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  • Joseph ('Yosel') Nitikman, his brother Aaron, and Isaac Sirluck began operating a general store in Winkler, Manitoba, a Mennonite community, 70 miles southwest of Winnipeg, in 1910
    Joseph ('Yosel') Nitikman, his brother Aaron, and Isaac Sirluck began operating a general store in Winkler, Manitoba, a Mennonite community, 70 miles southwest of Winnipeg, in 1910
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    Little Shop on the Prairie

    A century ago, Jewish immigrants in western Canada found a niche operating general stores in rural towns. My grandfather was one of them.

    byAllan Levine
  • Mischa (Moses) Werier in store on Selkirk Avenue, circa 1920.(Archives of Manitoba, via the Manitoba Historical Society)
    Mischa (Moses) Werier in store on Selkirk Avenue, circa 1920.(Archives of Manitoba, via the Manitoba Historical Society)
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    Western Front

    In Winnipeg, Jewish life has been far from quiet

    byEzra Glinter
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