Tuesday, June 10, 2014 8 pm Centennial Concert Hall 555 Main Street To make a donation and reserve a special seat, call the Chai office 204-477-7497 or for tickets, call 1-855-985-5000 or...
The United States has to be careful to distinguish between its support for the new [Palestinian] government and an endorsement of Hamas and its violent, hateful behavior,” the...
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/The-50-most-influential-Jews-of-2014-1-10-355218
A Canadian soldier died in battle 70 years ago. What he died for continues to guide our work. That soldier is George Meltz. George Meltz was born in Toronto, the youngest of 10 children to...
SHALOM HOMES TO HOLD ANNUAL LOTTERY DINNER JUNE 24 AT FAIRMONT-CLICK HERE FOR INFO ABOUT TICKETS Shalom Homes will be holding its annual lottery dinner June 24 at the Fairmont Hotel. ...
Winnipeg international human rights lawyer and well known Jewish community leader David Matas received a distinguished alumni award for lifetime Achievement from the University of...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/12-ways-the-us-administration-has-failed-its-ally-israel/
Ever since the anti-Semitic shooting attack on May 24, 2014 at the Brussels Jewish museum killing two Israelis, a French woman and a young Belgian man citizen, I have been thinking...
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to recognize Mr. Moses (Moe) Levy who was honoured last night as this year’s recipient of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s...
On May 25, 2014, Mira Narvey and Daniela Jacobsohn, co-chairs of the Women’s Philanthropy Division of the Combined Jewish Appeal welcomed a crowd of about 150 people to the donor appreciation...
Presented by The Rady JCC and the I.L. Peretz Folk School Endowment Fund The I.L. Peretz Folk School Endowment Fund and the Rady Jewish Community Centre are proud and excited to bring...
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/23/israeli-ambassador-outraged-by-art-exhibit-at-ottawa-city-hall
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/05/26/questioning_united_churchs_motives_on_occupation_marmur.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/dachau-human-remains-come-to-rest-in-north-carolina/
There is an elderly gentleman at a long-term care facility in Ottawa. I have not met him, but I have seen his photograph. At 99, he still has a spark in his eye. He looks much more robust than his...
*Editor's note: This is the text of Ida Albo's remarks at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's Women's Endowemnt Fund luncheon May 8, 2014. In the later part of the speech (approx 13...
I am now four-score in years and reappraising my perspectives on life. Trying to get a handle on where I came from, where I got to, where I am, and what I am leaving behind. I don't claim to be...
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4317/arabs-want-democracy-israel
By this week, the Rialto Unified School District school board outside of Los Angeles was in full damage control, fending off universal opprobrium over a third-quarter English Language Arts...
On Monday May 12, 2014, it was discovered that two small swastika's and other graffiti had been penned on the handi-transit sign facing the parking lot of the Gwen Secter Creative...
For photos of the evening and to watch the lecture online, please visit: canisa.org Antisemitism is an age-old prejudice that is now more pervasive than it has ever been. This is the argument...
At the Jewish Foundation Women's Endowment Luncheon on May 8th, 2014 at the Fort Garry Hotel, Marsha Cowan CEO of the Foundation announced in her opening remarks to great...
[Email sent out to BB campers by Brenda Tessler Donan on May 15, 2014] Good Evening, As many of you are aware the Camp’s opening crew left Winnipeg today to head out to...
Myra Giberovitch, M.S.W., P.S.W., Adjunct Professor, McGill University School of Social Work will highlight her work on Recovering from Genocidal Trauma at the Jewish Child and Family Service Annual...
Yael Schiffenbauer came from Israel for the annual New York dinner of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF). Her husband Dani was not with her. Instead, their son Amit accompanied her. ...
Winnipeg's Jewish community has always strived to host very inclusive and child-friendly events which strengthen the connection of young people to our community. This year’s Yom...
Readers of the Winnipeg Jewish Review may be interested in reading what former Winnipegger Brent Sasley has written in the Jewish Daily Forward, which is headquartered in New York. Sasley...
Re: Rafi Hoult's Criticism of Caroline Glick The Issue is Jihad: Caroline Glick proposed expanding Israel to include Judea-Samaria; Rafi Hoult...
In March 1968, less than a year after the Six Day War, Rabbi Eugene Weiner addressed my senior high school class at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Philadelphia, Pa. about a moral implication...
Funds raised by the Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region's annual fundraiser, the Negev Gala, will go towards a recycled water reservoir in the western Negev. The...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/goebbels-heirs-fight-for-copyright-of-his-works/
[Editor's note: On a personal note, I want to congratulate Marjorie and Morley Blankstein on being honoured by the Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University. They are community leaders of the...
[Reprinted with permission from the Canadian Jewish News] We are among the most fortunate Jews of all time. On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was born. For thousands of years, our...
Media Advisory: JOINT STATEMENT OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF WINNIPEG AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA At a meeting on Friday, May 2, 2014, University of Manitoba President David T....
(Excerpts from remarks prepared for delivery to the Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood Interfaith Luncheon, 6 May 2014, Winnipeg, Mb.) Statistics tell a striking story[1]. In 1948, the year...
By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD As yet another indication that the university campus has become “an island of repression in a sea of freedom,” last March a pro-Israel...
Sol James performs Barbra Streisand’s most popular and beloved songs April 12th at the West End Cultural Centre. We are delighted to be featuring Sol James for this year’s Heart...
Op-ed: We should take advantage of Palestinian organization's current weakness to remove threat from its root. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4514912,00.html ...
The Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre (operating as the Sharon Home) is a 200 bed accredited Personal Care Home located at 1 Falcon Ridge Drive. Resident Focused care is provided within Judaic...
My spouse Jason is a Grade 8 teacher and the more stories he tells me about his own teaching experiences, the more I remember my own teachers from Talmud Torah and Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate (JWC)....
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/29/a-wakeup-call-winnipeg-synagogue-disinvites-university-president-after-he-permitted-israel-apartheid-week/
Congregation Shaarey Zedek is now accepting applications for individuals seeking financial support in their pursuit of Jewish educational, social and cultural experiences. This opportunity is open...
Happy Spring everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the 2014 graduates of the Gray Academy of Jewish Education. This is a very significant achievement...
The Board of the Shaarey Zedek synagogue made a decision to disinvite the President of the University of Manitoba David Barnard from reading Megillat Hashaoh, a special scroll written in the voice...
Editor, This is my understanding of the sequence of events that led to Congregation Shaarey Zedek’s decision to withdraw the invitation issued to University of Manitoba President Dr....
On April 20th, 2012, my Coast to Coast delegation of the March of the Living entered into Skarzysko Kamienna, a town, in Poland with Robert Waisman, who was one of only four or five Jewish children...
Hello Rhonda, I do hope this note finds you doing very well! I thought that you might be interested in receiving an update regarding "i believe". The European premiere (Stuttgart) of the...
We Remember our Past. We Trust in the Future. (April, 2014) - Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Memorial Day falls on the 27th of Nisan, midway between the anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw...
It was April 1st, 2014, but it was no April Fools’ joke. Caroline Glick gave her speech “The Case for Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria” to a crowd that filled the...
RWB premieres three new works in Mixed Programme Winnipeg, MB (April 14, 2014) - Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 74th season concludes with a mixed programme featuring three...
