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Steven Kroft assumed the presidency of the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba in June, 2011 – for a two-year term. He succeeded Ed Shinewald as president.
A lawyer by training, Kroft joined the family business, Conviron, in 1997. Now president of the company, having succeeded his father Richard, who was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1998, Conviron, Kroft says, “designs and manufactures controlled environments in rooms that control light, humidity CO2, and other gases to very precise degrees that researchers around the world use to test for agricultural research”.
Steven and his wife, Lisa, have two boys – Alex, who is 11, and Nathan, 14. Read the Full Story
A lawyer by training, Kroft joined the family business, Conviron, in 1997. Now president of the company, having succeeded his father Richard, who was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1998, Conviron, Kroft says, “designs and manufactures controlled environments in rooms that control light, humidity CO2, and other gases to very precise degrees that researchers around the world use to test for agricultural research”.
Steven and his wife, Lisa, have two boys – Alex, who is 11, and Nathan, 14. Read the Full Story
Rady JCC Centre Board members deeply concerned about future impact on Rady JCC
By BERNIE BELLAN
The Asper Campus Lottery ended up selling 1,169 tickets, according to a press release issued by the Asper Campus June 19. As reported in the January 11 issue of this paper, the lottery was in trouble from the very beginning, when sales came in well below expectations.
Barry McArton, president of Asper Jewish Community Campus (left) with Murray Gilfix, former president of Rady JCC
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The folloiwng piece was submitted to The Jewish Post & News in respone to the Shaarey Zedek Synsagogue's decision to begin conducting gay marriages. The opinionns expressed in the piece are the author's own and, although they do reflect a certain point of view that may not be "politically correct", they do repesent the views of some members of our community. Unfortunately, it is now a sad reality that the kind of views expressed in what follows are considered unacceptable by many individuals in our community.
Re: Shaarey Zedek to host first same-sex wedding ceremony
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