by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 9, 2017 | Local
In the campus war against Israel, the all too familiar refrain from student anti-Israel activists, many of whom form the loose coalition of groups and individuals spearheading the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is that their quarrel is only with...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 9, 2017 | Local
The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel suffered a significant defeat at the University of Winnipeg (UW) student union vote that occurred on October 25. In order to secure a victory a two-thirds majority in the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 8, 2017 | Local
Dear Community Members, I would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU for your generosity to the Federation’s Combined Jewish Appeal. As of today, we have reached $2.26 million. This represents 38.8% of our 2017 CJA Campaign...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 8, 2017 | Local
Rabbi Matthew Leibl and Rabbi Anibal Mass both received their Rabbinic S’micha at a ceremony in New York held July 1st 2017 at the Jewish Spiritual Leaders Institute (JSLI). On Nov 3-4, they were formally installed as Rabbis at Congregation Shaarey Zedek at a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 8, 2017 | Local
A delegation of ten Israeli high school students with two of their Israeli teachers arrived in Winnipeg recently as part of the P2G (Partnership 2Gether) Program, an exchange program that builds unbreakable bonds between students at Gray Academy of Jewish Education...