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http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/WillYourGrandchildrenBeJews/   ".. while 28% of children of intermarriage are being raised as Jews, only between 10% to 15% of this entire group...

With an unwavering belief in the power of endowment funds, and a deep commitment to the Jewish community of Winnipeg, Gail Asper and Michael Paterson have announced their pledge to endow their...

When you undergo a traumatic experience, especially at a young age, you remember details of that experience for the rest of your life. And so it was for so many on the day of the assassination of...

          As in everything in the Middle East, what you see is not always, what you get, and what you expect to happen will almost never be the way things turn out.By...

Ottawa, ON – Last Friday, a report by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on the subject of Jewish refugees from Arab countries was tabled...

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http://business.financialpost.com/2013/11/06/crisis-lines-part-2-inside-leonard-aspers-fight-to-win-back-his-familys-tv-empire/

A Surprising Haven for Jews.   Editor's note: The story of how the Huguenots saved the Jews during Nazi times is one not that well known and worth retelling. Thank you to Noel Hershfield,...

[Alex Dashevsky, a student at the University of Manitoba who was studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem last summer has written about his experience coming from Israel to the...

Global anti-Semitism is a new phenomenon. It is the third major era of anti-Semitism, after the long religious one grounded in Christianity and Islam, and the modern, racist one that took full shape...

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/11/12/to-fight-assimilation-stop-dumbing-down-judaism/

Last winter in Jerusalem I wrote a series of articles covering the Women in Green Conference,  Mostly it was about the viability of annexing Judea and Samaria, that  portion of Israel...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4452788,00.html

In response to one of the strongest storms on record, that slammed into the central Philippines on Friday, November 8th, killing what authorities believe to be 10,000 people, while forcing an...

http://www.themanitoban.com/2013/11/tale-two-student-groups/17551/

The Hon. James Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, The State Department, Washington D.C. Dear Secretary Kerry,   After listening to you declare repeatedly over the past weeks that...

Israel is heading for what could be its most severe confrontation with the United States, despite reassuring words from the Obama administration to the contrary. President Obama’s policies...

There is a recent article on Jews and affiliation: Where do we go from here?  by David Baugher published in  the Jewish Light that deals with how to increase synagogue affiliation...

The Winnipeg Jewish Review has recently interviewed former Winnipegger Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose, the son of Rabbi Neal and Carol Rose  on the subject of  Jewish engagment,creating a...

On the day that marks 75 years since “Kristallnacht”: At a time when the US government courts Machmud Abbas, the time has come for the US government to demand that Abbas remove his...

The Beth Sha’ul Synagogue was founded in 1912 on Lorne Hill Road (next to the Maslovsky Farm) in the RM of Springfield in what was referred to as “Jew Town”. It was in the heart of...

“I am a proud supporter of Israel. It’s an honour and a responsibility and very exciting to me to be the new president of the Manitoba Region of the Canadian Associates of the Ben-Gurion...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is familiar to almost everyone; some would say much too familiar, as it seems incessant and intractable.  For many who have an opinion on the matter, a...

Brigitte Berman sought to soothe her pain by hiding in a closet. She wrapped her arms around her 13-year-old body as if to contain millions of fractured pieces. After enduring months of bullying at...

Eytan played on the Israeli junior golf team while I played on the Israeli masters team. Eytan played exceptionally well earning the individual silver medal and team gold medal. After three rounds...

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/11/05/a-ceos-crisis-lines-inside-leonard-aspers-private-struggle-to-save-one-of-canadas-most-influential-companies/

I am not a Canadian soldier on patrol in Kandahar, Afghanistan, or a US Special Forces commando on a special assignment in Pakistan, or an Israeli soldier on post near the border of Gaza. These...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/02/five-ways-the-trump-administration-can-negate-the-anti-israel-u-n-security-council-resolution/?utm_term=.1ee80778dd9d  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2479003/Jewish-delivery-man-awarded-900k-damages-Nazi-gas-chamber-jokes.html

I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. It has been rumbling under surface, flashing in and out of my mind. I’ve needed time to digest the complexities, dealing with the past and...

The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba  recently authorized a grant to the Jewish Federation  of  $27,000 to conduct a comprehensive study to see if the Judaics program at ...

Why am I writing about this, sometimes obsessed with our weight and shape, aren’t we? I like to eat. That is a serious understatement of the facts. I LOVE to eat. I come by it rightly. My...

 “Will you still love me,” I begged, “when I have no more storage space to offer” Refugees from Winnipeg, Canada, the Great White North, we have been living in Ireland,...

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Report-German-authorities-find-haul-of-masterworks-seized-by-Nazis-valued-at-1-billion-euros-330529

Yesterday, Israel’s outgoing National Security Advisor, Yaakov Amidror, said that if peace talks with the Palestinians fail, Israel’s international standing will worsen. Though he...

The recent Pew Research Center survey of American Jews has ignited discussions extending from gloomy predictions of the inevitable demise of Diaspora Jewry by assimilation to optimism over the...

WINNIPEG - November 4, 2013 - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) will open its doors to the world on September 20, 2014, its President and CEO announced today at a briefing with industry...

Over 450 people attended the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's Endowment Book of Life sold-out event on September 17, 2013. The event honoured 23 new signers of the Endowment Book...

The Combined Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba are pleased to announce that long-time community leaders and philanthropists, Larry and Tova Vickar, have reached a milestone in...

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Outrage+erupts+over+Holocaust+memorabilia+posted+eBay/9118765/story.html

The 25-member Winnipeg Federation Mission arrived in Israel on October 21st under leadership of Joel and Faye Lazer.  The group visited The Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) in Herzliya, where...

Dr. E. A. Lyons, OC, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre (operated by the Sharon Home Inc.), is pleased to announce that Irwin Corobow has been selected as the...

http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/israel-middle-east/adl-lists-top-ten-anti-israel-groups-in-america.html New York, NY, October 21, 2013 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today...

“Gisha” - the Hebew word for “access”-, an organization financed in part by the New Israel Fund, conducts campaigns to demand that Israel provide unrestricted supply of...

    This week Israel marked the 17th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. At various events, there were speakers who recalled their personal relationship with...

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http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg-teen-who-burned-jewish-girl-s-hair-will-be-sentenced-in-january-1.1511822

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s recent U.N. visit was not the first time a top Iranian official succeeded in hoodwinking the West and especially its leading newspapers and media outlets....

Oman has been named as Iran's representative in Canada which means they will look after Iran's affairs and interests including consulate affairs. Last June Canada cut all diplomatic ties...

Twenty-six year old Ayah Norris, who was born in Winnipeg, is a vivacious and passionate young woman with two fascinating careers. Norris is a fourth generation Winnipegger. Her grandparents are...