http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/12/controversial-free-speech-defender-douglas-h-christie-lawyer-for-canadas-most-prominent-hatemongers-dead-at-66/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-is-dead-scared-of-israel-says-ex-mossad-chief/
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9675/un-obama-palestinians
[Editor's note: This article is being reprinted with permission form the website fo the American Associates of Ben Gurion University] Jan 28, 2013-Ariel Sharon was brought south to Soroka University...
Larry and Tova Vickar recently invited Rhonda Spivak and I to a very special restaurant that is close to their hearts, the L’Arche Tova Café at 119 Regent Ave. West in Transcona, which...
Reprinted with permission from:http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5384&q=1 AIPAC, the lobby for Israel in the United States, defines itself as an American organization which...
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/11/weve-never-backed-down-from-a-bully-prominent-jewish-brothers-launch-lawsuit-over-anti-semitic-posters/
“. . . scholarly devotion . . . for Jews is worship first class . . .” Mark Helprin, In Sunlight and in Shadow This “scholarly devotion,” which is synonymous with...
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/dna-tests-reveal-hitler-s-jewish-and-african-roots-1.309938
Political analyst Dr. Yoram Peri told a crowd of about 30 people at the University of Winnipeg that “the Israeli left won the [most recent] elections if you count the actual votes (1,890,000...
A staff delegation from JNF Canada arrived for a visit to Israel in order to observe at first hand projects that have been implemented with the support of the organization’s Friends in...
Editor's note: In January 2013, David B. Harris, a Canadian lawyer with three decades' experience in intelligence affairs, sent me an article he wrote in IPT News, dated December 20, 2012 ...
To our good fortune, a fine teaching couple, Rabbi David Cantor and his wife Kedma Cantor has returned to Winnipeg with their family this year, and both of them gave sessions at...
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17 Israeli children and 3 coaches are coming to Winnipeg from March 12-19 to be immersed in Canadian hockey. They are students at the Canada Israel Hockey School (located in the Canada Centre in...
There have been recent reports that the Turkish police are “exiling” Iranian refugees to small and unsafe cities in Turkey close to the border of Iraq and Syria. These refugees are...
The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg is coordinating an event for Jewish singles 40 years old and up. This will be the first event in many years for singles in this age group. Federation statistics...
[Editor's note :Something tells me we are going to be hearing more and more about the issue of Palestinian refugees in the future in the context of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights....
Robin Paisner, a member of Winnipeg's Jewish community, arrived at my door the other day with what was a beautiful bouqet of flowers--not just any flowers, but flowers I could eat! Paisner just...
[This is part one of Jane Enkin's review of the Limmud Festival March 1-3] Limmud Winnipeg 2013 provided a satisfying taste of learning from many Jewish perspectives. An over-arching theme of...
Rabbi Shais Taub delivered an inspiring and at times very humourous talk on Jewish spirituality and recovery from addictions last month before at a well attended dinner...
Elie Wiesel, the well-known author and Holocaust survivor, described hunger in his book Night, saying, “Bread, soup—these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a...
What do art and cupcakes have in common? MAWA’s Over the Top Art Auction and Cupcake Party! This popular annual event returns for its ninth year on Sunday March 17th, 2013, from 2-5 pm....
[Editor's note: Next week I will be publishing an article I have written on Rabbi Shais Taub's presentation on addictions sponsored by JCFS, JACS and Chabad, which was an...
National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Section members and volunteers bakedhamentaschen for shalach manot packages for Jewish Child and Family Services clients National Council of Jewish...
At the Limmud Festival on March 3, 2013 at the Asper Campus, sixteen eager participants gathered in the Art Room at Gray Academy to hear Jeanette Kuvin Oren talk about the art of paper...
Academics say they are shocked by a catalog of tens of thousands of ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps and death camps set up by the Germans, The New York Times reports...
Former Winnipegger Andrea Schaffer now living in Toronto is on her way to Israel to play for the Women’s Softball Team at the Maccabiah Games beginning July 17th, 2013. She will be joined by...
[Editor’s note—I have carefully tried to sort through the various details here in my report below, and in my view the Rady JCC-Herzlia deal is not a done deal until the Federation Board...
JNF ANNOUNCES ENTERTAINMENT FOR NEGEV GALA 2013 The Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region is pleased to announce that Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander will...
Justice Albie Sachs is coming to Winnipeg, all the way from South Africa. His lecture’s title, “Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter” is taken from the title of one of...
Congregations Shaarey Zedek, Winnipeg’s largest congregation, and Etz Chayim, the second largest congregation, have discussed a merger or building sharing arrangement but, talks are at a...
Winnipeg's Hannah Glinter will be running in the Jerusalem Marathon on March 1st, in support of the Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin that aids soldiers in the Israel Defence Forces who...
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Arts/Article.aspx?id=304558
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[Editor's note: Yoram Peri will be speaking on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:00 - 1:00 pm Convocation Hall-at Wesley 2W16 (Second Floor) the University of Winnipeg during the Second...
Below readers can see the Saturday Night Live sketch about Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearing at the Senate, a sketch that is very memorable to say the least. It has been s uploaded onto the...
http://www.cjnews.com/canada/toews-seeks-applications-security-funding
Comedy Night Fundraiser in Support of Shalom Residences Inc. Thursday, March 7, 2013 Rumor’s Comedy Club 2025 Corydon Ave. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Show starts at 8:00 p.m. Come...
[This was written by Professor Deborah Lipstadt on Sunday December 28, 2008. In London for the trial with Holocaust denier, David Irving, she attended the UK Limmud Festival. Since Limmud in...
In an interview with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, ADL called for a further review of Senator Chuck Hagel’s record in light of an account of a 2007 speech in which he allegedly said the U.S....
I am looking forward to the Limmud Festival of Jewish Learning on March 2 and 3 at the Asper Jewish Community Campus because it’s a way for me to reconnect with my roots and my identity and...
It’s ‘home away from home’ for dozens and dozens of Jewish older adults who spend many hours of enjoyment with friends old and new. It’s a place to reminisce, build new...
Life in Winnipeg was like that in many other Canadian cities. It was a city where English was dominant, language, culture, government. The power structure was English with those of anglo-saxon...
Q. What can be better for a 15-year-old than five weeks at Camp Massad? A. Six weeks at Camp Massad! Camp Massad of Manitoba, the only Hebrew immersion residential summer camp in all of North...
The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region is pleased to honour the Arab Jewish Dialogue (AJD) at the Negev Gala to be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at the Centennial...
About 5 years ago, my daughter began studying in Sapir Academic College, in the small town of Sderot, in Southern Israel. Sderot had long been the target of Hamas Kassam missiles, with thousands...
http://www.timesofisrael.com/calgary-jews-disavow-sex-offender-rabbis-letter/
The Promised Land Breathless water, overcome with eagerness, rushes down rock-strewn hills bearing brimming life to thirsty plants waiting patiently in the sun, bringing flowers for children,...
At the conference on Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria I attended, there was a panel discussion on the topic ‘The Status of the Arabs When Israel Will Apply Sovereignty over...
