by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 14, 2011 | Local
Some 40 young adults attended this year’s annual North End Jewish Bus Tour put on by J-PEG [the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s young adult division] which took place the first week in November. The three hour historic tour of Jewish Winnipeg is...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 13, 2011 | Local
The Simkin centre announced the hiring of Jan Currie as an interim CEO on a half time basis on December 13, 2011 until March 30, 2012. The position for an interim CEO was not advertised anywhere. As Bill Brownstone, Acting Chair of the Board of Directors,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 12, 2011 | Local
The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba, the leader in planned giving solutions for Manitoba’s Jewish philanthropists, today announced that it has received an $8.48 million bequest from the estate of philanthropist David Silverberg, long-time supporter of the Jewish...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 11, 2011 | Local
The writer is national director of Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University. This ariticle first appeared in the Jerusalem Post A summer of social protests has passed and we are now standing at the precipice of the season for action. Our elected...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 11, 2011 | Local
In accepting the B’nai Brith Award of Merit on Nov 21 at the Fairmont Hotel, Robert Shindleman rose to the podium and quipped, “I wasn’t sure we were going to win, so I didn’t prepare a speech.” He then sat down as Sandy...
