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The Winnipeg Singers Concert Highlights Jewish Composers-Oct 19, 3:00 pm at Shaarey Zedek
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From the Financial Post: Nathan Jacobson, businessman with Tory ties, cleared of U.S. money laundering charges
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/09/15/nathan-jacobson-businessman-with-conservative-ties-succeeds-in-withdrawing-guilty-plea/
Max Roytenberg:Peek-a-Boo !
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Information Meeting on The Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program 2015-October 14 At Campus
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Tim Boxer: Sean Penn: Hero Of Jewish Values
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An Academic Union Mobilizes Against Israel
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Marty Morantz Seeks Council Seat in Charleswood-Tuxedo Ward
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Dr. Ted Lyons’s Speech on Receiving the Sol Kanee medal for distinguished community service at Kavod Awards
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Schedule of High Holy Day Services Including Sukkot at Congregation Etz Chayim
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SIDNEY BURSTEN: REB ZALMAN AND ME: A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE
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Winnipeg Jewish Federation: Winnipeg to Israel with Love – Solidarity Mission 2014
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Statements on Israel by MP Joyce Bateman and Jim Carr
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David Matlow: Op-Ed: A Firsthand Perspective from Israel
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From the Times of Israel: US livid with Israel? Hamas can’t believe its luck
{Editor's note: I agree with David Horowitz's editorial below entirely] http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-livid-with-israel-hamas-cant-believe-its-luck/
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Even as he entered his hundredth year, Irwin Corey remains an irreconcilable opponent of a Jewish state. Furthermore he doesn’t want you to call him a Jew. He says...
Canada Has Sold Millions in Military-Grade Hardware to Israel
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CISA LAUNCHES COURSES ONLINE AND IN CITY
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David Matas: Remembering the AMIA bombing
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David Matas: Helping the Palestinians
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From the JTA: London Times rejects Wiesel ad against Hamas ‘child sacrifice’
http://www.jta.org/2014/08/05/news-opinion/united-states/london-times-rejects-wiesel-ad-against-hamas-child-sacrific
A few snippets from Ashkelon in the Land of Missiles and Honey
In between dashing in and out of my protected room in my apartment this past month, I have had time to reflect on how inspiring it is to see how this country really comes...
Rabbi Yosef Benarroch: Rosh Hashanah: The Day of Responsibility
Without a doubt, the most powerful moment on Rosh Hashanah (maybe even the entire year) is the sounding of the Shofar. After the blasting of the Shofar we recite the “Hayom Harat...
Statement issued by the chairmen of the Arab Jewish Dialogue, Howard Morry and Ab Freig, to their members.
Dear Members of Arab Jewish Dialogue (AJD), We are very concerned, as we know you are, with the continuation of the war between Israel and Hamas, which has resulted in...
David Matlow: Op-Ed: Thoughts From Home Before I Come Home
I have been thinking a lot about my friend Danny while I have been in Israel during Operation Protective Edge. Danny lives in a small town in New Jersey but his heart is here in Israel. He remembers...
Carol Miles: Volunteering in Israel
As a long term volunteer, almost full-time since 2009, with the Bridges for Peace Food Distribution Centre, the current conflict with Gaza is not the first time we have had to...













































