Sarah Jacobsohn is the Ultimate Canada 2018 Junior Female Athlete of the Year. (photo from Sarah Jacobsohn) Last month, Ultimate Canada named Sarah Jacobsohn the 2018 Junior Female Athlete of the Year. “I was in the middle of biology class,…
Ayalon Canada Park in the Ayalon Valley is one of the projects JNF supports. (photo by Guy Asiag, KKL-JNF photo archive) A member of Parliament has agreed to sponsor an e-petition that calls on the government to revoke the charitable…
The most important thing as a parent is to be able to identify when your child is stressed. (photo from Psychology Foundation of Manitoba) Despite the numerous technological advances we have achieved to make our lives easier, we are more…
Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman speaks at the Nov. 22 forum Wide Awake. According to Ivy Kopstein of Jewish Child and Family Service of Winnipeg, he “is advocating to all levels of government for resources to deal with this health crisis.”…
Left to right are panelists at a recent National Council of Jewish Women panel on organ transplants: Dr. Aviva Goldberg, Rabbi Yossi Benarroch, Marshall Miller and Na’ama Miller. (photo from NCJW) On Dec. 11, the Winnipeg section of National Council…
Video Interaction Project coach Jenny Arevalo in action. (photo by Andy Reichsman/Ames Hill Productions) With the ever-increasing number and variety of screens and gadgets grabbing our attention, pediatricians are asking us to take a step back. Some are even leading…
(photo by Rebecca Zaidi) Three years ago, Rabbi Audrey Pollack of SolelCongregation in Mississauga, Ont., decided to follow the lead of Rabbi DebraDressler of Temple Israel in London, Ont., and create an interfaith peace campin Mississauga. Pollack, who hails from…
(image from Statistics Canada) Crimes against identifiable groups in Canada have spiked sharply, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada on police-reported hate crimes. Jews and Jewish institutions were the foremost targeted group, but hate crimes against Muslims comprised…
The University of Manitoba is now accepting applications for its interdisciplinary master’s degree in human rights. (screenshot) The first interdisciplinary human rights graduate degree program in Canada will be starting soon, spearheaded by the director of peace and conflict studies…
Millie Krause, who runs Elman’s, with receptionist Bonita Bouchard. (photo from Elman’s) They started making horseradish 80 years ago and haven’t stopped. Elman’s Food Products is still making horseradish in small batches and, over the years, they have added new…
