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    Winnipeg Jewish Theatre opens its 29th season with the Canadian premiere of Anna Ziegler’s uplifting play about family dynamics, Another Way Home.   Called a “fair...

On his two-day visit to Israel in October, New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio met face to face with the mayors of Israel’s two largest cities. He looked them both in the eye and bragged,...

A Survivor's Granddaughter   When I look at the smile on my grandfather's face I wonder why someone would want to wipe out his whole race He was forced to wear a bright yellow Jewish...

Shelley Tadman Presents Carole Tanenbaum’s Vintage Collection Monday through Saturday 10:00 – 6:00 pm By appointment 64 Wilton Street 204 477 6971 stadman@shaw.ca  

Buy your Shindleman Lecture tickets here   Among the Algemeiner’s Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life is this year’s Shindleman Lecturer, Professor Jeffrey Herf....

    “A Game of Clocks: An Analysis of the Situation in the Middle East and Its Effects on Israel” by  Raphael Hoult wins the Centre for Israel and Jewish...

      About 90 people attended the successful 2016 Negev Gala Kick-off on Thursday, April 7th at the RBC Convention Centre. Members of the local Jewish Community, friends and...

          http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/letter-from-an-arab-to-a-jew-who-supports-bds/

    In 1976 New York Post gossip columnist Earl Wilson was running scared. His tell-all book, “Sinatra: An Unauthorized Biography,” enraged Ol’ Blue Eyes. No surprise...

    Are the kids like me or did I raise them right or wrong? Do you think about that? I do. A lot!   I’ve reached the stage where I’m standing far from where the action...

      http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-meaning-of-an-olympic-snub-1471303698

  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...

        In an exclusive interview with the Winnipeg Jewish Review just prior to his Winnipeg visit to give a talk sponsored by the Canadian Institute for the Study of...

    What is evil, and how does one comprehend its place in our lives? In Judaism, the question of evil and suffering is expressed in the following statement: “Tzadik v’ra lo,...

  Expert Iran watcher, Omri Ceren, with The Israel Project (TIP)   http://www.theisraelproject.org/  has given us a revealing snapshot of Iran's evil  over just the past...

     From the day that young Rabbi Yaakov “Koby” Artzi began his (first) job as the Dorm Parent for twenty-five tenth graders at Boys Town Jerusalem, life began to change...

Congregation Etz Chayim Pesach Shabbat Dinner and Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, April 29, 2016 123 Matheson Avenue east   Tickets: $36 Adults $15 Children ages 5-13 Free Ages 4 and under  ...

  Dear Community Members, As we reach mid-year we are happy to report on the state of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg.   CJA Campaign Closes at a Record High On March 31 2016,...

    Call For Nominations   Effective June 2016, there will be FOUR vacancies in the number of Elected Directors on the Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education (WBJE). The term for an...

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            http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/barbara-kay-the-scourge-of-anti-semitic-jews

      I grew up on musicals. Ever since I can remember, the image of Julie Andrews skipping in the fields of Austria has been my image of happiness. Dorothy clicking her ruby slippers...

    New Yorker Scott Shay who wrote “Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry,” who headlined Winnipeg's Limmud Festival of Jewish Learning is the founder of...

  Stephen M. Flatow, an attorney in New Jersey, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.   Ordinarily, a piece broken...

  Benjamin Shinewald, former CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress, gave an interesting presentation at Limmud 2016 on the topic of "From Unity to diversity: Why our Community is Fracturing...

    -Purchase a Large Jar of Kosher for Passover Pickles   -Place Jar on Counter until Pickles are exactly room temperature   -In a poised and confident manner, gently...

    Tracey Maconachie, PC Candidate for River Heights says that residents of River Heights want "an active voice in government," and need a representative who brings "a...

            http://www.timesofisrael.com/associated-press-willingly-cooperated-with-the-nazis-new-report-shows/

  Life is disconcerting. We follow its paths, one foot in front of the other, doing what seems to be the right thing to do as we go along. We crave an orderly life, one in which the essentials...

        To anyone paying attention it is obvious that the California university system has the dubious distinction of being the epicenter of the campus war against Israel, an...

If the majority of Europeans had stood up and said NO to the Nazis’ and their collaborators’, would the Holocaust have happened?   Likely not.   Back then,...

  janeenkinmusic.com     As Limmud 2016 was winding down, I had my “only-at-Limmud” moment. I looked in on the “Yiddish Shmooze” just as the group began to...

    Gwynne Dyer is a political columnist with a long record of writing from the political left. He has not written extensively about the Israeli Palestinian conflict, but it is clear he is...

      PC Candidate Audrey Gordon says that based on her education, extensive 28 years of work experience in the public sector, and overall life experience, she is the best qualified...

    Washington Times   No, it's not ISIS or rampaging Shi'i militias. It's the Mosul Dam, Iraq's largest, and its possible collapse, perhaps leading to millions of...

          http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-sands-of-pesach-time/

          http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/the-fifth-question/1.584371

    As a child Tamar Ariel was always on the go. She walked at 10 months, rode around on bicycles, climbed trees and rollerbladed around the neighborhood. Soon she was running races and...

    During the Second World War, Winston Churchill was concerned about enemy aliens in Britain. Many of these so-called aliens, were Jews that escaped the horrors of Nazi-ism, prior to the...

        Thursday, April 14, 2016 6:30 - 9:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm)   Location: (changed from last year) Immanuel Pentecostal Church 955 Wilkes Avenue, Winnipeg, MB...

          http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/03/21/did-un-just-admit-that-israel-is-among-happiest-places-on-earth.html?  

          Children of presidents attract a lot of public and media attention; grandchildren, not so much. But there is one presidential grandchild who deserves special...

    As we see the images of the recent terror attacks in Brussels it is hard to see a way out. It is almost impossible to imagine a time when the fear of terror will be a distant memory or...

    Dear Prime Minister:   We are writing to you today as the Official Opposition Critics for Foreign Affairs regarding two of the eligible candidates for the position of...

    “My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward,” wrote Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in his 1987 book, Trump: The Art of the Deal. “I...

  “Anti-Semitism,” wrote Stephen Eric Bronner, author of the engaging book A Rumor About The Jews, “is the stupid answer to a serious question: How does history...

[ Editor's note: At last I have managed to get my hands on this famous Knishe Recipe !. It could go viral. p.s. Ethel Amihude taught me cooking at Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate many many moons ago....

        James Wilets, a Professor of Law and International Relations at Nova Southeastern University in Floida, gave a talk at Limmud Winnipeg on March 13, 2016 in which he...

  http://www.jewishindependent.ca/why-are-you-attached-to-israel/