Dear Community Members, As we look forward to spring, we welcome back snowbirds, and congratulate those who not only survived, but enjoyed another Winnipeg winter. We have many...
For most, Purim is a time of celebrations and participating in the tradition of exchanging mishloach manot (gift baskets) to friends and family. Two women also want to remind us that it...
"Volunteering in Israel withBridges for Peace has allowed us the privilege to use our professional skills in a deeply meaningful and satisfying way. We are working with...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-team-already-exploring-logistics-of-moving-embassy-to-jerusalem-report/ Editorial: The PA and Lawfare: Some Thoughts on Abbas's...
In response to an offer from the Premier’s office, I sat down with Greg Selinger on February 11th for a 30-minute visit. We became acquainted on a Jewish Federation mission...
I recently watched Saul Henteleff's film "My Jewish Death " and recommend that readers see it as it is really quite remarkable. (The film was shown at Limmud...
So, talking about this and that, what is it all about? These short memos I am sharing, what is the point of my natterings? All of us are living our lives, day by day. That is what we...
http://www.themanitoban.com/2016/03/umsu-executive-candidate-under-fire-over-facebook-comments/27452/
The author of an editorial that proclaimed support for acts of violence as a sacred duty has been suspended from his position with the Windsor Multicultural Council. The...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/why-canada-should-not-restore-funding-to-unrwa/article28813681/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/most-muslim-mps-missed-the-vote-denouncing-protestors-of-isr#.nbEgJ9O0V9
City for All Women Initiative has organized a Solidarity Hijab Day on Thursday February 26th at Ottawa’s City Hall. This day seeks to encourage non Muslim women to wear the...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-steer-clear-of-kerrys-israel-comments-reiterate-support-for-two-state-solution/article33452653/
Jews have been accused of harming and murdering non-Jews since the twelfth century in England, when Jewish convert to Catholicism, Theobald of Cambridge, mendaciously announced...
The Winnipeg Jewish Review just participated in media conference call with the Liberal Federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau. On the subject of Syrian Refugees, the Minister indicated that...
This past summer I was lucky to travel to Australia with a a very good friend, and we stayed with an Israeli family living in Sydney, who took us on a road trip to the Gold Coast. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/opinion/the-many-mideast-solutions.html?ref=opinion&_r=1
Don’t we remember those times? Stubborn and bull-headed, throwing caution to the winds, allowing the fates to decide what the future would hold for us? Is that a disease of the young,...
Dear friends, We are so fortunate to have such a generous community! We have a lot to celebrate. On September 1, 2015 we launched the annual CJA campaign and on January 27, 2016 we reached...
I've had occasion this winter to sample a lot of Bernstein's delicious soups (all vegetarian) and I thought I'd give readers a list of my favourites in case you have not tried...
The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba hosted a luncheon in the Kroft Boardroom of the Asper Campus at the end of November 2015 during which Nomi Yeshua,...
I want to take this opportunity to extend a hearty Mazel Tov to Elaine Goldstine on being named CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg. Elaine's success will be our success as a...
[Editor's note: Jewish Family and Children’s Service Winnipeg is participating in the research study outlined below. The community lead is Al Benarroch, Executive Direcotr of...
Reprinted from Danielpipes.org Daniel Pipes will be speaking for CISA on the contemporary Middle East at the Berney Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2016. (This event is sold out)...
I arrived in Israel a few days ago and have become more convinced that President Donald Trump does in fact really intend on moving the US embassy to Jerusalem, albeit it will take some...
In what is now long-since a varying annual event, survivors of the Holocaust, several U.N. ambassadors and others spoke at a recent commemoration service at...
In what is becoming an annual event at the United Nations, the State of Israel recently held a program—with multiple speakers, including eyewitnesses—highlighting the...
The United Nations General Assembly, in an unusual—and somewhat unexpected—act, has declared Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement,...
[Editor's note: This article was first published in Algemeiner:https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/11/04/how-diaspora-jews-can-help-israel-today/. David Matlow is a partner of Goodmans...
A series of political sector developments this week has triggered widespread—and understandable—concern within the Jewish community about the course being charted by the...
Why would you buy a run-down property in an Israeli city? Because its value could increase by 30% overnight! Shaun Isaacson from Creative Estates Israel explains how. Israel is a young...
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Grand-Mufti-condemns-Israels-decision-to-create-new-prayer-section-at-the-Western-Wall-443493
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In May of 2012 found myself at St. Boniface Hospital. On May 8th I had undergone open heart surgery which was quite extensive. I had three by passes and the mitral value...
Dr. Daniel Pipes will be speaking for CISA on the contemporary Middle East at the Berney Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2016. (This event is sold out) Reprinted from Danielpipes.org...
Dr. Daniel Pipes will be speaking for CISA on the contemporary Middle East at the Berney Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2016. (This event is sold out) Reprinted from...
So, you’ve had a full life. You have retired and are living off the fat of the land. Not really! You are living off what you have stored away because of your efforts over the years....
Reprinted from The Times of Israel Prof. Jeffrey Herf will be delivering CISA's 2016 Shindleman Lecture on Monday, May 30, 2016 at the Fort Garry Hotel--Buy Your Tickets Here. The...
It seems almost forgotten in our new and violent century. And it is easy to discount its overwhelming importance. But the Vatican accord with world Jewry—called Nostra Aetate (“In...
Ever since Justin Trudeau promised, prior to the last federal election to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before the end of 2015, Canadians have been divided over his proposal. One...
I arrived in Jordan with two intellectual Jewish friends who had forgotten to bring a map (If you ever go to travel in Jordan, I don't recommend doing this). Therefore,...
King Abdullah II of Jordan was the first Middle Eastern leader this month to meet with President Donald Trump and warned him against moving the Israeli embassy from Jerusalem to...
The Negev Gala has honoured outstanding leaders in the Winnipeg community since 1953. The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Regional Branch is proud to announce...
It was absolutely fascinating to visit Amman's Royal Automobile Museum, which the current King Abdullah II opened in memory of his father King Hussein. The Museum contains an...
I awoke suddenly in the middle of the night to the sound of a blaring mezzuin calling men to prayer. The sound was so loud that it felt like my bed was vibrating, as if someone had...
One of the obvious wonders of our world is the whole internet thing which has transformed our world. On this fifth day of Chanukah, another miracle of history, into my email...
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/12/14/canada-s-growing-jihadist-cancer.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/why-american-jews-eat-chinese-food-on-christmas/384011/?utm_source=SFFB
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There's a beautiful shop in East Jerusalem that I have frequented over the years, which is run by a Palestinian man Mahmoud (not his real name) who was born in East Jerusalem but...
