The University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) has become the first in North America to vote to ban Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) on campus and strip the group Students Against Israel Apartheid...
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SOME 200 PEOPLE INCLUDING MANY ISRAELIS ATTEND YOM HAZIKARON MEMORIAL SERVICE 2013
Well known realtor David Thompson, who served in the Israel Defense Forces from October 1980 to October 1983 was the Master of Ceremonies for the Yom Hazikaron Memorial Service held in the Berney...
EDITOR’s REPORT: LOOKING BACK: YOM HA’ATZMAUT IN ISRAEL ON HER 60TH
As Israel prepared to celebrate its 60th anniversary, I joined a handful of Jewish friends living for a year in East Jerusalem on Sala-a-Din Street. On the streets in downtown East Jerusalem,...
The Holocaust, Antisemitism, and Jewish Identity: Challenges and Changing Perceptions
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See the Itinerary of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg ‘s Mission to Israel October 21 – 31, 2013
Winnipeg Mission to Israel October 21 - 31, 2013 Chairs: Faye and Joel Lazer Guide: Avi Ben Hur Hostess: Tali Bernstein Draft (subject to changes) per Jan 6 Monday October 21...
BRENT SASLEY: WHY APOLOGIZE TO TURKEY
[This article was first published on the website of Middle East Matrix http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/author/saspress/. Former Winnipeger, Brent E. Sasley is Assistant...
SEND BLOSSOMS BOUQUETS THEY CAN EAT FOR MOTHERS DAY ’13
Get ready to shower your mother with love on Sunday May, 12, 2013. Often celebrated with brunch, greeting cards and flowers, Mother's Day in North America is traditionally meant to give moms the day...
Resa Cohen Stone: After Passover
Almost a week after Pesach has finished, I find that I’m still exhausted. I find that I’m still upset at the fact that most of the holiday was spent in the kitchen. I find that I’m...
SEE VIDEO OF LARRY VICKAR MADE BY LAZER GRANT
Remembering Through Song and Story: Tales and Melodies of the Holocaust
Remembering Through Song and Story: Tales and Melodies of the Holocaust Saturday, April 13 7:30 pm Temple Shalom Jane Enkin tells stories and sings heartbreaking, seldom-heard...
Eli Herscovitch Remembers A Man Who Inspired Him – The story of Solomon Ary From Bialystock, Poland, Whose Entire Family Was Burned in a Synagogue by the Nazis.
Eli Herscovitch Remembers A Man Who Inspired Him - The story of Solomon Ary From Bialystock, Poland, Whose Entire Family Was Burned in a Synagogue by the Nazis During...
Camp Massad Live@60
Steven Schipper never had the chance to experience the absolute joy and magic of being a camper or counsellor at Camp Massad of Manitoba. But his daughter Susan did, spending many incomparable and...
Bill Narvey : Response to Elliot Leven- Justin Trudeau Was Wrong to Speak at Reviving The Islamic Spirit Convention
This responds to the Editor's inviting comments regarding David B. Harris’ article Justin Trudeau's Islamist Revival and Elliot Leven’s response, Trudeau was right to speak at...
WHAT IS A NAME? B’NAI BRITH’S HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE AND MY MEMORIES OF FRANKFURT’s HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
I sat through the annual “UNTO EVERY PERSON THERE IS A NAME” Holocaust Remembrance program put on by B’nai Brith’s League For Human Rights at the Manitoba Legislative...
Canada Concerned about Saudia Arabia’s Nuclear Intentions
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/Canada+concerned+about+Saudi+Arabia+nuclear+intentions/7884387/story.html
Who knew that Lawyer Robert Tapper is a boxing judge ?
See the video of high-profile lawyer Robert Tapper talking aobut the fact that he is a boxing judge. He is being interviewed by Ron Pollock, the brother of Natalie Pollock....
Corey Shefman: Making The Case for Conservative Judaism
Ten women were arrested recently at the Kotel, the Western Wall. These Jewish women were arrested because they were praying as a group. Many outside Israel might not be aware that not only is the...
Amsterdam Municipality fined Jews for not paying taxes while they were in concentration camps
Recently Charlotte van den Berg, a 23-year-old university student discovered documents bundled with an elastic band in the archive section of one of the city of Amsterdam's departments while...
HAMAS REFUSES SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINAIN REFUGEES IN CANADA
http://www.qassam.ps/news-6861-amas_refuses_settlement_of_Palestinian_refugees_in_Canada.html Al Qassam website - Hamas movement renewed its affirmation that the right of return for Palestinian...
DEBORAH LIPSTADT ONE OF A HUNDRED PROMINENT JEWISH LEADERS IN U.S. TO CALL ON NETANYAHU TO TAKE CONFIDENCE BUILDING STEPS FOR TALKS
Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt (who will be giving CISA's 2013 Shindleman Lecture in Winnipeg on April 22) was one of a group of influential American Jews who signed a letter to Benjamin...
Frank Dimant: Will The Jewish Community Choose Trudeau over Harper?
Frank Dimant, CEO of B'nai Brith Canada, Publisher of The Jewish Tribune, and Chair of Modern Israel studies at Canada Christian College has written a blog in the...
Holocaust Awareness Week April 7-12: SPECIAL PROGRAMS
We Remember our Past. We Trust in the Future. Winnipeg. April 4, 2013. Almost 70 years have passed since the horrific human toll of the Holocaust was discovered. Winnipeg’s Holocaust Awareness...
Winnipeg’s Samara Carroll is New Israel Fund of Canada’s 2012-13 Canada Social Justice Fellow
[Editor's note: Readers may remember that Winnipeg's Marshall Carroll and three other Canadians vied for the title of Canada’s Smartest Person on a two hour special that aired on...
FEDERATION BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO PROVIDE FUNDS NEEDED TO RADY JCC TO ENTER LEASEHOLD WITH HERZLIA FOR DAYCARE
The Winnipeg Jewish Review has learned that on Wednesday April 4, 2013 the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Board voted unanimously to provide in principal the financial funding...
JOEL LAZER: LESSONS FROM A NATION
[This article was written by Joel Lazer, CA, CIRP of Lazer Grant LLP Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, www.http://www.lazergrant.ca/index.cfm . Joel will be leading a...
SPRINTZ RECOGNIZED AS TOP JEWISH CAMPING DIRECTOR
The Camp Massad Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that Danial Sprintz, Camp Massad of Manitoba’s Executive Director, has been selected to participate in the Foundation for Jewish...
UNBELIEVABLE ! FROM SHALOM LIFE: OBAMA AND A FLING WITH MISS ISRAEL?
http://www.shalomlife.com/news/19041/reports-indicate-that-obama-had-fling-with-miss-israel/
CANADIAN EXHIBIT RECALLS JEWISH REFUGEES IMPRISONED WITH NAZIS
http://www.timesofisrael.com/canadian-exhibit-recalls-jewish-refugees-imprisoned-with-nazis/
OP-ED: IMMIGRATION AND STRONGER CANADA FOR ALL CANADIANS
Immigration has been a focus of the media, politicians and voters in recent years, in Europe, in the recent elections in the United States, but also here in Canada. I’ve always been interested...
THANK YOU WINNIPEG JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR THE AMBULANCE FROM THE WINNIPEG CHAPTER OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
Thank you to Winnipeg for donating an ambulance that will read “Dedicated to the People of Israel from your Canadian Friends in Winnipeg, Manitoba.”
Emotions Run High Over Bid by Sask Potash Company ‘s Bid for Israeli Company
http://www.timesofisrael.com/emotions-run-high-over-canadian-bid-for-israeli-company/
From Sun News Toronto: Obama Compares Israeli Palestinian Relations to US
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/23/obama-compares-israeli-palestinian-relations-to-canada-us
Jewish, Arab, and Druze Youth Build Connections through Hockey
Jewish, Arab and Druze children and two coaches from Israel came to Winnipeg from March 12-19, 2013 to break down barriers by being immersed in Canadian hockey. For the seventeen students, ranging...
DANIEL PIPES: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OBAMA SAID IN ISRAEL: PALESTINIANS MUST RECOGNIZE THAT ISRAEL WILL BE A JEWISH STATE
Daniel Pipes wrote an article in the Washington Times, which outlined the most important thing that Obama said in his trip to Israel--which is that Palestinians must recognize that...
WILLIAM PITCH, CISA’S NEW STUDENT CORRESPONDENT ON THE LIPSTADT-IRVING TRIAL AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL
Deborah Lipstadt will be delivering CISA's 2013 Shindleman Family Lecture on Monday, April 22, 2013 at 7:30 pm in the Provencher Ballroom at the Hotel Fort Garry. Admission is by donation and...
Dr. Rachel Sarig Of Israel’s Weizmann Institute on Cardiovadscular Disease at The Heart of the Matter event April 10, Fort Garry Hotel
You are invited to attend "The Heart of the Matter" (no charge) on Wednesday April 10, Fort Garry Hotel , Concert Hall 222 ...
President Obama Received Demonstration of Hebrew U developed Life Saving Technology
Jerusalem - March 21, 2013 - 1.2 million people are killed each year in car accidents around the world' and 20-50 million sustain heavy injuries. In America alone 33,000 people die each year...
B’nai Brith on Campus sponsors Dr. Catherine Chatterly presentation during Middle East Week
B’nai Brith on Campus – Winnipeg sponsors Middle East Week Event by Rhonda J. Prepes B'nai Brith on Campus – Winnipeg sponsored a presentation by Dr. Catherine Chatterley, founding...
FUNDS FROM JNF GALA TO GO TOWARDS SCHOOLYARD FOR SPECIAL ED SCHOOL WITH JEWISH AND ARAB STUDENTS
Funds raised by the Jewish National Fund of Canada Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region’s (JNF) annual fundraiser, the Negev Gala,...
Tamar Barr Promoted to Assistant Executive Director at the Rady JCC
Gayle Waxman, Executive Director of the Rady Jewish Community Centre is pleased to announce that Tamar Barr has been promoted to Assistant Executive Director at the Rady JCC. Tamar has been employed...
Winnipeg Soup Sisters (Bronstein, Malamud and Zimmer) and Broth Brothers
On March 10, 2013, Three Jewish women - Miriam Bronstein, Sandi Malamud, and Harriet Zimmer launched Winnipeg Soup Sisters in support of Osborne House. Nearly 300 servings of delicious soup were...
A Recent Email Sent to the Editor about Jews from Gordon Warren bringkatztojustice@gmail.com and More Emails !
The following is an email the Editor received on February 23, 2013 from the email address Gordon Warren < bringkatztojustice@gmail.com. The email was entitled "The Katz...
Brent Sasley: Israel’s New Defense Minister Ain’t Ehud Barak
Editor's note: This first appeared in on the Middle East Matrix website http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/israels-new-defense-minister-aint-ehud-barak/] With the...
WINNIPEG WELCOMES THE WORLD AT THE 21ST WORLD CONFERENCE OF GLBT JEWS
WINNIPEG: As the first Canadian city to host this international meeting, Winnipeg welcomes the world at the 21st World Conference of GLBT Jews, July 5 – 7, 2013, at the Winnipeg...
Bernstein’s Deli Partnership Announcement
Bernstein’s Deli is pleased to announce to our valued customers and to the public that there is a new addition to our management team. It is with great excitement that owner Marla...
Mazel Tov to Heart Health Scholar Ivan Berkowitz on Receipt of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Ivan berkowitz recently received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from NDP MP Pat Martin Berkowitz was born and educated in Winnipeg, where he and his ex-wife Sheri...
Limmud Festival: Art Therapy with Tzafi Weinberg, Family Legacy Videos with Shirland Productions
Tzafi Weinberg, an Israeli who moved to Winnipeg years ago, gave a session at Limmud on art therapy. Art therapy for children is a way of approaching the inner world of a child, and combines art and...
Rabbi Ari Ellis: Not all Orthodox Jews Oppose Manitoba’s Anti-bullying Bill
[ Editor's note:Rabbi Ellis wrote this article below after learning of the comments of Rabbi Avrohom Altein's of chabad-Lubavitch as reported in the Canadian Press, which are...
EDITOR’S REFLECTIONS: TO BUY ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST PHOTOS OR NOT
I had an unusual experience this past trip to Israel. I met a Palestinian Arab who is an Israeli who asked me if I or anyone I knew would be interested in buying photos taken in the...
Orlikow Eager to Get Ball Rolling on Winnipeg’s Bid to Host 2017 Canada Games
Winnipeg, MB– John Orlikow, Councillor for River Heights - Fort Garry is throwing his support behind Winnipeg’s bid to host the 2017 Canada Games,...













































