Murray Palay recently completed his term as the national chair of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University. He is a trailblazer in that he is the first national chair west of Ontario in...
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Call for Nominations for the Manitoba Jewish Athletes Wall of Honour
The Cyril “Zeke” Marantz z”l Manitoba Jewish Athletes Wall of Honour at the Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre is currently accepting...
The 2017 CJA Ensures A Vibrant and Thriving Jewish Community
Winnipeg Jewish Review: Can you tell me how the campaign is progressing? Are you finding that there are donors who are receptive to increasing their pledges because they understand how...
A UN Agency Encourages Children to Engage in Acts of War Struggle, Jihad and Martyrdom
in Schoolbooks Taught in UNRWA Schools in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, 2016-2017 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which serves Palestinian Arabs who were ...
From the Jerusalem Post: Nazi Posters Found at Canadian University
http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Nazi-posters-found-at-Canadian-university-514197
From the New York Times: A Train Called Anne Frank? German Railway Plan Prompts Outcry
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/world/europe/germany-anne-frank-train.html
HANDFUL OF U.S. OFFICIALS HELPED RESCUE JEWS FROM HOLOCAUST, NEW BOOK SHOWS
HANDFUL OF U.S. OFFICIALS HELPED RESCUE JEWS FROM HOLOCAUST, NEW BOOK SHOWS WASHINGTON, D.C.- A new book is shedding light on a handful of U.S. government officials who helped rescue...
Max Roytenberg: Sunshine On My Shoulder
I’ve been around the block a time or two, so I’ve seen some of the great cities of the world. Except China, those massive cities that they have made almost uninhabitable with...
BDS Motion Defeated at University of Winnipeg
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....
Normalizing Anti-Semitism in Student Governments
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,...
ISRAELI DELEGATION WAS IN WINNIPEG AS PART OF P2G EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Message from the CEO of the Jewish Federation of WInnipeg: November
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...
MAZEL TOV TO RABBIS LEIBL AND MASS WHO WERE FORMALLY INSTALLED AS RABBIS ON NOV 3-4 AT SHAAREY ZEDEK
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...
From Darkness to Light: Chief Rabbi of Poland speaks of Jewish Renewal and Renaissance In Contemporary Poland
In the minds of many, Poland is associated with one of the darkest chapters of Jewish history. It is a country that saw nearly a millenium of Jewish civilization and history wiped away in an...
Reaching Across a Two Millennia Divide
Two years ago, the fiftieth anniversary of Nostra Aetate (Latin for 'in our Time') was celebrated, and was the occasion for three weekly lectures held at Mary Mother of the Church, in Fort...
TRIBES BY WINNIPEG JEWISH THEATRE: REVIEWED BY JANE ENKIN
Tribes by WJT at the Berney Theatre Oct 21 thru 29 2017 Oct 26 show will be ASL interpreted Tribes is an exciting show; I was deeply moved on opening night. The play concerns Billy, a...
Major Gift by Kanee Family to CISA’s Endowment Fund
It was in June 2010 that Dr. Catherine Chatterley established the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) and shortly thereafter gave the CEO of The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba a...
From the National Post :By Discouraging Criticism Of Islam MI03 Could Make it Harder to Combat Anti-Semitism
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/by-discouraging-criticism-of-islam-m103-could-make-it-harder-to-combat-anti-semitism
Rady JCC and CMDA present Israel’s First Line of Defense-Magen David Adom Response to Mass Casualty Incidents- Wed. Nov. 1, 2017 at Berney Theatre with Guest Speaker Daniel Amzallag
Rady JCC and Canadian Magen David Adom present: ISRAEL'S FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE MAGEN DAVID ADOM RESPONSE TO MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS: Get a glimpse of the day to day work of...
Don’t Miss ‘In the Eye of the Beholder-An Auction of Art and Collectibles’ at Congregation Etz Chayim.
The Women's League of Congregation Etz Chayim is having a fantastic art auction on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 7:00 pm at Congregation Etz Chayim, 123 Matheson East, Winnipeg. This...
Editor’s Report: Visiting the Former Nerve Center of The Nazi Party in Israel
Walking down Ben-Gurion street in Haifa, it is hard to imagine that this was area was once a nerve center for the Nazi party in the 1930's, where Nazi flags could be seen flying. ...
Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland To Speak in Winnipeg October 31 and November 1
Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chief Rabbi of Poland To Speak in Winnipeg October 31-November 2, 2017 Rabbi Michael Schudrich, who has served as both Chief Rabbi of Poland since 2000 as well...
DR.RAFAEL MEDOFF: WHY THEY KEEP LEAVING JEWS OUT OF THE HOLOCAUST
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and author or editor of 17 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust.) The Canadian...
The Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity Gives Free Dental Services to Holocaust Survivors-The Fraternity along with Dr. Gerald Niznick are the 2018 Negev Gala Honourees
The Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity, Manitoba Chapter has been providing free dental service for Holocaust survivors since March 2016 as part of the the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust...
Movie Review of The Witness House Based on the true story of Nazis and Holocaust Survivors Sharing a Villa During the Nuremberg Trials-Thumbs up
I recently watched the interesting 2014 German movie Das Zeugandas, The Witness House, now on Netflix and recommend seeing it (The film is in English, with some German). It is a...
The Eichmann Show-About Eichmann’s Trial-Now on Netflix is Worth Watching
The Eichmann Show a docudrama that was part of the BBC’s Holocaust Memorial season in 2015 is now on Netflix and is worth watching. In...
From the National Post: Government Hastily Removes Holocaust Plaque That Doesn’t Mention Jewish People
http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/government-hastily-removes-holocaust-plaque-that-doesnt-mention-jewish-people
See Video of CJA Chair Steve Kroft with Campaign Message
ARAB-JEWISH DIALOGUE ADDRESSES FORMER MANITOBA MLA’S, MORRY AND FREIG TELL AUDIENCE ABOUT THE POWER OF DIALOGUE
The co-chairs of the Arab Jewish Dialogue (AJD) addressed a group of former Manitoba MLAs (AFFMLA) at a luncheon at the Canad Inns South on Sept 13, focusing on the AJD's mission...
Harry Seidler: Modernist Screened at Berney Theatre as part of Rady JCC’s Morley Blankstein Architectural Series with Very Interesting Lecture by Belogovsky
The first documentary retrospective of Harry Seidler’s architectural legacy, Harry Seidler: Modernist (2016) was screened at the Berney Theatre on Sept 28, as part of the Rady JCC's Morley...
Review of German Film The People v Fritz Bauer- The German Jewish Prosecutor who tipped off the Mossad As to the Whearabouts of Adolf Eichmann-Now on Netflix
This worthwhile German film with English subtitles tells the true relatively unknown story of Fritz Bauer, a German Jewish lawyer who survived the Holocaust and returned to...
Israeli Immigrant Ariel Maudi is Salesman for Nissan Vickar: Vickar Nissan Introduces the Nissan Qashqai
Stephen Vickar President of Vickar Nissan is very pleased that Ariel Maudi, an energetic 34 year old Israeli who immigrated to Winnipeg...
Can We Talk About…Anxiety- Thursday Nov 2nd 7:30 at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue
Subject: Can We Talk About…Anxiety Jewish Child and Family Service will launch the next installment of the speaker series Can We Talk About…on Thursday November 2nd, 7:30pm at Shaarey...
A Visionary Photographer Who Died in World War II Revealed Through A Cache of Unseen Photos-Now at the Jewish Heritage Centre Until Oct 11
Isadore “Nick” Yudell (1916-1943) was a young Jewish photographer from rural Manitoba who documented the world around him during the Dirty Thirties, and whose work aspires to a modern...
Muslim Canadian Woman Reformist Raheel Raza: The Quran in Actuality Affirms that Allah Gave the Land of Israel to the Jews
Despite the fact that many Muslims do not recognize Israel's right to exist, this is not the original attitude reflected in the Qur'an, which actually recognizes the Land of Israel as...
ISRAEL NATIONAL POLICE SPOKESPERSON DELIVERS SECURITY BRIEFING TO PACKED HALL AT JEWISH NATIONAL FUND EVENT
"The old City [of Jerusalem] is the most highly protected place in the whole of the Middle East," said Mickey Rosenfeld, Israeli national spokesman to the Foreign...
Lazer Grant LLP Celebrates its 35th Anniversary: If You Help Your Clients and Your People, The Money Will Follow
Lazer Grant LLP is proud to celebrate its 35th Anniversary and looks forward to many more years serving its current and future clients. Joel Lazer, Managing Partner...
RABBI GREEN’S SPEECH AT THE RALLY AGAINST HATE ORGANIZED BY THE ISLAMIC SOCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
This past month, in Charlottesville, Virginia, the world was witness to something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime: white supremacist anti-Semites uttered words, and...
The JNF High Holiday Rabbi’s Luncheon: The proceeds from High Holiday Appeal to be directed to shelter for victims of domestic violence in Rishon LeZion
The JNF High Holiday Rabbi’s Luncheon was held on September 12, 2017 at Bermax Caffe. The Synagogues participating in our campaign this year are: Congregation Etz...
Our Canada – Celebrating, Exploring, Questioning A show of new works by WAVE Artists at the New Iceland Heritage Museum
How do you imagine “Our Canada”? That is the question that artists of the WAVE Interlake Artists’ Studio Tour have been asking themselves this year. You...
SHAFTESBURY HIGH SCHOOL TAKES ACTION AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM WITH CANTOR MOSHE KRAUS – HIS STORY OF HOPE AND SURVIVAL
In response to an anti-Semitic incident that occurred on social media between students of Shaftesbury High School, 95 year-old Holocaust survivor Cantor Moshe Kraus from Ottawa spoke at the school...
Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Opens Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund
(Winnipeg, August 28, 2017) Houston - more than 6.5 million people…the fourth largest city in the USA has been sorely tested. The devastating rain and the catastrophic flash flooding...
Max Roytenberg: Making A New Start!
Why is it so hard for us to shake off the past and begin anew? Why do we feel that we have to maintain a loyalty to past errors and mistakes? Is it ego? Do we have to romanticize the past to give it...
Family, Baggage and New Beginnings: Shaarey Zedek High Holy Day Perspective
As the High Holy Days approach, I find myself reminiscing of days gone by. Gathering with my Mom and sisters at my Grandparents home to prepare for the celebration with friends and family following Rosh Hashanah services.
Breakfast for Israel 2017 Presented by the Jewish National Fund, Manitoba & Saskatchewan Region
Chaired by Michael Silver, JNF Manitoba & Saskatchewan Vice President, the extremely successful event drew attendees from all ages and backgrounds: young families with children and newcomers. We...
The Nathan Morantz Morantz Memorial Golf Tournament organized by the CABGU Was Huge Success
The Nathan Morantz Z"L Memorial Golf Tournament organized by the Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the proceeds of which were directed to The Negev Autism Center at the...
Max Roytenberg: 2018-Here’s To Life
In Hebrew, numbers can be represented by letters, the ancient way the Hebrews communicated numbers before the Arabic script was adopted. Among many Jews the number 18 is a favorite because...
Israel’s Ambassador to Canada Nimrod Barkan in Winnipeg At Jewish Federation Breakfast Meeting: Tacit Has Tacit Strategic Alliance With Some Arab States
Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Nimrod Barkan, told a gathering of politicians , and professional and lay leadership of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg at a breakfast meeting that there...
Etz Chayim: High Holy Days 5778
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Simone Cohen Scott: Reflections on Being Old
Reflections on Being Old by Simone Cohen Scott I find it so much more dignified to say I'm about to become an octogenarian, than to say I'm turning eighty. Some people...













































