The United Nations’ new Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres of Portugal, in his first major address outside the U.N., spoke this past Shabbat at New York’s Park East Synagogue. In...
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Vickar Family Acquires Ford Dealership on Main St. Across from Kildonan Park
The Vickar family is very excited about their recent acquisition of the Ford dealership on the corner of Main Street and Templeton Avenue (across from Kildonan Park), which is being renamed...
Neighbours Hang Poster in Solidarity with Home Owners Who Were Targeted by Anti-Semitic Incident on Chanukah/New Year’s Eve
Several neighbours have responded to a recent ugly antisemitic incident that occurred in Woleseley by working collaboratively to produce and distribute a poster with a Magen David...
Ezra Levant Fights Two Libel Suits Over Anti-Semitism Allegations
http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/ezra-levant-fights-two-libel-suits-anti-semitism-allegations
Anti-Semitic Act in Winnipeg; Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem
Dear Community Members, I wanted to address two incidents that occurred in the last week, here in our local community and in Israel. As an organization and community we condemn the anti-Semitic,...
Editor’s report: My Visit to Beit El, the Settlement to Which Donald Trump Donated $10,000 and For Which His Envoy David Friedman Raises Money.
Donald Trump donated $10,000 to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, adjacent to Ramallah, in 2003 in honour of David Friedman, who he has named to be US Ambassador to Israel. Friedman...
A Swastika in the Snow: What I Got for Defending the Jewish Community
Editor’s note: Sara McCleary writes a weekly column for B’nai Brith Canada. She often writes about antisemitism. This week’s column, however, is different as she...
The Boundaries of Jewish Identity: Israel Democracy Institute Roundtable
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky: "Absence of dialogue with Diaspora Jewry is a serious threat to the State of Israel." Professor Michael Walzer: "The concept of...
A Story of Return – My journey as a B’nei Anousim
A story of Return My journey as a B'nei Anousim One's journey of discovery of identity has many colors and types, but the inward soul will always cry out for truth. Such is my story of...
Rosh Chodesh Under the Stars Jan 28, 2017 at MB Planetarium
Join us for an evening of songs and stories under the twinkling night sky as we explore the significance of Rosh Chodesh in Jewish Life. Saturday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m. Manitoba...
Jane Enkin’s Review of Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Million Dollar Quartet
RMTC January 5-28 2017 Book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux Original Concept and Direction by Floyd Mutrux Inspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins...
When was the last time you LAUGHED about Israel?
What was the most telling moment for Israel in 2016? It’s neither knife-welding Jihadists in the streets in the opening months of 2016, nor the stab-in-the-back from Obama at the UN at...
Depraved Indifference
‘Depraved Indifference’ in the UN Security Council Resolution The latest betrayal of Israel is potentially lethal in making Jews trespassers and criminals on their own land. The shameful...
MR. TRUMP VISITS ‘OCCUPIED TERRITORY’
(Dr. Rafael Medoff is author or editor of 16 books about Jewish history, Zionism, and the Holocaust) On the heels of the United Nations condemnation of Jewish settlements in what it calls...
From the CJN: New Israeli Show Fauda (on Netflix ) is Gripping and Sexy
http://www.cjnews.com/culture/new-israeli-show-fauda-is-gripping-gritty-real
From the times of Israel; Fleeced by Israeli Binary Options Firm Canadian Man commits Suicide
http://www.timesofisrael.com/fleeced-by-israeli-binary-options-firm-canadian-man-commits-suicide/
Allan Levine in the CJN: JUNE 1967-The Most Historic Week in Modern Jewish History
http://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Jared-Kushner-reportedly-fail-to-include-Israel-bond-holdings-in-financial-disclosure-499771
EINSTEIN TV SERIES DISTORTS JEWISH REFUGEE ISSUE
(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and author or editor of 16 books about the Holocaust and Jewish history.) Albert...
From the National Post: Outrage rains down on McGill student rep who tweeted ‘punch a Zionist’ — and an offer to do just that
Note that the he student who tweeted "puncha zionist" in the article below has a Jewish father and a half -Jewish mother...
WHY ARE ZIONISTS CELEBRATING UNFULFILLED PROMISES?
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/The-7-most-awkward-moments-from-Trumps-Israel-trip-493738
Op-Ed: Don’t destroy Jerusalem’s ancient treasures!
http://nationalpost.com/g00/opinion/robert-fulford-if-the-palestinians-care-about-peace-why-do-they-pay-salaries-to-terrorists/wcm/90543713-e074-47b4-a176-685e4f9c6f67
Rhonda Spivak in the Times of Israel – Could Israel lose the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This article first appeared in the Times Of Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/could-israel-lose-the-dead-sea-scrolls/ One of the very unfortunate effects of the US failure to veto UN Security...
U.N. General Assembly Criticizes Recognition of Jerusalem
http://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/im-muslim-criticism-political-islam-cant-conflated-islamophobia
From Foreign Policy: Trump’s Outside-In Approach To Israeli Palestinian Peacemaking Won’t Work Right Now
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/02/13/trumps-outside-in-approach-to-israeli-palestinian-peacemaking-wont-work-right-now-peace-conflict-two-state-solution/
Israel is the legal occupant of the West Bank, says the Court of Appeal of Versailles, France
Publié par Jean-Patrick Grumberg le 13 janvier 2017 http://www.dreuz.info/2017/01/13/israel-is-the-legal-occupant-of-the-west-bank-says-the-court-of-appeal-of-versailles-france/ Reprint or...
Max Roytenberg: Making Choices
Making Choices During December in 2016, one of my grandsons chose to end his life. Suffering from a deepening depression, and other difficulties, despite the efforts of parents, companions and...
AIPAC Statement on Secretary Kerry’s Speech
Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech today was a failed attempt to defend the indefensible. Contrary to Secretary of State Kerry's address today, the United Nations...
From the Times of Israel: Trump Saved Israel from trump-saved-israel-from-Diplomatic Hit at UN-Official in Jerusalem quoted as saying
http://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-saved-israel-from-targeted-strike-by-obama-at-un-official-in-jerusalem-quoted-saying/
Growing in More Ways than One: A Year-End Message from Marsha Cowan, CEO of the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba
Friends, As I write this note, I am pleased to tell you that your Jewish Foundation’s endowed asset base has grown to $107 million. It’s a remarkable accomplishment for a community...
Max Roytenberg: Finding Your I
Finding Your I What was your growing up story like? Do you even remember? Maybe this will help! We emerge from childhood scrambling to make some sense of the world around us. If we are...
Don’t Make “LIGHT “ of your Marriage this Hanukah Season
Truth be told, we all take many things for granted in life. It’s often when they are removed, missing, or become routine, that we stop and realize just how precious they are to us. ...
Pumpkinflowers: An Israeli Soldier’s Story by Matti Friedman-Reviewed by John Farber
Pumpkinflowers: An Israeli Soldier’s Story by Matti Friedman 2016 Penguin Random House Canada Ltd Matti Friedman is no doubt best known as the ex-AP journalist who, in 2014, blew the whistle...
Tim Boxer: Some Things Kosher At UN
John Bolton is looking forward to great relations between Israel and the United States. The former U.S. ambassador to the UN, said that President-elect Donald Trump “is not going to let other...
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND ANNOUNCES 2017 NEGEV GALA HONOUREE
The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Regional Branch is proud to announce that Rabbi Alan Green, Senior Rabbi of Shaarey Zedek Congregation will be the...
Jane Enkin Reviews The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: The Musical
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: The Musical music Alan Menken book and lyrics David Spencer director Austin Pendleton Director Austin Pendleton learned from the...
Message from the CEO of the jewish federation of Winnipeg for December
Dear Community Members, With a recent trip to Israel still fresh in my mind, I would like to focus on what has transpired over the last few weeks. We have watched in horror the devastation...
JJ GOLDBERG AND JONATHON TOBIN ENGAGE IN LIVELY DEBATE OVER CRITICAL ISSUES FACING ISRAEL AT RADY JCC’S TARBUT
Debates involving left wing versus right wing approaches to Israel and Jewish issues are so omnipresent that they can become stale, even to those who are highly interested in Israel...
From the Forward: Ivanka Trump Sparks Kugelgate By Grabbing Jamie Gellers Brocoli Recipe
http://forward.com/news/355975/ivanka-trump-sparks-kugelgate-by-grabbing-jamie-gellers-broccoli-recipe/
The Controversial Holocaust Memorial-The Inverted Library
I walked by this bunker shaped monument designed by a British sculpture Rachel Whitehead in Vienna's Judenplatz (Jewish square), and to be very honest I did not understand what the...
Kristallnacht Commemorative Program Featured Music of Degenerate Composers Banned by the Nazis
About 200 people attended the annual Kristallnacht commemoration event held in the Berney Theatre put on by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, which featured the music of composers whose...
Jane Enkin’s Review of David Broza Concert -Rady JCC’s Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture
Rady JCC's Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture 2016, West End Cultural Centre, David Broza Concert, November 13, 2016 Tarbut is amazing – we have the opportunity to hear artists who...
P2G Exchange Program with Israel Has a Profound Impact on Participants
by Rhonda Spivak Ten Israeli students with two Israeli teachers arrived in Winnipeg between October 19-30 as part of the P2G (Partnership 2Gether)...
Remembering Shimon Peres’s Connection to Winnipeg: Sol Kanee Helped Peres Procure Arms For the Fledgling State
When Shimon Peres, the beloved President of Israel, passed away recently , Sid Halpern remembered that Peres had a Winnipeg connection. As Halpern told the Winnipeg...
NEW CEO OF ISRAEL BONDS CANADA : WE VALUE OUR WINNIPEG INVESTORS AND HOPE TO COUNT ON THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT
NEW CEO OF ISRAEL BONDS CANADA : WE VALUE OUR WINNIPEG INVESTORS AND HOPE TO COUNT ON THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT by Rhonda Spivak Raquel Benzacar Savatti has become the first...
FINJAN RETURNS: UPCOMING WSO CONCERT ON NOV 26 TO FEATURE INFECTIOUS KLEZMER MUSIC AND ROBINOVITCH’S KLEZMER SUITE
Canada's first Klezmer group, Finjan will return to play with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra [WSO] on November 26 at the Concert Hall in what promises to be an unforgettable...
November Was the month of the Blue Box Campaign
Fill it up, drop it off and pick up a new BLUE BOX! In the ongoing saga of the small Blue Box and the “Big” Jewish dream, the Blue Box has its honoured place, a proud symbol...
Max Roytenberg; The Club of Strong Believers
When my Bride and I lived in Dublin, Ireland, we were strangers in a foreign land. Our refuges were the synagogues of the tiny Jewish community. It was there we found instant...
For Immediate Release ANNUAL KRISTALLNACHT PROGRAM 2016 This...
Jane Enkin Reviews David Buchbinder’s Odessa/Havana Roots Concert At Rady JCC’s Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture
An enthusiastic full house audience enjoyed the first concert of Rady JCC's Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture 2016, David Buchbinder’s Odessa/Havana Roots. Buchbinder brought...
ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE CYRIL “ZEKE” MARANTZ “Z’L” 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 nominations for the Wall...













































