by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2020 | Local
[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Shaarey Zedek Synagogue's update dated May 4, 2020 signed by Frank Hechter, President and Ian Staniloff, Executive Director of Shaary Zedek] Over the last number of weeks, we have been working to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2020 | Local
Will it be black ties and ball gowns, or sweatpants and slippers? On Thursday, May 28, the choice is yours while you savour cuisine and enjoy all-Canadian entertainment from the comfort of your home, all in support of research and patient care at St. Boniface...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2020 | Local
Efraim Halevy, former Director of the Mossad, gave a perceptive overview of COVID-19’s impact on Israel’s domestic reality and on its relationship with its Middle East neighbours and other countries further afield at a webinar put on by Canadian Friends of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 7, 2020 | Local
Over the past few weeks, the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba (JFM) has distributed almost $300,000 in emergency relief funding due to the coronavirus pandemic to 26 Manitoba based Jewish Organizations as well as 4 of Winnipeg's front-line charities (Winnipeg...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 6, 2020 | Local
My mom was born in the US in 1917. She moved from Grand Forks to Winnipeg in 1954, pregnant with her third child. Sara Berkal retained her US citizenship until her death in 2009. She never naturalized to become a Canadian. She was a proud American. It surprised me...
