Jews and Mennonites, in Winnipeg and the old country: It’s complicated
Members of Winnipeg’s Jewish community are welcoming the publication of new research by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) into its entanglement with National Socialism before and after the Second World War. The MCC is the international humanitarian aid arm of the Canadian and American Mennonite churches. “I’m pleased and impressed with MCC’s honesty, purposefulness and […]
Carol Matas is launching her newest book for young adults at Winnipeg’s first-ever Holocaust Education Week
After surviving the Holocaust as a teenager, Ruth now finds herself in Palestine during another war as Israel battles for its existence. Her brother is on the front lines, and Ruth and her boyfriend are taking care of children in a hospital. To distract them, Ruth tells stories. That causes her to remember another time […]
Winnipeg long-term care home residents who died of COVID are remembered in a ceremony
Gwen Nelko Esther Shuster Mary D. Turner The rain had stopped the morning of Oct. 27, as one by one the names of those who had died of COVID while residents of the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre in Winnipeg were read. Lena Parisien Sheila Strieffler Luba Zalkind Irene Fonseth There were 11 elderly people […]
Jim Carr held on to his seat in Winnipeg—but the race in Marty Morantz’s riding remains too close to call
Antisemitism and Israel played a small role for a few Jewish voters in the riding of Winnipeg South Centre in the election, but most were interested in the issues of the community at large. That’s the view of Liberal Jim Carr, who was re-elected in the riding with 22,214 votes to Conservative Joyce Bateman’s tally […]
Winnipeg South Centre federal election candidates met for a tense Jewish community debate
Antisemitism, support for Israel, the role of Iran in causing international insecurity and anti-Israel sentiments at the United Nations were among the questions of concern candidates addressed during a Sept. 13 online election debate in the riding of Winnipeg South Centre. The debate featured Liberal and current Member of Parliament Jim Carr, Conservative Joyce Bateman […]
Dispatches: Winnipeg rabbis are urging the community to get vaccinated
Second in a series of High Holiday reports from across Canada.
Winnipeg’s Holocaust centre is getting a new look
Museum features artifacts donated by Manitoba’s Jewish community.
Survivor teaches students in Shoah documentary
Myron Love looks at the new documentary, Tikkun Olam: Isaac’s Legacy, which focuses on the interaction of 94-year-old Holocaust survivor and educator Isaac Gotfried and a class of Grade 12 students at J. H. Bruns Collegiate, a secondary school in southern Winnipeg.
Q & A with Rabbi Mark Glickman: Rediscovering the Cairo Genizah
Myron Love speaks with Rabbi and author Mark Glickman ahead of his talk at Limmud in Winnipeg.
Winnipeg community looks to Argentina for new members
The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg have launched an initiative to convince Jewish-Argentinians in Buenos Aires to immigrate to Winnipeg.
