

“Too few Jews are aware of the part that Christians have played in bringing the Jews home; likewise, very few Christians are aware of this history either.”   This was the message of historian, author and broadcaster, Yanky Fachler, brought to...