April 10, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada There’s a passage in the Haggadah that we read at the Passover seder called “Ha lachma anya,” which begins the telling of the Passover story with a proclamation that everyone is invited to join and participate in the festivities. This welcoming environment was extended to …
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada is proud to have partnered up with the Main Street Project organization to donate food to the needy in Winnipeg. Since 1972, the organization has served the city’s most vulnerable by offering a safe place of respite, shelter and support, with dignity and without judgment, to individuals …
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WINNIPEG – It was a “rooking” time at the Asper Community Centre in Winnipeg last Sunday, as B’nai Brith Canada’s Midwest Region held its Third Annual B’nai Brith Invitational Chess Tournament. There were 25 “chess nuts” who partook in the competition. After five rounds of intense play, it was Nilo Moncal who came up on top, …
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On Sunday, Oct. 30, B’nai Brith Canada’s Midwest Region will be holding its 3rd annual “B’nai Brith Invitational Chess Tournament” at the Asper Community Centre in Winnipeg. Come watch 22 Manitoba chess masters duel it out in five rounds of intense chess competition! More information is available via the poster below.
By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada-Midwest Region and The League for Human Rights are proud to announce the launch of a new human rights initiative grant in Manitoba. The goal of the B’nai Brith Human Rights Initiative Grant Fund is to inspire individuals to create human rights projects that …
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B’nai Brith Canada is proud to be one of the hosts of an event on October 6 featuring Clila Bau, the daughter of Holocaust survivors who were saved by Oscar Schindler. Clila Bau is the daughter of Rebecca and Joseph Bau, a couple who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oscar Schindler. Clila will be sharing inspiring stories …
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith in Winnipeg was pleased to have brought a group to recently attend the Anne Frank Exhibition, which was presented at the Winnipeg Millennium Library. The group consisted not only of B’nai Brith supporters but also of members of Bridges of Peace, Faith Temple, Church of the …
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Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada To borrow a term from baseball, B’nai Brith Day at the Winnipeg Goldeyes’ game this past Sunday was a big hit. Nearly 1,700 people showed up at Shaw Park for the eighth time that B’nai Brith has hosted its “Afternoon with the Goldeyes” event. The event is a community service …
By Tevy Pilc & Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada More than 200 people and several political dignitaries packed the Berney Theater at the Asper Jewish Community Campus in Winnipeg Monday night for the 22nd AMIA Community Commemoration ceremony. The annual event, honours and remembers the anniversary of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentine (AMIA) bombing, which occurred …
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