On Sunday May 19, 2024 at 9:30 p.m. in the evening Ron East led a group of some 30 people made up of pro-Israel members of the Jewish and non-Jewish community in an innovative...
In Poland’s Jewish communities in the late 1800s, “everyone knew” that Argentina was a dangerous place, with organized crime dealing in “white slavery”, international...
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His latest...
In this lovely, gentle film, restrained but deep emotions of grief, anger and love are explored. As Tamas, a boxing coach, Zoltan Bezeredi is very fit, but in some ways a...
The Goldman Case Monday, June 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Centre Cultural Franco-Manitobain – 340 Provencher Blvd. In Person Only Winnipeg Jewish Film Festival 2024 Watching the absorbing...
On Tuesday, May 7th ,Technion Canada held a very successful "inaugural" program attended by well over a hundred people, its first program in Winnipeg in over 25 years. It was not...
On June 20 Moe Levy is being honoured by the Jewish National Fund at its Negev Dinner at the RBC Convention Centre with proceeds going toward the construction of the Ethiopian...
The demands severely infringe on academic freedom, institutional neutrality,and unreasonably call to cancel the class on Arab-Israel conflict given by Prof Tami Jacoby. The University of Manitoba...
I recently had an opportunity to have lunch at the Simkin Centre with Terry Braunsteirn, Bob Robinson and Hersh Lerner where Hersh now resides. Between 1958 and 1969 these three ...
I am a Canadian Jew and a Zionist. My family history is one of Russian pogroms, exclusion from clubs, neighbourhoods, and careers and university quotas for Jewish students. There has never been a...
The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba [JFM], which came into being 60 years ago, has announced a Million Dollar Matching Initiative in celebration of its 60th anniversary. As of...
Following Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attacks on Israel this past Saturday, the Winnipeg Jewish Review reached out to Arian Arianpour a former Iranian journalist who is...
Below is an excerpt of a message Lori Binder, Head of School of Gray Academy of Jewish Eduction sent to Gray Academy parents on April 12,2024. She reflected on her recent experiences...
On April 11, 2024 the Board of Directors of the University of Manitoba Students Union [UMSU] made an important decision to indefinitely postpone motion 0604 on...
This is a column I never wanted to write. For those familiar with my heritage, you know why every paragraph is wretchedly painful. If you don’t know me, the explanation is coming. What’s...
As I was watching the ballistic missiles and drones that Iran sent over the skies of Israel, I began thinking about an ancient Iranian fertility goddess, known as an Amlash that I had found one day...
Dr. Itay Zutra, a lecturer in the Judaic Studies program at University if Manitoba began a petition a number of weeks ago calling on the Jewish Heritage Centre to cancel its Kane...
69% Report Antisemitism Surge in their Home Country since the Start of the War In the wake of October 7th, Israel has been grappling with the deadly threat emanating from its southern...
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https://thecjn.ca/news/canadian-families-who-lost-loved-ones-on-oct-7-join-court-challenge-to-canadas-decision-to-resume-funding-unrwa/?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pierre-poilievre-middle-east-synagogue-1.7160436?
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-if-i-were-25-id-be-in-gaza-with-a-gun-in-the-idf-1001473367?
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/irwin-cotler-canada-needs-to-fundamentally-rethink-its-approach-to-the-israel-palestine-conflict?
re: Canada pledges help for Palestinian sex-crime victims (Dylan Robertson) 2024/03/14 WFP<=Canadian Press (2024/03/17) How typical that any crime committed against Israelis is turned around and...
A Tonic (and Warning) for a Troubled Time: On Rabbi Yosef Benarroch’s Presentation, “The October 8th Jew: ‘All Israel are Responsible One for Another’” Rabbi...
At a pro-Palestinian event held at the CMHR on March 16, 2024 there was a table where postcards were being handed out for people to sign and send to Foreign Minister Melanie Joly. The...
At a hearing on March 28 of the UMSU Board in which presentations were made in support of a motion to adopt a definition of anti-Palestinian racism, a Palestinian student referred to the fact that...
(New Year's Eve) December 31- I awaken to a very strange sensation in my body. It’s not pain, but I feel like there is a tornado whirling around inside my body, depleting me of...
The University of Manitoba Student Union [UMSU] is scheduled to hear a motion this week, which if passed would in my view arguably violate U of M’s Respectful Work and Learning Environment...
ESTHER? THE POLITICS: THE BOOK EXPLORES ALL OPTIONS...BUT ONE? by Bryan Schwartz, March 22, 2024 Here in the Diasporas, Jewish identity and thriving are under attack. Some...
I can't find anywhere in main or underground media, a comment or two about the devastating shock experienced Israelis living near Gaza who weren't murdered, mutilated, or kidnapped,...
Toronto-born 26 year old Shye Klein Weinstein never even considered where Gaza was, when he went to what he expected would be a fun, relaxing, enjoyable festival, but then he began...
Like so many Canadians, it pains me day after day to watch the ongoing crisis unfold in the Middle East. From the horrific torture Israeli hostages and their families are still enduring, as well as...
Palestinian journalist, and political analyst Bassam Eid told the Winnipeg Jewish Review while in Winnipeg recently that he tells his fellow Palestinians that they can forget about any...
In a recent document prepared by Bnai Brith International submitted to the International Court of Justice, there is a succinct explanation of why Israel...
In a recent issue of the Kabayan Connections, a publication of the MB Filipino Business Council sent out on January 30, 2024 e there was a promo for an Asians for...
The letter below was written by Deborah Schnitzer and was first published by The Manitoban and is being reprinted below with permission I read with interest the article in the Manitoban,...
The following piece was published in the Winniepg Free Press on Feb 17, 2024 and is being reprinted with permission A recent Winnipeg Free Press article contained the bizarre headline,...
Palestinian Arab leaders can’t seem to make up their minds about the Holocaust. Sometimes they say it never happened. Sometimes they say it did happen, but Israel’s behavior is even...
Since October 7th, 2023, members of our community, along with Bridges for Peace and members of the Yazidi community have stood silently, on a major Winnipeg roadway holding posters with...
Bridges for Peace which was a sponsor of Bassam Eid’s talk on U of M Campus issued the following statement: Bridges for Peace hosts a variety of events aimed at fostering dialogue...
Students Supporting Israel [SSI] ought not be blamed for a regrettable over generalization about Muslims made by Palestinian political commentator Bassem Eid on U of M campus which has led to the...
On March 2, Congregation Etz Chayim [CEC], which has about 400 family memberships held its first Shabbat service in its new building at 1155 Wilkes. About 250 people attended this freilach...
This letter first appeared in The Manitoban on Feb 27,2024 and is being reprinted with permission The Manitoban published on its front page on Feb. 6 a very long...
RE: Jen Zoratti’s Article: The battlefield between feminism and rapes of war I was extremely disappointed by Jen Zoratti's article discussing the Hear...
[The piece below was sent to the U of W's publication The Uniter, but it was not published. The letter below has been edited by the Winnipeg Jewish Review slightly for clarity.]...
On January 26, 2024, Winnipeg Free Press columnist Jen Zoratti published an insensitive and misguided opinion piece that exposed her lack of knowledge and understanding of the Winnipeg...
John Longhurst, who is the long-time Faith Reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press applauded Jen Zoratti’s piece that was highly critical of the program put on by the Jewish Child and...
From the moment that I heard that a demonstration was planned to take place in front of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, arising from and thus...
I read with absolute shock and disgust Jen Zoratti's opinion piece that was published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Jan 26, 2023 titled "The battlefield between feminism and rapes...
