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    There are more than seven billion people on this planet and more arriving every second. Our numbers on this globe have reached the point where we are affecting the very nature of the...

    [Editor's note: The Honourable Richard Wagner, Justice fo the Supreme Court of Canada gave the remarks below to the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg at the Foyer of the Berney Theatre...

    The abysmal failure of most governments to display even a pretense of morality when formulating resolutions relating to international affairs was again highlighted by the latest...

  Seeming to parallel the dystopian world described by George Orwell in 1984 in which history and fact are manipulated to serve political ends, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

  When Elmer Davis, director of FDR’s Office of War Information, observed that “. . . you cannot do much with people who are convinced that they are the sole authorized custodians...

      In Nuremberg, Germany, where Hitler's Nazi party passed the Nuremberg laws, I was walking near the Pegnitz River, and  I came across a sign that said Leo...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-son-in-law-whispering-in-trumps-ear/

Editor's note: See the video below of Tatyana Smolyaniov a teacher at the Gray Academy of Jewish Education who played the piano on street in New York. A passerby shot a video of her performance...

Cancer. Now I’ve said it. Just saying it tightens up my gut. It makes me want to swallow. I look around to see if anyone can sense the anger, the blind rage that surges through me. I find...

    Former Winnipegger Ari Cohen (the son of Jerry and  Carol Cohen z"l) is a member of the cast in a series entitled “Shoot the Messenger”, which...

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Cantor Anibal Mass has decided to complete a journey that he began many years ago.   Cantor Mass began studies at the Cantorial School at...

  Growing up in Israel, we got used to having Chanukah around, as a natural part of our environment. As children, we fondly remember celebrating Chanukah in kindergarten, dressing up like...

Award-winning author and motivational speaker Dafna Michaelson Jenet delivered an inspiring keynote address about empowering people to volunteer, and take action to resolve problems in their...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/blitzed-norman-ohler-adolf-hitler-nazi-drug-abuse-interview  

      This article first appeared in Yisrael Hayom and the Jerusalem  Post   I rubbed my eyes with incredulity when I read bizarre statements emanating from Jonathan...

(Stephen M. Flatow is a New Jersey attorney.)   Terror victims and their advocates suffered a major setback Aug. 31, when a U.S. appeals court overturned a $655 million judgment that had been...

  The  CJA kicked off its campaign with a very successful SuperSunday  Telethon  Sunday September 11raising $ 93, 014.00 with over 30 volunteers representing the CJA's...

  [Editor's note:  In 2013 when he was in grade 12 at St Georges School , Matthew Boroditsky  was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, a cancer affecting his body's immune...

  As 32 out of Boys Town Jerusalem’s 100 seventh graders took their places in class on the first day of school, their teacher Rabbi Yosef Ben Zruel surveyed the rows of anxious students...

 I don’t know about you, but I can’t help telling stories about myself. To myself and to others. My theory is, if I tell a story I like often enough, I will end up by believing it....

Dear Community Members, We are pleased to provide an update and a brief report on our plans for the upcoming year. It has been 9 months since we became President and CEO respectively, and as you...

The High Holiday season begins with the inception of the month of Elul. Forty days before the festival of Rosh Hashanah we begin our preparations. What makes the month of Elul so special? In his...

Presented by the Jewish National Fund, Manitoba& Saskatchewan Region   Chaired by Michael Silver, JNF Manitoba & Saskatchewan Vice President, the extremely successful event drew...

The death of the Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi She’ar-Yashuv Cohen, brings to mind the most stirring episodes of the history of the modern state of Israel. Rav She’ar-Yashuv Cohen, wounded...

    This article was first published on June 6, 2016 in www.hevria.com http://hevria.com/emily-rose/sodo-you-have-a-boyfriend-over-there/   My name is Emily Rose. I am 28 years...

              As President elect Donald Trump launches his transition team, he will undoubtedly take a good look at US Middle East Policy. The...

Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre at Syd Glow Place-1588 Main Street, Winnipeg Recreation and Program Services Facilitator  6 month Contract Position We are looking for an individual who will...

    What started out as an informal gathering of a small group of family and friends on Rosh Hashanah has evolved into one of the Winnipeg Jewish community's beloved High Holiday...

Help Enhance the lives of those living on the border with the development of a new Youth Centre in Bnei Netzarim, Halutza   Located on the border with Gaza and Egypt, Bnei Netzarim was founded...

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/religion/extremist-literature-common-in-mosques-islamic-school-libraries-study-says

    Yesterday, outside our apartment , a tree, almost one hundred feet tall, suddenly collapsed onto the adjoining building. There but for the grace of God went we. Amazing to me was the...

Editor's comment: Although there were only a handful of demonstrators protesting against Israel, CBC gave them extensive coverage, which is unfortunate as their numbers really did not warrant...

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  The High Holidays is a time of repentance. Repentance is no simple matter, yet the ritualsassociated with the High Holidays would suggest the opposite. Here is an example. On Rosh Hashanah we...

Matthew Leibl has been hired as a Rabbinic Intern. His lengthy experience at Shaarey Zedek, as a Torah reader, and B’nai Mitzvah teacher will bring a wealth of knowledge to the position....

        As Jewish New Year approaches, I have been busy as a bee over the last few days sampling several delicious  kinds of honey made by John Russell's Honey Company....

http://www.cjnews.com/news/yazidi-brothers-reunited-26-years-apart  

      Karma Development is excited to announce their plan to build a  68 unit 5 story luxury condo development . Located on the south west corner of the Asper Jewish Community...

[This article is from: http://www.danielpipes.org/16873/ban-the-burqa-allow-the-burkini ] France has been seized by a silly hysteria over the burkini, prompting me to wonder when...

  My daughter wanted to get a kitten and the next thing I new she and  my husband  went to the Humane Society on a Sunday afternoon and came home with a little black kitten , named...

Breaking Down  Barriers: Jewish Child and Family Service presents  Can we talk about…Depression featuring TSN celebrity Michael Landsberg   Although depression is a...

August  2016 THE CHALLENGE FOR CANADA IN MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATONS: CONVENING ”THE REFUGEE WORKING GROUP” TO FOCUS UNRWA POLICIES ON PEACE – FOR PRESENTATION WHEN CANADIAN...

When Professor Michael Eskin first learned recently that he is to be inducted into the Order of Canada, he was surprised. "My colleagues nominated me for this distinction without telling me...

Milli Flaig Hooper #19 on the Wave Tour Sept 3/4 28 Hawthorne Ave Matlock, MB turn East at Ford Road off Hwy 9 204 389 4134 paperfifrildi@gmail.com http://www.thepaperfifrildi.com/ Open year...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/jewish-foundation-manitoba-aims-150-million

Local Jewish community ad hoc committee fundraises for Judaic Studies courses to be continued at the University of Manitoba; $12,600 needed to fund a second Hebrew language course that has been cut...