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Sun in Your Eyes?
Our eyes are sensitive organs, and we have to treat them with caution and kindness. Each season brings about it’s own set of challenges for ocular health. During autumn, the sun is low on the...
Canada’s Federal Court Slams Palestinian “Pay for Slay” Program in Landmark Ruling
December 17, 2020 TORONTO – Canada’s Federal Court has issued a scathing indictment of a Palestinian scheme to incentivize terrorism in a recent...
JNF Negev Gala Online Honouring Ted Lyons is a Tremendous Success
The JNF Negev Gala, which was held on May 31 online, honouring community leader and radiologist with an international reputation, Ted Lyons O.C. was a resounding success. The program...
Israeli Arab, Historian and Legal Advisor Respond to Amnesty International’s Report that Israel is an Aparthied State at CIJA Webinar – Govt of Canada Rejects Apartheid Charge
scroll down to read the article The Centre for Jewish and Israel Affairs (CIJA), the advocacy agent of Jewish Federations across Canada, held a virtual panel discussion on Amnesty...
Greg Gutfeld is Mad at Me (About Ukraine & the Holocaust)
(This essay was originally published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, jewishhournal.com and is being reprinted with the permission of the author. Dr. Medoff is founding director of The...
Famed Truman Biographer Got it All Wrong on Zionism
(This essay was originally published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, jewishhournal.com and is being reprinted with the permission of the author.) (Dr. Medoff is the author of more...
Plan A – The Relatively Unknown Plot by a Small Group of Jews to Poison Germany’s Water Supply in Response to the Holocaust
I watched a movie called Plan A, that can be rented on ChaiFlicks Virtual Cinema for $6.99 U.S. , which dramatizes a little known terrible plot by a small group of very traumatized...
Former Winnipeger Ariel Karabelnicoff is the National Executive Director of Canadian Friends of Haifa University- an academic leader in National Security Studies, the Environment and the Sea, Education, Health and Welfare, Social Work and Nursing
Ariel Karabelnicoff, who was born and raised in Argentina, is no stranger to Winnipeg, having lived here for 17 years, after living in Israel for many years. Karabelnicoff, who is...
Editor’s Report: Egypt says Palestinan refugees from Gaza should go to the Negev, not the Sinai-Why I believe that Egypt Warned Israel that Hamas Was Planning Big Attack
Scotland has announced it will accept Palestinian refugees from Gaza Shortly after Hamas perpetuated its atrocities against the communities near the Gaza border, Egypt indicated that it had...
Henry Kopel: To Win the Gaza Peace, Destroy Hamas and Keep Out UNRWA and the PA
[This article is reprinted with permission of Dec Emet Productions. Henry Kopel is a former U.S. federal prosecutor and the author of the book War on Hate: How to Stop Genocide,...
Gaza Labourer’s Troubling Role in the Oct 7 Pogrom
The followiing article was first published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles on November 15, 2023, and is being reprinted with permission of the author. ...
U of W Responds to WJR’s article on the One-Sided ‘Palestine-Genocide’ Teach In but Fails to Respond to these Important Follow -Up Questions
The Winnipeg Jewish Review wrote an article about the 'Palestine-Genocide' Teach in and Roundtable event on Nov 24, that was put on by U of W Professors, a one sided event that...
Editor’s Report: Hezbollah, Kibbutz Menara and Yitzhak Rabin’s Sister
Editor's Report: Hezbollah, Kibbutz Menara and Yitzhak Rabin's Sister As Israel’s Northern front with Hezbollah heats up, I’ve been thinking back to my visit...
Did The Faculty4Palestine Event Violate The Academic Freedom of Jewish/Zionist Students and U of M’s Policies? Only Questions in Support of Palestine Allowed. U of M Responds
On January 19, 2024 the Winnipeg Jewish Review sent an email to President of U of M Michael Benarroch, indicating that the the Winnipeg Jewish Review had attended an event on Jan...
Editor’s Report: What are the Practical Effects of the ICJ Ruling?
The International Court of Justice (the ICJ) did not order Israel to cease its military action in Gaza and did not order the IDF to leave Gaza. It also did not order Iarael to allow Gazans to...
The Unmentionable Jew, Then and Now
[The following article was first published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles on March 13, 2024 and is being reprinted with permission of the author
Thomas Friedman vs Eight Israeli Prime Ministers
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His latest...
Editorial: Benarroch Comments On Dr. Gem Newman’s anti-Israel Tirade and Significant Questions That Arise
Newman's Social Media accounts show animus-Matthew Bzura Incoming PARIM President Lodges Formal Complaint, as do atleast two others President of U of M Michael Benarroch made a statement to a...
Editorial: Examining Anthony Housefather’s comments on Anti-Palestinian Racism and CIJA’s position
Housefather has not yet spoken to Truedeau about the government advancing a definition of anti-Palestinian Racism Anthony Housefather, PM Trudeau’s special adviser on antisemitism and...
Law Prof Bryan Schwartz to Be ordained as a Rabbi
scroll down Law Prof Bryan Schwartz will be ordained as a Rabbi in June of this year. He has been studying online at the Jewish Spiritual Leadership Institute, where both Rabbis Mass and Leibl...
Harriet Berkal: Ice Cream Cones with A Sprinkle of Antisemitism
We were so happy our granddaughter was coming to visit us along with her folks and dog. That was such a gift after more than a year of health woes. We had planned family dinners, celebrating...
Former Winnipegger living in Israel Describes Being Scared out her mind during Israel-Iran War but her Daughter got Engaged with Celebration in the Bomb Shelter
A former Winnipegger named K (she wishes to be anonymous) says that she and her family were “ scared out of our minds” during the 12 day Israel-Iran war. K recalls bring...
Ellery Broder: Within The Strife to Save a Life
My father Morris Broder, z"l, was a general surgeon in Manitoba for roughly four decades and the most significant aspect of his life was saving the lives of others. I remember that he would...
Gray Academy Wins National Library of Israel Poster Competition and Anu Museum (First Place Family Story) Competition
Message Sent out By Gray Academy: Throughout this very eventful school year, Israel has remained top of mind for our students, staff and families. Events of the past 24 hours have...
Former Winnipegger’s Stephen and Colleen Cohen Reich whose son is in Israel during the conflict with Iran and other parents share their thoughts with the WJR
Former Winnipegger's Stephen and Colleen Cohen Reich, whose son Matan is attending Reichman University in Herzlia, Israel have shared their thoughts with the Winnipeg Jewish Review of what...
60 out of the 85 Buildings of Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheba have sustained damage from Iranian Missile attacks
Message from Andrea Freedman CEO BGU Canada Dear friends, I had hoped not to write another update to our BGU community so soon, but events have taken a different course. The...
Editor’s Report: My Visit to an Israeli Army Base Where the Airforce prepared for an eventual Israel-Iran confrontation
As the Israeli air force began its pre-emptive strike on Iran, my mind has taken me back to an experience I had in 2009, where I visited an IDF air force base. I understood then that...
Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia Speaks at CMHR
About 70 people gathered at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) on June 10, 2025 to hear Canada’s Special Representative on Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, deliver her presentation:...
First Hand Account from Former Winnipegger Reesa Cohen Stone in Be’ersheba re: Israel-Iran War
A People That Rises Like A Lion Like all other Israelis, I was woken up at 3:30 AM on Friday the 13th by a siren. And probably like a lot of Israelis, it was the 615th night in a row that my sleep...
First Hand Account from Gail Asper O.C., O.M., LL.D., of Life in Jerusalem During the Israel-Iran War
Hi Rhonda - Greetings from Jerusalem where Anita Wortzman and I are staying at the King David hotel where the delegation for the Hebrew University was staying for the big Board of Governors meeting...
Editor’s Reflections on Etz Chayim Terminating the Membership of an Individual and their Household
Congregation Etz Chayim has recently cancelled membership for an individual and all members of their household. The synagogue wrote to congregants as follows: “On Tuesday, May 27th, we...
Interview with Cheryl Hirsch Katz who is retiring and being honoured by Jewish Child and Family Service at its upcoming Annual General Meeting on June 23, 7 p.m, at Shaarey Zedek
At its Annual General Meeting on June 23 at 7 p.m. at Shaarey Zedek synagogue, Jewish Child and Family Service will be honouring and higlighting Cherly Hirsch Katz, Director of Adult...
First Hand Account of the Vigil by Manitoba Friends of Standing Together for Gazan Children and Counter Vigil at the CMHR on June 5
About 40 people from Manitoba Friends of Standing Together (MFoST) and other Palestinian supporters gathered on June 5, 2025 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to mourn the deaths of innocent...
Gail Asper announces $3 million dollar gift from the Asper Foundation and her Family Foundation to Shaarey Zedek-Speaks about the Importance of the Synagogue
Duboff says renovation cost is $18 million , over $15.6 million raised and synagogue wants to raise an additional 3 million to return the money it took from its own capital investments Editor's...
Anniversary of Six Day War: Remembering Yoram East, A Soldier in the Paratroopers Reserve Brigade that Liberated the Western Wall – “Har Habayit Beyadeinu”
ANNIVERSARY OF SIX DAY WAR: REMEMBERING YORAM EAST, A SOLDIER IN THE PARATROOPERS RESERVE BRIGADE THAT LIBERATED THE WESTERN WALL-“HAR HABAYIT BEYADEINU by Rhonda Spivak, posted ,...
Editor’s Report about the Vigil for Gazan children outside the CMHR on Anniversary of the Six Day War-Assessments by Israel’s Ambassador to Germany in ’67, a Jordanian pilot in ’67, former head of Israeli Intelligence & Dalia Rabin
. I saw that Hadas [Emet] Eviatar posted information on social media about a silent vigil by Manitoba Friends of Standing Together in honour of the children of Gaza who have been...
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World Zionist Congress Elections – Why Vote? (Yes, it’s Important)-Vote for Rabbi Kliel Rose and Nola Lazar -any Jew can vote
Now is your chance to have a say in Jewish life in Israel and in the diaspora! Elections for delegates to the World Zionist Congress 2025 take place June 5 -15 online at mercaz.ca/vote....
Spivak’s Open Letter to Mayor Gillingham Protesting the Mayor’s Biz Award to Ramsey Zeid, an Owner of Foodfare, during Jewish Heritage Month
scroll down I am writing to protest the fact that Mayor Gillingham’s office gave the Maryland Foodfare a Mayor’s BIZ Zone award. Ramsey Zeid, an...
Dr. Cathy Moser Initiates Fundraising Event on June 22 at Camp Massad to Raise Funds for Ground breaking Clinic in Jerusalem to Treat Trauma Victims With Psychotherapy and Psychedelic Medicine
Camp Massad event on June 22, features a live band, dance party, bonfire, kosher food, swimming and tennis to raise money for this worthy cause Psychologist Dr. Cathy Moser and her...
Editorial: Will Mandatory Holocaust Education Inoculate Against Anti-Israel Views?
The Manitoba government has made Holocaust education mandatory in public schools. While I applaud this development, I think our community ought to recognize that there likely will be...
Compassion and Comedy at the 2025 JNF and Magen Fund Negev Gala honouring Rabbi Yosef Benarroch and Al Benarroch
Kol Yisrael arevim zeh bazeh (“All Israel are responsible one for another” The Jewish National Fund of Manitoba & Saskatchewan (JNF, MB/SK) and Israel Magen Fund of Canada (IMFoC) hosted...
Jane Enkin Reviews A Nice Jewish Boy , I had The Hart and Swedishkayt, Three Films at the Rady JCC 2025 Winnipeg International Film Festival Sponsored by the Asper Foundation
A Nice Jewish Boy, Wed May 28, 7 P.m. Berney Theatre Comedy/Drama | France | 2024 | Director: Noé Debré | French w/ Eng subtitles 90 minutes The film A Nice Jewish Boy is...
Rhonda Spivak Reviews Bliss and Come Closer, Films at Rady JCC’s Winnipeg International Film Festival
Bliss, Thurs. May 22, Berney Theatre-Opening Night of the Festival Feature | Israel | 2024 | Director: Shemi Zarhin | Hebrew, Arabic w/Eng subtitles | 125 minutes I really enjoyed seeing Bliss,...
Two Israeli Paramedics from Magen David Adom Visit Winnipeg at May 8 event at Etz Chayim Synagogue
The Canadian Magen David Adom (CMDA), together with Congregation Etz Chayim, presented “The Spirit of MDA and the Heroes of October 7” on May 8 at Congregation Etz Chayim. About...
Winnipeg Jewish community makes comfort dolls and delivers them to Israeli children-Judi Shuster makes over 172 dolls and counting.
When the Oct 7 Hamas massacre occurred, Judi Shuster was heartbroken, distraught and inconsolable. She heard about a program sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg at...
Editor’s Review of Films-The Stronghold, Pink Lady and Bad Shabbos-At the Rady JCC’s 2025 Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival Sponsored by The Asper Foundation.
The Stronghold, Sat. May 31, 8 p.m., Berney Theatre, Feature | Israel | 2024 | Director: Lior Chefetz Hebrew w/Eng subtitles | 113 minutes The Stronghold, which is based...
Post Election Analysis: Ben Carr, Doug Eyolfson, Anthony Housefather and Bubble Legislation
Ben Carr has been re-elected as the Liberal MP for Winnipeg South having won his seat easily over his nearest opponent Royden Brousseau. Carr recently spoke out in favour...
Interview With Rabbi Yosef Benarroch and his brother Al Benarroch , 2025 JNF Negev Gala Honourees
Robin Yosef Benarroch , the 2025 JNF Negev Gala Honouree with his brother Al Benarroch recently the Winnipeg Jewish Review that his deep love for Israel “ stems from growing...
BB Camp and Jacob Brodovsky Part Ways- Sarah Gould and Aliza Millo will be the Camp’s co-Directors for the Summer of 2025
BB Camp sent out the following email on April 17,2025 To the B’nai Brith Camp Community: We are writing to advise you of a change in senior Camp leadership. The...
Will Local Palestinians and their Supporters Join The Calls of Protesters in Gaza who Want Hamas out?
Palestinians in Gaza for the first time since Oct 7 2023 have been spontaneously protesting Hamas rule in Gaza. Will Ramsey Zeid, the President of the Canadian Palestinian Association of...
Harriet Berkal: A Glimmer of Hope in Healthcare
The Assiniboine and Red rivers flowing behind the St. Boniface Hospital, carry great historical value to our province. Inside the health care facility, life saving and urgent measures are taking...
Ezra Glinter’s Presentation “Becoming the Messiah: The Life and Times of Menachem Mendel Schneerson” at Limmud
Ezra Glinter, former Winnipegger now living in New York, returned home to deliver a very scholarly, informative, and challenging lecture on the charismatic and controversial seventh,...
Shalom Residence Community Information Open House on Wed April 9,2025
There is an upcoming Shalom Residences Community Information open house on Wed April 9 at the Asper campus in the Kroft boardroom at 7pm. The focus will be to discuss supported...
Shaarey Zedek Hires Rabbi Carnie Rose as Senior Rabbi
In an email sent by Shaarey Zedek Congregation on April 3,2024 President Fanny Levy announced to the congregation that “After an extensive and thoughtful search...
Two Lone Soldiers Recount their Experiences Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon at Asper Campus- Pro-Israel Supporters Outnumber Anti-Israel Protesters
Two IDF lone soldiers, Eli Wininger and Isaac Lutbak, recounted their experiences on the front line in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank as well as on a second battlefield in the advocacy war...
America’s Response to the Holocaust, on Stage and Screen- A closer look at the George Clooney film, The Boys in the Boat
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His book The Road to...
The Bibas Deniers
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His book The Road to October 7:...
Naama Samphir presents her documentary on Israel at Limmud-Judi Shuster, Lisa Lewis, Patrick Elazar and the Cornishes speak about volunteer opportunities in Israel
There were a number of sessions that addressed the October 7, 2023 massacre at the 15th Annual Limmud Winnipeg Festival of Jewish Life and Learning held at the Asper Jewish Community Campus...
Lisa Lewis: Counting my blessings as an Indigenous person with an understanding of Israelis
[The following article was first published in Lifestyle 55 and is being reprinted here with permission.] Someone asked me the other day, as have many people over the years, “Why...
Article about Leonard Peikoff and Ayn Rand in The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/ayn-rand-peikoff-inheritance-battle/682219/
Editorial: Independent Jewish Voices brings in Tal Mitnick who refused to serve in the IDF- but do those he cozied up with agree with him that Oct 7 was criminal?
Mitnick's appearance in Wpg actually shows the stength of Israeli deomocracy Tal Mitnick appeared in Winnipeg as part of a cross Canada tour put on by Independent Jewish Voices., speaking at...
Tel Aviv University Proposes Multiple Sclerosis Centre to Advance Potential Treatments for the Disease—Plans to Use AI to Revolutionize MS Research
Manitoba Has High Rate of MS Did you know that Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world? In Manitoba, the incidence has increased steadily since 1984, with...
Israel Critic OMar El Akkad Speaks about His Book at McNally Robinson
Omar El Akkad spoke at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg on March 9, 2025 about his book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This . In November 2023, El...
Bryan Schwartz in the National Post: Three ways We Can Make Internal Trade Easier
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/three-ways-we-can-make-internal-trade-easier
Bryan Schwartz on how the Purim story is much too relevant today
ESTHER? THE POLITICS: THE BOOK EXPLORES ALL OPTIONS...BUT ONE? by Bryan Schwartz, March 22, 2024 Here in the Diasporas, Jewish identity and thriving are under attack. Some...
Miriam Kohn: Reflections on my trip to Israel, Hostages Square and Volunteering with Sar-el
I have just spent 3 weeks in my favourite travel destination. I travelled to Israel to volunteer and to be a tourist. The country is alive, young people are in clubs and...
UM Researcher on Islamophobia Youcef Soufi Launches Book at McNally Robinson-Zeid Thanks McNally for ‘Stocking all the Pro-Palestinian books’
I attended a book launch on Feb 14,2025 at McNally Robinson of a book written by Youcef Soufi , a researcher in Islamophobia with the Centre of Human Rights Research at the University of...
Editorial: Who Will Rule Gaza ?
The Arab states are putting forth a plan to counter President Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and send Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt. But the crux of the matter is the question of...
Honouring David Matas on His Outstanding Commitment to Upholding Human Rights and the Release of the Documentary “The Justice Hunter”
A new documentary “The Justice Hunter" chronicles the life and work of David Matas, an internationally known lawyer in the field of human rights who has a...
As Enrollment Peaks, Gray Academy embarks on Fundraising Campaign to Support Accessibility to Jewish Day School Education
Over 60% of students of the 514 students currently enrolled in Gray Academy of Jewish Education receive “some bursary support,” according to Lori Binder, CEO and Head of School at...
Taste of Limmud Serves up Great Flavours! Limmud is on March 23
Jews love food which is why I had a gut instinct that A Taste of Limmud, exploring flavours of Jewish Cuisine held at the newly renovated Shaarey Zedek synagogue on Jan...
Bryan Schwartz in the National Post: How to appease Trump while strengthening Canada
We should use this as an opportunity to revitalize our economy by reducing protectionism and rejuvenating the energy sector [This article below first appeared in the National Post Janaury 16,2025...
UM Prof Kjell Anderson in Masters for Human Rights program vilifies CIJA, Housefather, Landsman and organizations combatting antisemitism- UM Responds
In Dec 2024 the Winnipeg Jewish Review asked questions to the UM administration after the graduate students union sponsored a one sided program at the CMHR made up only of anti-Israel...
Sandy and Robert Shindleman Receive King Charles III Coronation Medal – 50 Years of Shindico
Sandy Shindleman and Robert Shindleman of Shindico Realty Inc recently the Inaugural King Charles lll Coronation medal from MP Marty Morantz (There we’re others in the Jewish...
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Call for Board Directors
Canada’s premier professional Jewish theatre company, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (WJT), is seeking dedicated individuals to join its Board of Directors. Led by Artistic and Managing...
From the National Post: David Matas: Respecting international law would mean disregarding ICC warrants against Israeli leaders
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/respecting-international-law-would-mean-disregarding-icc-warrants-against-israeli-leaders
Why did the Federal government cut the JCFS Settlement program for Jewish immigrants in the amount of $300,000, and what is being done?
The Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) had been getting a $100,000 per year from a grant from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), a federal government agency, but on Nov...
Prof Bryan Schwartz: Israel and Saudia Arabia Should Both play the Trump Card
Israel is seeking a peace deal with Saudi Arabia. A Saudi deal would be a great accomplishment. It would help to mitigate the religious dimension of the conflict in the Middle East and throughout...
Poilievre tells Winnipeg Jewish Review in an exclusive interview that he will defund all those with a Woke Anti-semitic Agenda
Pierre Poilievre told the Winnipeg Jewish Review in an exclusive telephone interview Dec 18, 2024 that he will not tolerate and will “defund” “all of those...
Editorial: Should the Jewish Community consider bringing in Pro-Israel Indigenous Leaders who understand Jews are Indigenous to the land of Israel ?
The Islamic Social services Association held the first national Muslim-Indigenous Solidarity Conference, which is occured at the Hilton Suites Airport Hotel on Jan. 25 and Jan....
From the Editor: Chanukah, The little Oil Lamp and Moshe Dayan: Jewish Indigeneity to the Land of Israel
As Chanukah, the festival of lights, approaches, I have been thinking about an ancient oil lamp found in the Holy land that I once saw in Tel-Aviv in Yael Dayan's...
“The Abandonment of the Jews” at 40: A Book That Saved Lives
(The article below was first published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles - November 26, 2024...
Bridges for Peace Raises Money in Wpg at its Annual Fundraiser for Medicycle for Magen David Adom
Bridges for Peace, which fosters relations between Christians and Jews and supports Israel, held its annual Winnipeg fundraiser on Nov 19, 2024 and raised $55,000 for the...
The Justice Hunter, Yolanda Papini Pollock’s new documentary about David Matas premieres in Wpg on Dec 17,2024 -There is also a children’s book
The Justice Hunter, a powerful new documentary, tells the inspiring story of David Matas, a Winnipeg-based human rights lawyer known for his tireless work defending refugees, hunting down Nazi war...
Is the UM Masters of Human Rights Program Being Taught in an Academically Responsible and Balanced Manner? Student Union holds Anti-Israel event at CMHR -What about Assad?
The University of Manitoba Masters of Human Rights Students Association held an event on Dec 11,2024 at the CMHR entitled Canada’s Evolving Stand on Palestinian Statehood,...
Jewish Federation Has Shabbat Dinner to Honour Bonds Between Jewish and Filipino Communities sponsored by Asper Foundation
[Editor's note: The article below will be reprinted in the Filipino Journal] The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg held a special Shabbat Dinner with members of the Filipino community...
Prof Bryan Schwartz: Like Isaac, you can strive towards the survival of the Jewish people for countless generation to come
Isaac was not the weakest link Abraham the founder of Judaism had many potential successors. There was his first-born son Ishmael, by Sarah’s maidservant Hagar. After Sara’s death...
Does the CMHR have any standards for groups that use its space? Palestinian speaker says ‘Liberation will come from us only through our struggle, through armed resistance’
On Oct 4, 2024 which was Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana), at an event sponsored by Islamic Relief Canada at the CMHR, Tarek Loubani, an emergency doctor, stated in regard to the...
Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Raises $125,000 to go to Magen David Adom, JNF Canada, Leket, Canadian Friends of Haifa University and Operation Lifeshield
On November 14, Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry had a very succesfui "Stand with Israel" event at the Asper Campus attended by some 100 people, during which cheques of $25,000...
From the National Post: Manitoba Teachers Decry Unions Decision to Cancel Administration Education
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/manitoba-teachers-decry-unions-decision-to-cancel-antisemitism-education
Harriet Berkal: On Hanukah Let The Light Shine In Those Dark Tunnels
As we fast approach Hanukah, it’s hard not to think of our brethren, barely surviving underground, day after day in Gaza. The Festival of Lights , reminds us that there is still hope in...
Rabbi Wolpe at Shaarey Zedek’s Inaugural Weekend: Amsterdam, Israel, Antisemitism and Jewish resilience -We have seen Miracles before and I have no doubt we will see them again
Following the recent events in Amsterdam where Jewish and Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel-Aviv were beaten, and knifed in the streets of Amsterdam Rabbi David Wolpe says that it is possible that Jews...
Housefather calls for Bubble Legislation, and for Universities to enforce their Codes of Conduct among other measures
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, Prime Minister Trudeau's special adviser on antisemitism and Jewish community issues, said he said yes to Trudeau when offered the position, "because...
Prof Wayne Kaplan -Technion leads in Innovation, from Food Tech to Micro-Electronics, and How Technion’s Development of Night Vision Equipment enabled Israel to Win 1973 Yom Kippur War.
One of the many innovations developed by The Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa Israel is in the area of food technology, where Technion has developed hamburgers made out of meat, that...
Pro-Palestinian Weekly Protest says No to Two States, and moves to Confusion Corner
On Yom Kippur, pro-Palestinian protesters moved their weekly protests from City Hall on Main Street to gather on Kenaston and Grant in the heart of Winnipeg’s Jewish community,...
Mazel Tov to all those in the Jewish community who received the Inaugural King Charles III Coronation Medal
The following members of the Jewish community received the King Charles III Coronation Medal (They are listed in alphabetical order): Gail Sheryl Asper, OC, OM, LLD As President of The Asper...
We Shall Dance Again: Should Chai Folk Ensemble and Kadima Dance Company put together a concert to commemorate those murdered at the Nova Festival, and honour the survivors ?
If you go online on Etsy, you can buy coffee cups that say “We shall Dance Again” to commemorate the victims at the Nova Festival on the October 7 Hamas attacks. I...
MP for Winnipeg South Centre Ben Carr: The Issue with Anti-Zionism
As the tragic conflict in the Middle East continues, so too does the increase of tensions here in Canada. One narrative that has grown more dominant in the past few months is that...
Royden Brousseau, Conservative Candidate for Wpg South Centre: Conservative Support for Israel, and Jews here in Canada
Israel is an incredibly beautiful country, rich in history and spiritual significance for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. There is no other country like it in the world. In 2016, I...
