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It is impossible to tell in advance when that moment will arrive. We cannot foretell that instant event that will change the nature of our lives. We can look back and point the finger and say, yes,...

http://www.jpost.com/International/German-cartoon-of-Facebook-CEO-Zuckerberg-sparks-anti-Semitism-row-342412  

[Editor's note: This article was written for the recent AIPAC convention and lays out Caroline Glick's One State Solution.Glick  is slated to speak as the 9th annual presenter at: The...

I’m thinking about the songs I sing and the lyrics I write. I’m asking-what’s it all about? We are all here for a brief time-it seems so brief looking back (events in our lives are...

[ Below is an excerpt of remarks Remarks prepared for delivery to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, 7 October 2013, Toronto, Ontario]   I want to address this evening what...

I’ve been thinking about it! There is no getting around it. I am approaching a state of infinite perfection.  I have not come to this conclusion lightly. I have examined all aspects of...

Here are 2 photos taken during the Liberal Biennial Convention  in February  in Montreal. On Friday afternoon, February 21, CIJA and CJPAC co-sponsored a Kabbalat Shabbat candle...

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.576624

  EDITOR'S ISRAELI ELECTION REPORT : WHY FORMER US AMBASSADOR MICHAEL OREN MAY BE  MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYONE EVER REALIZED  [Note: When this article was written exit polls showed...

The Israeli Solution: the case for Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria       The oft controversial, author and The Jerusalem Post newspaper’s Deputy Managing Editor, senior...

  The old River Heights fire hall on Grosvenor Avenue was sold to the Rady Jewish Community Centre for $410,000 after the recommended bidder (a private group) withdrew its...

Is it really conceivable that the State Department and the New York Times would collude to exert pressure on Israel? If it seems far-fetched, consider: While it's not unusual for the New York...

I’ve been back from Israel for a few days already as I share this, having been part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s delegation.   There was much timely media coverage during the...

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/162015/israeli-curling    

Says the President’s failure to commute Pollard’s sentence “does not reflect well on the office” Former Senator David Durenberger, who served as Chairman of the Senate Select...

 Dear Ms. Chesler,    I am writing regarding an article by Lori Lowenthal Marcus in the Jewish Press regarding the above captioned matter:...

A few days ago I was contacted by a Russian Jewish immigrant, Irina, who along with her husband, parents and family were sponsored and immigrated into  the United States by a Havura from...

It began in 1969 when Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, a sixth generation rabbi from Meah Shearim in Jerusalem, discovered Israel’s street children consisting of wandering orphans, drug addicts,...

Those Guys, A Cappella Octet  Flo (Western Canada Music Award Winner) with Ferruccio Montanino on keyboard    Magic comes from everyone.  Stay for Phil and Friends after the...

From February 28 and continues to March 26, 2014  Artist reception: Friday, February 28 from 7 to 9 PM   ABOUT THE SHOW   The artists are inspired by Winnipeg and its people....

There's a story that  I read in the Hebrew edition of a newspaper affiliated with the Jerusalem Post that is  right of centre and given out free at the central bus station ...

Hi Rhonda,   We were obviously thrilled to see Jane’s positive review of Ivanov.  We’d like to pass along this special offer for readers of WJR:   Ivanov – now...

Judaic Studies Program, Department of English, Film, and Theatre, Department of Sociology, and Department of History at the University of Manitoba in cooperation with Limmud Winnipeg present a talk...

Ivanov by Anton Chekhov adapted by Michael Nathanson presented by Winnipeg Jewish Theatre at the Berney Theatre, Rady Jewish Community Centre   January 29 - February 9, 2014   As an arts...

The Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region is pleased to announce that dynamic jazz and pop vocalist Nikki Yanofsky will headline this year’s Negev Gala...

Over 100 people came to a cocktail reception at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on  Dec 5  to kick of the Canadian Associates of Ben Gurion University's   fundraising event May 4,...

On January 21, 2014 when Prime Minister Harper was in Jerusalem, I  went up to see  the  Dome of the Rock  and the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.   Three days...

Book Review Demonizing Israel and the Jews by Manfred Gerstenfeld, RVP Press, 2013. Reviewed by John Farber December 20, 2016   Sometimes, perhaps even often, less is more. Such is the case...

It’s not too late to party with the one and only Ms. Chita Rivera as she honors us with the privilege of celebrating highlights of her remarkable career in her solo performance of CHITA: A...

As an Israeli artist and scholar, and as a secular liberal humanist, it is a source of great anguish for me to know that one of the writers to which I refer in my doctoral dissertation turns out to...

http://www.jta.org/2014/01/28/news-opinion/united-states/after-lull-intermarriage-debate-reignites#.Uuk_BXAMJWM.email  

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt of a  manuscript " God’s Chosen: Renaissance" by the above authors.     It is well known that the  notorious...

The legend on my business cards, on my website, and everywhere else I advertise, states that I’ve been   “…putting a good complexion on Winnipeg faces since...

I am overwhelmed, at Auschwitz, on Holocaust Remembrance Day where I join somberly with fellow Israeli leaders to remember and to learn lessons for the future.   The infamous arched sign over...

Editor's note: Dr. Chatterley just returned from her first trip to Israel as part of the Canadian PM's delegation. In the article below she reflects on her experiences at some of the places...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14380#.UubyUcT4DIW

Thursday, January 30 2014                2 pm                   $10  ...

There is no question that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is very popular in Israel and that Canada is considered  Israel's best friend in the world.   As a driver for one of...

I am writing this to the community at the end of a phenomenal 4-day mission to Israel as part of the Canadian delegation that has accompanied PM Harper on this ground breaking visit to Israel....

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Canada-takes-its-place-at-the-table-339222

Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Monsieur le Président de la Knesset, Monsieur le Président de la Cour Suprême, Monsieur le Chef de l’Opposition, Mesdames et Messieurs les...

  Most recently, Israeli President Shimon Peres remarked to the European Union’s Middle East Envoy Miguel Moratinos, that the time has come to revive the dormant Refugee Working Group,...

Last Person to See Raoul Wallenberg Alive Among Exciting Line-Up of Speakers for Gray Academy's Students   Winnipeg, MB - Today, 150 high school students from Gray Academy of Jewish...

New Threats, New Opportunities: Israel in a Changing Middle East   Winnipeg. January 10, 2014- The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg in conjunction with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/10/notorious-businessman-with-ties-to-conservatives-seeks-to-withdraw-u-s-money-laundering-guilty-plea/  

Due to a medical emargency the speaker is not available to come to Winnipeg and the event is cancelled.    

Yossi Klein Halevi made aliyah from the U.S. at the start of the Lebanon war in August 1982. That was a time when the country was defined by a right-wing narrative and left-wing narrative.   He...

*This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post and Yisrael Hayom   The American presidential elections have created an unprecedented climate of political chaos. Both candidates are reviled...

Toronto, January 6, 2014 - Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies(FSWC) is horrified to learn of a recent ruling by a Winnipeg provincial court judge that decided the phrase...

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/alfred-hitchcocks-unseen-holocaust-documentary-to-be-screened-9044945.html