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    I had been a vocal skeptic and critic of Michael Oren.  who most was elected to the Israeli Knesset Parliament. I did not view Michael Oren as a man of principle.    ...

        Camp Massad is undergoing onsite improvements as a result of a hugely successful capital campaign. Phase one of Massad’s site improvement plan (including...

    Is your Cottage Tilted? Resolve your Foundation issues with Griffin Foundation Products-the Exclusive Manufacturer of the Groundscrew Anchor and Build Sytems, Steel Piles, Deck...

Winnipeg – Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) are pleased to present an exhibition entitled A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish...

    Editor's note: Below is Gail Asper's Introduction of Moe Levy at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Kavod Award Evening at Etz Chayim Synagogue on May 20, 2015, and his...

  On Friday May 8th the Board of CABGU Manitoba Region celebrated a Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in honour of the Arni Thorsteinson Exchange Program.   Approximately...

(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, in Washington, D.C. and coeditor of the Online Encyclopedia of America's Response to the...

I am extremely honored to receive the Max and Mollie Shore Memorial Award.  Max and Mollie Shore were distinguished members of our community. They set high standards to follow. I am also proud...

As you know, Congregation Etz Chayim and Congregation Shaarey Zedek have had discussions for several years about the possibility of joining together as one entity. Many hours have been spent by...

  June 5, 2015, (Winnipeg)- David Kroft, President of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg announced today that well-known Winnipeg lawyer Bryan Klein will chair the  2015 Combined Jewish...

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    For the second time in three years, Vickar Community Chevrolet in Winnipeg outpaced some 457 other General Motors dealers across Canada, to become the No 1. GM dealership in...

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    Winnipeg, MB – The new leadership team for Gray Academy of Jewish Education has been finalized. Commencing in September 2015, Lori Binder will assume the role of Head of School...

    It’s such a cliché, particularly when we have just celebrated Mother’s Day, that triumph of American commercialisation of events, designed to separate us from our...

    Today May 17, 2015 it was reported that Israeli boys carry flags during a march marking Jerusalem Day near Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City May 17, 2015....

  (Remarks prepared for an international seminar hosted by the Kantor Center, Tel Aviv University, 11 May, 2015)   In my view, incitement to hatred should be prohibited and blasphemy...

  While in Frankfurt, Germany in 2012 (my first time in Germany), I decided I would go see the Jewish Museum.  I hadn't had time to read about the museum before getting there and...

    Canadian Minister Uppal speaks at opening of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism   Video of Minister Uppal’s remarks available here: http://bcove.me/h40k1uht  ...

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    Hebrew University Prof. Noam Shoval gave a very interesting in-depth analysis of what is really occurring on the ground in the "earthly" as opposed to...

Distinguished Judaic Studies Professor, Alvin Rosenfeld, from the University of Indiana, gave a wide-ranging and enlightening talk detailing the resurgence of antisemitism globally, noting...

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/israeli-elections-israel-future-116266_Page2.html#.VVTTAflVhBc  

    It’s 2015 and I’m in SHOCK!   On TV, you can peruse through the stations, and find almost any subject matter, from same sex marriage to transgender transformation. We...

  Funds raised by Jewish National Fund of Canada Manitoba/Saskatchewan’s annual fundraiser, the Negev Gala, will go towards building Green Open Classrooms. The classrooms are constructed...

THE ADDAMS FAMILY - A new musical comedy   Wednesday–Friday, May 20–22: 8:00 pm, Sat., May 23: 2:00 pm NEW VENUE for 2015: Tom Hendry Warehouse, 140 Rupert Avenue Tickets: Adults...

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        Inbal Grintzvaig remembers her brother Avi like it was yesterday. She says he was the average mischievous brother who was always getting into trouble growing up in Petach...

In Israel today, there is little recognition of any Jewish religious stream other than the Orthodox. A couple wishing to marry within the Conservative movement must leave the country to do so, and...

    Someone has said, (I don’t know who,) that the two most important times in a person’s life are, one, the day he/she was born, and, two, the day he/she discovers why. I am...

          So, the story goes like this, Ponce de Leon, a Spanish adventurer and explorer, was convinced that there existed a fountain of youth with magical powers. He looked...

    Going to Geneva means wandering into an alternative universe.  Everywhere else, people are concerned about a wide variety of issues - the nuclear weaponization of Iran, the...

    WINNIPEG, MB: Turn frowns upside down by escaping to the circus with Variety, the children’s charity of Manitoba, with their ‘Come One, Come All’ Gala under the big...

        On Saturday night, April 18, 2015, news anchor Yaakov Ahimeir, senior journalist with Israel Broadcasting Authority TV and host of the IBA weekend news program known as...

  During the Limmud Festival of Jewish Learning on March 15th, I heard a witty and interesting presentation by former Winnipegger Jason Marantz, the Chief Executive of the London School of...

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      Jeremy Shinewald, a former Winnipegger who lives in New York, gave a very entertaining and humorous talk about how he came to be the sole speechwriter for then Israeli...

      Winnipeg, MB. – April 16, 2015 – The Asper Foundation has announced the 2015 Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program for grade-nine students across Canada.  ...

    We all start from scratch, wide-eyed, gazing out at the incomprehensible world into which we are born, struggling to understand what is going on. From there on, so much depends on...

      Millions of Canadians are discovering why we must stand with Israel and the Jewish people. As Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said, “it’s the right thing to...

    I had mixed feelings having two of our kids studying at an international school in Israel instead of an Israeli school, but there were also some wonderful gifts that accompanied the...

Alvin Rosenfeld will be giving CISA's 2015 Shindleman Lecture on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:30 pm at the Hotel Fort Garry.   Join us after the lecture for coffee and a book signing....

Jane Enkin: songs Rabbi Karen Soria: readings Janet Pelletier-Goetze: piano   Saturday April 18 2015 7:30 pm Free admission Temple Shalom 1077 Grant Street Winnipeg, MB   Songs of hope,...

  The CABGU Manitoba Region’s Panel Discussion Sunday, March 29th, 2015  filled the auditorium at Shaarey  Zedek Synagogue with approximately 250 people. By all accounts it was...

    The underlying flaw in the new nuclear understandings between the P5+1 and Iran is the fact that it leaves Iran’s vast nuclear infrastructure intact. Indeed, Iranian Foreign...

      Scroll down to see what Ari Shavit has just written about the  the Obama administration's deal  with Iran.     It is enough to get anyone worried.  ...

AIPAC Press Release AIPAC STATEMENT ON FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT  AIPAC appreciates the hard work and the diplomatic efforts of the Administration to reach an agreement with Iran to end its nuclear...

        Barbara Walters was thrilled to accept a humanitarian award from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the annual dinner of American Friends of Magen David Adom on Dec. 2 at...