The recent call urging Congress to reevaluate military aid to Israel by a group of Protestant Christian leaders is a nauseating example of applying double standards against Israel under the cloak of...
On September 8th, over 100 Jewish university students converged on the Redwood Docks for the 2012 Hillel opening event sponsored by Federation’s Jewish Campus Life department. Hadera Short,...
[Editor's note: I wrote this article four years ago, but am reprinting it now since, on the whole, it is still timely] WINNIPEG — Retired Israeli ambassador to the United...
Former IDF Military Intelligence Head: Iran Will Cross Nuclear "Red Line" by Summer - Gili Cohen Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, the former director of IDF Military Intelligence, said...
Theatre is borne of ritual. Modern practitioners trace their roots to the Dionysian festivals in ancient Greece where plays were performed in competition. We understand ourselves to...
Today’s audience of fifteen at the first of three showings of operas banned during the 30’s by the Nazis, reflects a success of sorts. Cantor Anibal Mass of the Shaarey Zedek...
Al Jazeera – the unusual TV station based in Qatar – still has a big blind spot when it comes to covering Israel. This became apparent to me recently when I watched a documentary...
http://www.cjnews.com/news/doyenne-winnipeg-theatre-turns-90
Peter Beinart, who I met a couple of years ago at a J Street Conference in Washington and is clearly left of centre (even supporting a boycott of products of...
[Editor's note: These are the remarks prepared by David Matas,Honourary Senior Counsel for B'nai Brith Canada, for the launch of the Azrieli Series of Memoirs at the Fairmont Hotel in...
At the youthful age of 99, Sophie Shinewald became the oldest person in Canada this summer to receive the Queen's Diamond Gold Jubilee Award. It's hard to know where to start with this article-...
A bicycle made almost entirely of cardboard has the potential to change transportation habits from the world's most congested cities to the poorest reaches of Africa, its Israeli inventor says. To...
[ Editor's note: Former Winnipegger Aubrey Tadman reflects on the recent spate of anitsemitic posters in this piece that he originally sent to Rosalind Marmel in L.A. for the...
Mayor Sam Katz has referred to the email received by the Winnipeg Jewish Review as "sad and pathetic" and has also indicated that he has had threats on his life since being Mayor....
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, October 12, 2012 – With Centralia’s global business-to-business forum as the backdrop, Mina Goldiak, Deputy Chief Scientist with Israel’s Ministry of...
[Edito's note: This article first appeared in the Times of Israel (http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-young-mother-needs-your-help/) and is being reprinted here with permission. While it was...
New York, NY, October 5, 2012 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today published a full-page ad in The New York Times highlighting how anti-Semitism reared its ugly head...
The Winnipeg Jewish Review received an email on Thursday that I suspect is likely to be the same or very similar to the new round of anti-Semitic posters that were discovered in downtown...
Need I say more? Southern California awaits you.....
The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the Presidential election contest and the efforts invested by both candidates portraying themselves as supportive of the Jewish State has...
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/Canada+concerned+about+Saudi+Arabia+nuclear+intentions/7884387/story.html
This is a sequel to my story Nancy Klein and Cheryl Hechter Raphaeli stay at Ein Gedi Youth Hostel: A Night to Remember. A friend of mine was organizing a group trip for a group of...
When Jacob (Kovi) Smolack returned to Winnipeg after more than a decade in New York, it wasn’t just the weather or his father Cantor Smolack calling him back. Kovi, his wife Iris...
Editor's note: Bryan Schwartz has written a piece in the Times of Israel, which you won't want to miss reading, and which I have no doubt by now has been read by someone in the Obama...
Something interesting has been happening in the Golan Heights in the last few months which pro-Israel advocates on campus ought to point ought when detracters launch Israel Apartheid Week...
Rose Reisman, a wellness expert who runs her own gourmet catering company and well known cookbook author, was the main event last week at two Women’s Philanthropy events designed to...
[Editor's note: Post this article and photos on your facebook pages, and use all social media to help this information go around the world] Iranian pro-democracy activist Caspian Makan says that he...
Congregation Etz Chayim is the place to be for Simchat Torah Monday, October 8th at 6:45 p.m.…...Help us celebrate Simchat Torah with dancing, singing and hearing the sacred words of the...
This international peace day I went to the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue to participate in an interfaith peace gathering amongst all religions. There were people from all different professions, but many...
Le Soir's photo of a Jewish newborn in context of a birth control debate is an arguably egregious case of incitement."This is just too reminiscent of the Nazi euphemism: 'euthanasia of life...
think about whether it was time for the Winnipeg Jewish Review to have an Auto section. There's only one hitch. I really don't know anything about automobiles. I could tell you what colour a...
In a September 12, 2012 commentary in the Winnipeg Free Press, American academic Yehuda Lukacs tackled the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. He suggested two possible long-term solutions:...
(This piece was first published on Jan 22, 2013 in http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/author/saspress/ ) The Israeli election is upon us, or at least upon...
[Editor's note: This article was first published on September 29, 2012 on the Website of Middle East...
The third annual Bet Yom Tov High Holy Day services held by Emmy Award winner and certified cantor Allan Blye are literally indescribable. Wherever you are in the world, gather your friends,...
This article came to our attention since it links to an article about the Y Sports dinner that was written in the Winnipeg Jewish Review:...
Editor's note: Readers may find this of interest. Imeant to post this earlier. September 12, 2012 · 25 Elul 5772 Dear Gray Academy of Jewish Education Parent: Choosing the right...
[Editor's note: I have just realized that this article is mistitled. It really should read Kim's Easiest and Most Delicious Challah Ever. Additionally, Faith claims that this recipe serves 22...
http://shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.ca/2012/09/no-to-war-no-to-islamic-regime-in-iran.html While many of us Iranian/Canadians strongly oppose any type military intervention against Iran, we also...
New York, NY, September 20, 2012 … The myth that an Israeli-American producer and group of Jewish investors financed the virulently anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims,"...
There are real Palestinian refugees, Palestinians who fit squarely within the United Nations Refugee Convention definition, but they are not refugees within the jurisdiction of UNRWA. They are...
Noah Erenberg is a veteran network television documentary writer, director and producer, media studies instructor, trainer and consultant. He is also the convener for an exciting, new online media...
Thank you so much Gail [Asper]. I am delighted to join Gail in welcoming you as we kick off what we all hope will be a very successful campaign. I am going to take this opportunity not to...
Free parking at the B lot, map to be posted on the conference website by early October. Map for the on-campus event online to be put up
Ephraim Halevy, the former head of Israel's Mossad has an article that has just been posted in Al-Monitor on September 20, that readers will find interersting. iand According to Halevy,...
Musica Speciale presents Gala concert entitled Maximal Amplitude with guest artist pianist Robert Silverman with violinist John Racaru on Saturday, October 6, 2012,8pm at Bethel Mennonite Church,465...
Tom Friedman seems to have noticed that the Arab Spring doesn't look like isn't going to lead to democracy afterall. Readers may find it worthwhile to read his latest...
[Editor's note: This report is a follow-up to our previous report on the subject of Antisemitic Posters that appeared in downtown Winnipeg befroe Rosh Hahsana. Our previosu report...
Taking Steps - a Bereavement Support Group begins on Monday, October 15th (10:00 am to noon) and will continue until December 3rd.. This non-denominational group is specially designed for those who...
Join NCJW, Winnipeg. Section team or sponsor the team Please support our team!!! Walk with us or be a sponsor Last year Winnipeg Section raised over $4000 I’m participating in the Canadian...
