Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world. ? Marianne Williamson, The Law of Divine Compensation: Mastering the Metaphysics of Abundance After a week of being home...
https://nationalpost.com/news/another-covid-19-casualty-after-60-years-the-canadian-jewish-news-will-cease-operations
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/Praying-an-ancient-prayer-in-time-of-COVID-19-569286091.html#cxrecs_s
These are extraordinary and difficult times and the Rady JCC has had to lay off staff due to the fact that it has closed down its operation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
These have been trying times. The coronavirus has changed our lives in a way we never imagined. But there is an upside to all of this.
The Rady JCC's Kaufman Child Care Centre and the David and Ruth Asper Early Learning Centre have been approved by Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) to provide continual...
http://carolineglick.com/israel-and-the-demise-of-the-global-village/
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/donors-awaken
As all Israeli schools have been ordered closed as a means to fight the spread of the COVID-19, Boys Town Jerusalem shut its classroom and dormitory doors.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/seder-in-a-time-of-plague/
https://forward.com/opinion/442014/why-american-jews-are-at-greater-risk-for-coronavirus/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20RSS_Test%20BACKUP&utm_maildat...
Dear Community Members,
The situation relating to COVID-19 is continually changing, with many communications being issued by companies and organizations regarding cancellations, closures and postponements.
The worldwide community is grasping for ways to react to the ever-growing threat of the novel coronavirus outbreak (also referred to as COVID-19). Everyday, the news becomes more grave, while uncertainty and disruptions to everyday life become more severe.
https://www.jta.org/2020/03/20/global/antwerp-jewish-community-braces-for-85-infection-rate-and-hundreds-of-deaths-from-coronavirus
Elsa Hategan’s story of redemption from hate (see my review, the Winnipeg Jewish Review), aligned with other presentations relating to redemption that I attended at this year’s Winnipeg...
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/it-is-time-for-helmut-oberlander-to-leave-canada/
This is an excerpt from a longer paper presented by Howard Morry to the Arab Jewish Dialogue (AJD). Howard and Ab Freig, co chairs of the AJD, recently made a presentation on the conflict to the...
At Winnipeg Limmud on March 1, Elsa Hategan delivered two intensely affecting presentations: “Hearts of Hate: A Former Neo-Nazi’s Journey from Hate to Hope” and “Remember Your Name: A Journey into Time, Memory, and Epigenetics.”
Dear Community Members,
In early March we will celebrate the holiday of Purim. Although it is a fun and lighthearted holiday filled with numerous community celebrations and festive treats, it carries with it an important message.
Angela Orosz-Richt (“Angie”) recounted the astounding story of her mother Vera Bein’s survival before a crowd of 400 people at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, which included a remarkably large number of young people. Jessica Cogan, Israel and Overseas chair and Carrie Shenkarow the March of the Living Chair at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg
TORONTO, CANADA – CHW is pleased to announce that the 2020 CHW Annual Campaign, Home Is Where The Heart Is, begins on March 1, 2020, in support of CHW projects. This pillar of...
David Greaves, who has recently been appointed the executive director of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Manitoba and Saskatchewan region is excited to announce that Israeli singer/songwriter, David Broza, accompanied by members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), will be this year's featured entertainment for the JNF Gala honouring Ted Lyons on October 27 , 2020.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/avi-benlolo-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-bringing-with-it-a-new-level-of-anti-semitism?video_autoplay=true
https://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/demonstrators-protest-at-cmhr-against-trumps-mideast-peace-plan
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Palestinian-lawyers-threaten-to-sue-those-who-accept-Trump-plan-617050
he U.S. peace plan calls for Palestinian education reform, and the context cannot be ignored; 20 years of research show that the PLO has transformed Palestinian schools into a tool of war against...
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/after-yet-another-no-isnt-it-time-for-a-palestinian-peace-plan/
[Editor's note: Below is an email that was sent out by the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba]
Dear Friends,
The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba (JFM) is very happy to announce the appointment of John Diamond as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will begin his new role on Monday, February 10, 2020.
(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and the author of The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and...
Toronto, ON – Opera.ca, the national association for opera in Canada, is proud to honour an outstanding opera company board member, Elba Haid, Chair of Manitoba Opera’s (MO) Board of...
In December 2019, 27 year old Hadera Short founded a new Israeli dance group called Kadima Dance Company for dancers who are 18 or older who wish to engage in Israeli dance. Hadera has a very...
The Cyril “Zeke” Marantz z”l Manitoba Jewish Athletes Wall of Honour at the Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre is currently accepting nominations for the Wall of Honour.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bermax-caffe-lawyers-withdraw-1.5429911
https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/shinewald-the-four-strains-of-modern-anti-semitism
‘Synagogues in Washington Heights were smeared with antisemitic epithets, vandalized, set afire… Mobs of hoodlums have been harassing Jews… Jewish cemeteries in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island were desecrated…”
We begin the New Year with resolutions often reflecting our desire to be healthier – quit smoking, lose weight, exercise more and decrease stress. But for some people health problems are far...
Winnipeg, MB – January 13, 2020 – The University of Manitoba’s Robson Hall Law School is pleased to announce that its locally founded international law program – celebrating its tenth anniversary and one of Canada’s largest international programs – will now be supported annually by The Asper Foundation which is located in Winnipeg, Canada.
WINNIPEG, CANADA: A unique art show is opening the evening of the first 1st Friday of 2020 at the Edge Gallery in downtown Winnipeg. “In Between Worlds” will feature new work...
(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. His latest book is The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the...
At a time when FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg conducts campaigns which stress “education for peace” around the world, it came as a surprise that FACEBOOK would offer generous matching grants to UNRWA.
https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/shinewald-a-jew-on-christmas
Joel Lazer of Lazer Grant LLP, the new President of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, says that one of the things he would like to accomplish as President is "to make the...
This is the time of year when we look back at the months that have passed and plan for the future. For Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2019 was an amazing year, and we expect that 2020 will see even greater things!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/group-fights-sale-town-island-kenora-lake-of-the-woods-1.5391458
https://www.jewishindependent.ca/a-book-about-operation-ezra/
Tlahun Gete’s eyes sparkle when he talks about his present and future. For now, the 20-year-old student at Boys Town Jerusalem’s College of Applied Engineering (CAE) is hard at work on his highly intensive electronics studies, with an eye towards his upcoming enlistment in an advanced Israel Air Force technological unit after graduation.
As you are certainly aware, in recent weeks a series of troubling incidents has occurred on your respective campuses. While the events in question were distinct, they all shared a common impulse by a groups on your campuses who believe that they, and they alone, are able to set standards for free speech—in these particular cases, involving the debate about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and how Jewish students and other Israel supporters are treated as part of the university community.
The University of Manitoba has appointed a demonstrated bridge-builder and a committed leader in community engagement, a sought-after global economic outlook expert, and a proud Manitoban, Dr. Michael Benarroch, as its 12th president and vice-chancellor.
