Every year we wish each other a heartfelt Shona Tovah, a Happy New Year, during the High Holiday season. It is a custom that remains with us all our living days. We remember the fuss that went into...
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Rabbi Yosef Benarroch: Do Our Thoughts Matter
As the High Holidays approach I would like to explore the question of whether G-d cares about the way we think? Many people will answer that what G-d is interested in is the way we act and less...
REFLECTIONS: Shaarey Zedek High Holy Day Perspective
It's now seventeen years since I led my first High Holy Day services at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Seventeen years is long enough for an entire generation to have come of age.
GRANT PARK SOBEYS CARRIES WIDE SELECTION OF KOSHER PRODUCTS
At Sobeys Grant Park, we are pleased and proud to offer a wide selection of Kosher products to serve our local community. I have made a commitment to be personally involved with the...
Message from Adam Levene President of Jewish Federation of Winnipeg: Antisemitic Graffiti in Winnipeg
Dear Community Members, Yesterday, local media reported the appearance of graffiti on Wellington Crescent promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories. In specific, the offensive writings –...
Editor’s Special Report Over 50 Years After The Six Day War: My Visit to a A Rather Secret Palace in East Jerusalem on the Hill of Beans
There is a "Hill of Beans" in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, and on it lies an unfinished palace that Jordan's King Hussein began to build when Jordan...
A Whole New Level of Positivity: Shaarey Zedek High Holy Day Perspective
We are less than two months away from the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), and although the spirit of this Holiday starts to manifest during the month of Elul (last month of the Jewish year), this is the time when hundreds of families start planning what kind of Service they want to experience.
Editor’s Review of Tasty Items on Gwen Secter’s Rosh Hashana Menu Plus Gwen Secter’s Complete Rosh Hashana Take Out Menu-order by Sept 11
I have had occasion recently to taste some take out kosher food prepared by Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre, which would be great to order for Rosh Hashana (Jump down to see the...
Speech by David Matas on Receiving the Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Canada Peace Award on June 8, 2017: The values of Gandhi today
Thank you for this award. The award, as perhaps it should, has got me thinking about the values of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi taught non-violence, the spirit of truth and tolerance of...
JOHN RUSSELL EXPLAINS WHY HONEYBEES ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU THIS ROSH HASHANA
John Russell is V.P. of the Red River Apiarists Association and Proprietor of The John Russell Honey Company Honey is a delicious staple for many of us, and is a...
50 Percent Off Seats – 100 Percent More Value: Shaarey Zedek High Holiday Perspective
I realized something the other day. Shaarey Zedek has a long history of rabbis over the last 125 plus years, but how many of those rabbis could look out over the congregation on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and say to themselves, “I sat in those seats when I was a kid!”
David Matas: The AMIA BOMBING AND IRAN: REMARKS AT THE AMIA COMMEMORATION JULY 18, 2017 PUT ON BY JEWISH FEDERATION OF WINNIPEG
(Remarks delivered to an AMIA commemoration, 18 July 2017, Winnipeg) How best to remember the 1994 AMIA bombing? One way is to provide a remedy for the surviving victims and...
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND ANNOUNCES 2018 NEGEV GALA HONOUREES AND PROJECT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2017 The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba & Saskatchewan Regional Branch is pleased to announce our 2018 Negev Gala Honourees:...
Jewish Young Adult Escapes Injury After Teenagers with Somali Accents in River Heights Swarm Around Him and Pull Knife Out
A twenty year old Jewish young adult luckily escaped injury after three teenagers who appeared to have Somali accents swarmed around him on their bicycles, as one of them pulled a knife...
Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) are excited to announce Shana Menkis as our new Director of Operations
Shana is responsible for overseeing many of the day-to-day functions and operations of the agency including: collaborative leadership with the Management Team for program implementation, evaluation...
Max Roytenberg: Painful
We cannot deny that our world is full of joyful things that illuminate our lives. Indeed, they come in so many forms that they are almost impossible to describe and enumerate. And they vary with the...
NOEL HERSHFIELD: THE ACADEMIC INTIFADA-BACKGROUND TO THE BDS MOVEMENT
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement targeting the State of Israel, has been in existence for at least 15 years. It is a global campaign to increase economic and political pressure...
WALTER SALTZBERG RECEIVES THE SOVEREIGN MEDAL FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA
Walter Saltzberg (born Wacek Zalcberg) received "The Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers " on July 23, 2017 from Her Honour, Janice Filmon the...
Editors Report: Getting into the wrong Rent a Car on Mount Tabor in the Galil
Our drive up Mount Tabor in Northern Israel turned out to be quite an adventure – especially since at the top of this scenic peak I got into the wrong...
Chai Concert Honouring Ahava Halpern and Frank Lavitt Is A Major Success-Read Ahava Halpern’s Complete Speech June 7, 2017
[Editor's note: The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble's Ancient Roads concert on June 7 2017 was a resounding success. Not only was the concert enjoyable and well-received but the...
Bill Narvey: Political Correctness Undermines Efforts to Save Jewish Souls from Assimilation
Two excellent recent articles (American Jewry is Disappearing by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg and American Jewry: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Heading? Two Views by Schick and...
As Camp Massad’s 65th Anniversary Approaches: Waterslides, The Wedding of Sari Waldman to Zev Ripstein and more
This year Camp Massad approaches its 65th Anniversary (Official Senior Citizen status). Here's a few updates on what's been happening at the Camp. To begin with for the first time in...
Max Roytenberg: The Drive To Survive
One of the strongest instincts possessed by living things is their striving to continue living, to express their struggle for survival. Living things struggle to keep on living. The complexity and...
John Farber Reviews Antisemitism Studies – Journal of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism
Antisemitism Studies – Journal of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism. Dr. Catherine Chatterley, Editor-in-Chief. Published by Indiana University Press,Volume 1, Number 1...
Speech by David Matas on Receiving the Mahatma Gandhi Centre of Canada Peace Award on June 8, 2017: The values of Gandhi today
Thank you for this award. The award, as perhaps it should, has got me thinking about the values of Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi taught non-violence, the spirit of truth and tolerance of...
David Bedein: Ben Gurion feedback to the Reform Movement 47 years ago was prophetic.
In 1970, during my first months in Israel, I lived with two fellows who were learning at HUC, the Hebrew Union College. They very much wanted to live in Israel. Yet they...
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION
Dear Community Members, As we welcome July, I would like to wish you all a Happy Canada 150! We are so fortunate to live in such a diverse and accepting democracy which we celebrated this past...
The Honourable Woman, British Spy Thriller which deals with Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now on Netflix gets Thumbs Up
There is a very good British political spy thriller television miniseries that is now on Netflix The Honourable Woman, which deals with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, directed and...
Largest Graduating Class in Over 100 Years of Jewish Education Has a Fantastic Educational Trip in Israel
This year, the largest graduate class in over a 100 year history of Jewish education in Winnipeg, went on an Israel Trip. Twenty three of the 47 graduates of Gray Academy embarked on a two...
BB Camp announces $250,000 donation gift from Shenkarow Family
Murray Gilfix, one of the co-chairs of the BB Camp Capital Campaign is proud to announce a donation of $250,000 from Barry and Rena Shenkarow, Carrie Shenkarow and Jason Olin and Mira and Matthew...
For Immediate Release: Bulrushes Gallery Celebrates Canada Printmakers
To commemorate Canada’s 150 years Bulrushes Gallery is celebrating contemporary printmaking in Canada. Bulrushes Gallery, located in a picturesque park like setting just 3 Km west...
Negev Gala honouring Rabbi Green with net Proceeds to World’s Jewish Museum a Huge Success
This year's JNF Gala Honouring Rabbi Green, with net proceeds being directed to the World Jewish Museum, was a huge success. There were over 1300 tickets sold for the event to honour Rabbi...
50th Anniversary of Six Day War – Revisiting 1967: Thousands of Germans Wanted to Serve in the Israeli Army
Prof Amnon Rubinstein: The Mistakes after the Victory [Editor's note: This article was written 10 years ago on the 40th anniversary of the Six Day War when in I I met ...
50th Anniversary of the Six Day War: Shimon Peres: Personalities Play a Decisive Role in History
[Editor's note: The article below was written 10 years ago on the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War when I heard Shimon Peres speak when he was a member of Kadima and Ehud Olmert was...
Center of photo: Yoram Hamizrachi [East] with his reserve Paratroopers Unit 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIX DAY WAR: REMEMBERING YORAM EAST, A SOLDIER IN THE PARATROOPERS RESERVE BRIGADE THAT LIBERATED THE WESTERN WALL-“HAR HABAYIT BEYADEINU
I’ve been thinking about IDF Colonel Yoram Hamizrachi (East) who passed away in October 2010 . I ’ve been thinking of the fact that fourty five years ago this month...
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIX DAY WAR : DALIA RABIN AND EITAN HABER REVISIT THE SIX-DAY-WAR: THE LEGACY OF YITZHAK RABIN
[Editor's note: This article was written 10 years ago on the 40th anniversary of the six day war when I heard Dalia Rabin, the daughter of the late Yitzhak Rabin, and...
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIX DAY WAR: FORMER CHIEF OF JORDANIAN AIR FORCE AND ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE EXPERT REVISIT THE SIX DAY WAR
[Editor's note: This article which was written ten yeas ago just before the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War on June 5, 2007 is being reprinted now as the 50th anniversary of the Six Day...
Review of Award Winning Israeli Film Sand Storm Set in Bedouin Village On Netflix-Thumbs Up !
Editor's Pick: Award Winning Israeli Film Sand Storm Set in Bedouin Village on Netflix is Really Worth Seeing The 2016 Israeli Film Sand Storm, (Hebrew: ????...
Sarajevo-a film now on Netflix About The Jew Tasked with Uncovering the Real Reason Why Archduke Ferdinand Was Shot Leading to World War 1
The very interesting film Sarajevo that has recently been added to Netflix, an Austrian feature about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, has a Jewish angle to it, and I...
The History of Winnipeg Beach – Harry Silverberg used to own the Pavillion and Amusement Attractions including the Roller Coaster in the 60’s
[This article is dedicated to Alvin Corne and Marty Corne. Alvin told me about how he and his brother Marty had their first job hauling luggage from the passengers who got off the CPR train...
Margaret Trudeau addresses Largest Ever Jewish Foundation Women’s Luncheon on Manic Depression-Irma Penn Z’l Leaves Major Bequest Over One Million To Jewish Foundation
Margaret Trudeau addressed the largest ever Jewish Foundation of Manitoba’s Women’s Endowment Fund Luncheon on the topic of mental illness held at the RBC...
From the CJN: Why Have Jewish High Schools
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Editor Recommends Viewing Devil’s Mistress, True Story on Netflix About Czech actress who Was Mistress of Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels
The Devil's Mistress, the true story of a Czech actress who Hitler's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels fell madly in love with, has just been added to Netflix and is worth...
Jane Enkin Previews Mr Gaga -A True Story of Love and Dance at Rady JCC’s Wpg International Jewish Film Fest
MR GAGA Germany/Israel/Netherlands/Sweden, 2015, English, Hebrew with English subtitles, Director: Tomer Heymann, 100 minutes Guest Speaker: Brent Lott, Artistic Director, Winnipeg’s...
Jane Enkin Previews Fanny’s Journey-Remarkable Film of Survival and Courage-Rady JCC’s Wpg Jewish International Film Fest
Fanny’s Journey Le Voyage de Fanny France/Belgium, 2016, French with English subtitles, Director: Lola Doillon, 94 minutes Jane Enkin Music and Story at janeenkinmusic.com For schedule of...
Jane Enkin Previews In search of Israeli cuisine-Rady JCC Jewish International Film Festival-May 23
In Search USA, 2015, English, Director: Roger Sherman, 97 minutes Guest Speaker: Director, Roger Sherman May If you are fascinated by Israeli culture and its startlingly quick...
Recipes from Mark Twain when he ate in Jerusalem in 1902-Lamp Soup, Bean Cakes, Eggs with Yoghurt
For the 50th anniversary of the re-unification of Jerusalem day this year, I thought I would publish the recipes used by Mark Twain , the famed author of Huckleberry Finn and...
Jane Enkin Peview’s the Film ‘Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions -THE MORLEY BLANKSTEIN ARCHITECTURAL FILM SERIES JUNE 5 AT RADY JCC
Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions Chezionot bilti poskim Germany/Israel, German, Hebrew with English subtitles, Director: Duki Dror, 71 minutes By Jane Enkin for the Winnipeg Jewish Review Jane...
BB Camp announces $500,000 donation gift launched by Marjorie and the late Morley Blankstein, Carol and Barry McArton and Max Blankstein
BB Camp’s Capital Campaign, which was launched November 2016, is on its way to reaching its monetary goal. The campaign, which is set out to raise $6-8 million dollars, has surpassed over $...
From the CJN: Senator Linda Frum: The Case for Jewish Heritage Month
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