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Israeli  Yaron Traub to conduct WSO  concert this January 15-16, 2016   Israel born and raised Yaron Traub will be in Winnipeg, January 15-16 conducting...

  There have been a number of terrorist attacks in Israel recently, mostly in Jerusalem. Palestinian attackers have killed and wounded innocent Israelis, mostly through stabbings.   ...

Friends: At our December 1st 2015 Annual General Meeting, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg passed a number of motions and resolutions, including the membership to the Board of Directors. We also...

    After 10 years of service to Winnipeg’s Jewish community as a professional fundraiser, David Greaves launched a new business venture, Protexia in 2014, to help charitable...

December 15, 2015 – Operation Ezra is a city-wide, community effort that has brought together various organizations to sponsor and resettle Yazidi refugees from the Middle East. The Yazidis...

  This article was first published in the Vancouver Jewish Independent http://www.jewishindependent.ca/continuing-the-legacy/   It’s a wonder any of us are alive. And it’s...

  (* Note: The second half of this article deals with the Trudeau Team's commitment not to re-fund the Canadian Arab Federation which was defunded by the Harper government)   In 2012...

    I remember experiencing an eerie and haunting feeling in June 2013 as I walked silently around the humungous Nazi party rallying grounds in Nuremberg, where Hitler held six...

            http://europe.newsweek.com/eus-targeting-israel-awakens-tragic-anti-semitic-past-401192

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=17111  

  Seeming to give proof to Orwell’s observation that some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals, yet another academic association—this time the...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-david-wolpe/conservative-judaism-seek_b_8612458.html

http://www.cjnews.com/culture/arts/meet-jewish-designer-behind-sophie-trudeaus-famous-earrings  

Good Evening.   I’d like to start by thanking the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and its wonderful staff led by Elaine Goldstine, for inviting me to speak to you this evening. ...

A condominium association asked the courts to issue an order prohibiting Moise Amselem and three other owners of individual units from building a symbolic religious makeshift shelter, called in the...

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442549/jimmy-carter-israel-criticism-palestinian-recognition-call

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-netanyahu-israel-meeting-1.3343452

      Congregation Etz Chayim Annual Chanukah Celebration Sunday, December 13, 2015 5:00 p.m. Featuring Karlheinz the Bubble Man     For more details on this program...

Alice Through the Looking-Glass RMTC John Hirsch Mainstage November 25 – December 19, 2015     Alice Through the Looking-Glass is gorgeous, funny and fascinating, a sugarplum stuffed...

  The enemy is not Islam. Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, wants to be clear that we recognize the enemy as “militant Islam.”   The keynote speaker at the...

by Kathy Taylor-Hallick, Manager Luxury Corporate Cruises, Tel: 204 771 7434, Toll Free: 877 338 3310 or by email at kathy@luxurycorporatecruises.com   [Editor's note:...

    As Hanukkah approaches this year, I have been thinking about last visit to the Arab market (souk) in the old city of Nazareth in 2010 when I went with my daughter by taxi with our...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/trudeau-government-opposes-annual-un-onslaught-against-israel

http://www.honestreporting.ca/cbc-gives-platform-to-palestinian-organizations-claim-that-israel-is-carrying-out-isis-like-terror-attacks/15794     Yesterday, CBC News’ website...

    At the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's 40th Annual Luncheon on October 20 at the Fairmont Hotel, Marsha Cowan CEO noted that  the Foundation, which this past year...

      The B'nai Brith Jewish Community Camp Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Camp is entering the next phase of a long term development plan to enhance its...

    Recently I attended a watershed event, in three parts.  It was entitled 'God Desires the Heart'.   The occasion was the anniversary of the historic Nostra Aetate...

On November 9th, 2015, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg organized a very moving Kristallnacht commemoration which drew a record crowd which not only filled the Berney Theatre, but also the Adult...

  Press Release, Winnipeg, Manitoba (November 26, 2015) – On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, I am pleased to announce that effective immediately...

  Reprinted from The Huffington Post November 25, 2015    A double standard is a rule or standard of behaviour applied unfairly to two or more people, placing someone at a...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-communities-told-to-review-security/

Dear Friends, Having just returned from Israel I am pleased to report to the community that Israel is as strong and as welcoming as ever! The Western press has unfortunately been painting a negative...

  Editor's note: Below is the important statement sent out to those on the mailing list of the  Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the advocacy of the Jewish Federations of...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/panicked-parisians-turn-to-facebook-made-in-israel-tech/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/op-ed-in-official-pa-daily-israel-carried-out-paris-attacks/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-wave-of-bomb-threats-at-jewish-centers-across-us/  

Reprinted from The Huffington Post By Dr. Catherine Chatterley November 18, 2015 Unfortunately, there is a stubborn quality to the Prime Minister's current commitment to meet his election...

http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Which-celebs-are-proanti-Israel-the-Complete-Guide-434404

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Conde-Nast-Traveler-Tel-Aviv-has-worlds-best-vegetarian-food-432783

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4836808,00.htm  

 http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/new-foreign-affairs-minister-has-mixed-record-on-mideast

        When Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun synagogue’s original boiler gave out after 58 years of faithful service, which coincided with four years of evaluating options to renew...

Dear Friend, . Having just returned from Israel on Tuesday evening, I am writing with renewed hope! With batteries recharged, I look forward to the challenge of the upcoming months. . ....

Preview by Jane Enkin janeenkinmusic.com Wiesenthal November 19 – December 5 | Preview November 18   Tom Hendry Warehouse, RMTC Written by and starring Tom Dugan Directed by Jenny...

    [This press release was sent to the Winnipeg Jewish Review from Mel Lazareck]   Every year the Canadian Government through the Canadian Embassy Paris sponsors Destination Canada...

    [Editor's note: Levy Abad works as a Multicultural outreach Coordinator in the Office of Minister Flor Marcelino, Multiculturalism and Literacy. He is a migrant activist,...

    For over sixty years JCFS has taken a leadership role in providing services which enhance quality of life, promote independence, ensure stability, and improve capacity of adjustment to...

Presented by Daryl Roth and Karyl Lynn Burns in association with Catherine Adler, Suzy & Burton Farbman and Anne & Michael Towbes Written by and starring Tom Dugan Directed by Jenny Sullivan...

    Washington, D.C. -  America's foremost Jewish leader in the 1940s took extreme steps to prevent Jewish dissidents from challenging President Roosevelt's weak response to...

Editor's note: I thought readers would find an article written by Rebecca Kuropatwa for the Vancouver Jewish Independent of interest. It is about the first-ever Quadrant Asset Management...