[Editor's note: Born in Toronto to Sidura Ludwig and Jason Shron, Boaz plans to attend McGill University next fall to study Political Science. Sidura Ludwig is the daughter...
I would like to thank Steven Osborne for his letter to the editor in the Winnipeg Free Press of March 1, 2024, Hostage release won’t...
MP Ben Carr has been quoted recently in the Canadian Press saying "My hope is that Netanyahu will be gone sooner rather than later, because I think that's in the best...
U of M Student Newspaper Says Hamas Attacks Due ot "Colonial Occupation" by Honest Reporting, January 17, 2024 A recent column in The Manitoban on January 9 by University of...
For the past 15 years, I’ve held the unique position of running the sole agency documenting UNRWA summer camps. Assisted by three Arab journalists and three Jewish journalists with a deep...
I want to take this opportunity to welcome Gustavo Zentner in his new role as Vice President of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Manitoba and Saskatchewan Region. CIJA is the...
As published by the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles - January 17, 2024 https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/367336/bernie-sanders-abandons-the-jews-again/ (Dr. Medoff is founding director of...
As published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles - January 11, 2024 https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/367179/australia-is-denazifying-why-cant-gaza/ (Dr. Medoff is founding director of...
JCFS’s program “Hear Our Voices: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Hamas Terror Attacks” that took place with a large crowd of 400 people at the CMHR on Jan...
Prof Bryan Schwartz, a law professor in the field of international and human rights law at the University of Manitoba says that we are witnessing conditions on universities which are...
Up to now, the University of Haifa has not had a medical school, but at the behest of the Council of Higher Education in Israel, Haifa University is now going to build a one. "Israel is...
Here is a little history lesson ... Today, Students for Justice in Palestine chant: From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will be Free! In 1919, The Arab Club used to chant: From Turkey to...
[Editor's note: This letter below was written by Haskel Greenfield, Coordinator of Jewish Studies at U of M in the Manitoban and is being reprinted here with...
These days we are witness to much darkness around the world and we are hopeful that the light and love in each and everyone one of us will overcome the darkness and that we will be the change...
A home that feels lived-in is almost always a blessing; a home that feels so cluttered that you can’t find what you’re looking for is a stressor. In this article, we’ll explore two...
Winnipeg is an incredible city, and there are several home renovation and landscaping trends that are making it an even more beautiful place to live. Here are four of our favourite modern home reno...
The Faculty Association has never spoken out about other conflicts in the world At the Univeristy of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) Decc 13, 2023 Board of Representatives...
How do we keep members of Hamas out of Canada? How do we remove members of Hamas who are already in Canada? Legally, there are the means to do this. We have to ensure that...
https://nationalpost.com/news/mcmaster-universit-antisemitic-incidents-lawsuit?
[This article was first published in the Jerusalem Post on December 17, 2023 and is being reprinted with the permission of the author. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-778358]...
Rabbi David Wolpe resigns form Harvard University’s advisory committee on antisemitism (Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust...
(Dr. Rafael Medoff is director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about American Jewish history and the Holocaust.) ...
Dr. Bryan Schwartz, a professor of law at the University of Manitoba gave a very significant talk at the Berney Theatre recently before a group of about 175 people about the...
October 7 changed our world. The brutal pogrom that took place that day resulted in the most Jewish deaths on a single day since the Holocaust. We thought that the mass murder, rape, and...
If Hamas is not sufficiently destroyed in Gaza and remains in power with its top leaders Yihaya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif alive in tunnels, it is possible that...
The followng letter, signed by five Liberal Members of Parliaament, was sent to the presidents of 25 Canadian universities: Ottawa, Ontario December 13, 2023 Attention: Antisemitism on university...
The other night, I watched a heart wrenching movie called: “Sound of Freedom.” It was a true story about child sex trafficking taking place around the world....
To the Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Today I received a four-page letter from your organization canvassing us for a donation to help teachers "protect human...
I take what happened at the "Palestine and Genocide: Reflections on Imperialism, Settler Colonialism, and Decolonization" Teach In and Roundtable on Nov 24, 2023 very...
More in depth version of speech given on November 23, 2023 at the Antisemitism in the wake of 10/7 on-line conference I would like to start by saying I am tired of being on the defensive; I'm...
[Editor's note: The Israel Solidarity Rally held on Nov 25, 2023 at the Asper Campus Had Some 700-800 people in attendance. Below are the remarks of Yolanda Papini Pollock at the event ]...
Leonard's hands moved across an imaginary canvas, painting a vision of his heavenly future – his cherished wife, Linda, and their three children, Jason, Darren, and Jeremy, forever united...
We can curse the darkness, or we can light a light, and as the Hassidim say, a little light drives out much darkness. May we all help light up the world. —Rabbi Jonathan Sacks For the...
[The following article was written on Nov 18, 2023 and first published on the website of National News Watch and is being reprinted here with the permission of the...
[Editor's note: Boaz Shron is an 18-year-old gap-year student who was studying at the Shalom Hartman
Institute in Jerusalem, when war broke out after Hamas's massaccres on the Israel citizens of the
South. Born in Toronto to Sidura Ludwig and Jason Shron, Boaz plans to attend McGill University next fall
to study Political Science. Sidura Ludwig is the daughter of Maylene and Israel Ludwig]
https://thecjn.ca/news/congregation-etz-chayim-in-winnipeg-says-a-bittersweet-farewell-to-their-old-building-as-they-prepare-to-move/?
https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/365220/the-inside-story-of-how-palestinians-took-over-the-world/
[Editor's note: The piece below was written partly as a response to Alison Moule's article in the Wpg Free Press, "I am Jewish and I want Freedom for Palestinians," which...
[Editor's note: MP Marty Morantz was part of a delegation of 60 Canadians who participated in a three-day trip to Israel recently] I am writing to you today from Jerusalem where...
[Editor's note : The term "woke" originated in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and was originally used to describe a heightened awareness of social and political issues,...
On October 13, 2023, which former Hamas leader Khaled Mashal set as a Global Day of Islamic Jihad, a source told the Winnipeg Jewish Review, that a pamphlet reinforcing Hamas's actions was...
During a visit to Israel several years ago, I had the good fortune to meet Vivian Silver. She openly welcomed me and introduced me to...
[Editor's note: The article below was first published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles - October 29, 2023, and is being reprinted with the permission of the author....
A look at Hamas's charter reveals the religious roots of its hatred [Editor's note: The article below was first published in the Sapir Journal , Special Edition October-November 2023 and is...
Those more attentive readers of this column may remember that I wrote my last piece while coming home from Israel on Etihad Airways via Abu Dhabi. This is an unconventional route at the best...
On November 10, 2023, the Israeli Community of Winnipeg organized a deeply moving display at Memorial Park to shine a spotlight on the 240 Israelis who have been abducted by Hamas. The display...
[The article below was first published in National NewsWatch on Nov 5, 2023 and is being reprinted below with the permission of the author MP Ben...
There were hundreds of people (estimates of anywhere from 500-800) who gathered on Thursday evening on Nov 2, together at a very moving prayer vigil for the safe and immediate return of 240...
I’ve been two Gaza twice in my life, and I don’t imagine that I’ll ever be going back. But as this war rages on, I am recalling the circumstances under which I was...
