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      They’re back. After sitting out Toronto’s annual Pride parade last year, a group calling itself Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) is planning to march again...

In March of this year, a  rabbi, a priest and an imam  in Canada began sharing a new blog to offer their respective faith’s perspective on current issues and common problems.  ...

Rogalach  Ingredients: 1/2 LB Butter (salted) softened 4 Cups Flour 1/2 Cup warm Milk 2 Eggs (beaten) 2 Tablespoons Sugar 2 packages dry Yeast 1/2 Cup warm Water 1 Teaspoon Sugar  Bag Dark...

  Editor's note: This is the second installment of   Prof. Bryan Schwartz's my reports on Mishpatim II, where law school students learn att he Hebrew University of Jerusalem for...

  [The following are Mel Lazareck's remarks on receiving the Sol Kanee Distinguished Community Service Medal on May 23, at the  Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Kavod Awards evening at...

[Editor's note: Mazel Tov to Gail Asper this year's Honouree for the  Rady JCC Y Sports Dinner, June 19 from the Winnipeg Jewish Review]. This telephone interview with Gail Asper takes place...

With the death of Benzion Netanyahu, the father of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, one article about his legacy has been shared widely. Writing in Tablet Magazine, Yossi Klein Halevy...

  [Sayah Hassan is a Canadian Iranian lawyer based in Toronto and a pro-democracy activist] Carleton University in Ottawa two weekends ago hosted a pro-Islamic Republic of Iran propaganda event...

 [Editor's note: "In Darkness" was one of the many excellent films being shown during the Jewish International Film Festival put on by the Rady JCC and the Asper Foundation.] Well...

I’m not one of those people who sit around reminiscing about the good old days. I don’t often pull out camp pictures, and – sorry campers – I can’t remember most of my...

Has anyone ever heard of an Arab or Palestinian "Peace Now" group? Palestinians have been radicalized to a point where it is virtually impossible to talk about peace and coexistence. Peace...

The Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) had a very successful first year and much of this can be attributed to the positive support and keen interest of our community. The public...

Everyone living here has experienced the changing demographic of our community as over 1,600 Jewish families have moved to Winnipeg from Israel, eastern Europe, the United States and South...

When we first arrived in Winnipeg, twenty years ago this August, we had little idea that we’d be spending the next two decades of our lives on the wind-swept plains of Manitoba.  Coming...

 How many theaters can boost ownership in 1949 by the eccentric Howard Hughes, having been the home to the Academy Award ceremonies from 1949 to 1959 and having lured audiences from all over...

  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4365179,00.html   Italy: Teacher's anti-Semitic remark to Jewish student ROME (JTA) – A crude joke about the Holocaust has cost a public...

  The Board of Directors of the Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University (CFTAU) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Adler as Executiv “We are pleased to have Stephen...

 A few weeks ago, veteran CBS News correspondent Bob Simon reported on the plight of Christians of the Holy Land who have been leaving the region for many years. In large part, Simon blamed the...

ISRAEL I-Facts   KNOW THE FACTS – THEN DECIDE   Myth #3   The Arabs want peace and a State on the West Bank   THE FACTS   1937 – Arabs...

The daughter of a Chinese man who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi persectution  was in Winnipeg May 24th to share his story of heroism and courage. Manli Ho's late father, Dr. Fengshan...

[Editor's note: Law Professor Bryan Schwartz has conceived of and initiated a very successful exchange program for law students at the University of  Manitoba to study for several weeks in...

The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's Women's endowment fund luncheon on May 11th this year at the Fort Gary Hotel, featuring guest speaker Dr. Catherine Chatterley, was a time to reflect on...

We need to protest against this event in any shape that is possible, whether it's an actual protest, or writing or speaking out about it or attending the event and speaking out inside.   CALL...

Both the extreme left and the extreme right are now calling for a one state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of course the one state solution each seeks is completely different: the...

Thank you Charles, to you/and your parents who epitomized the values of this award.   When I started in business I looked up to and was mentored by both Max Shore and his trusted advisor Syd...

Good Evening. Thank you, Adam, for your kind introduction. It is an honor and a privilege to stand here tonight and accept this award. I would like to thank the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg...

[Editor's note: The follwing remarks were delivered by President of the Jewish Federaion of Winnipeg in Memory of Rcihard Tapper Z'L who at the community  Kavod Awards  evening on May 23,...

It’s almost summer, which means I’m nostalgic for camp. Though I’m nostalgic for camp even in winter – and spring and fall. In fact, I was nostalgic for camp even during the 10 summers I spent at Camp Massad

The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or "settlements." Rather, it concerns the so-called Palestine...

  Readers may be interested in reading Myron Love's interview of Gail Asper in the CJN The Winnipeg Jewish Review will be doing our own interview with Gail Asper in the near future, but in...

  [The following is the statement issued by the Jewish Federations of North America [JFNA] on the passing of Richard Tapper, who  was on the  JFNA’s National Young...

  Myron Love in the CJN  writes about the First Nations Trip to Israel, inteviewing  Ron Evans, the former grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the current chief of...

"Yiddle, Fiddle, Shmiddle" were the words in the chorus of the opening number of Zalmen Mlotek's sweeping tour de force of Yiddish Culture which opened up this year's Mameloshen...

Winnipeg businessman Ian Rabb says he wants to buy the vacant Hecla Oasis Resort and remodel it into a world-class addictions treatment centre. He wants to convert the former resort, located...

[Editor's note: Sheldon Oberman was my journalism teacher at Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate. He was a creative genius and I am very grateful for having had him as a teacher [that is, during the...

  GWEN SECTER  CREATIVE LIVING CENTE: LUNCH AND LEARN - MONDAY JUNE 11, 2012 - 12 noon, 1588 MAIN STREET  GUEST SPEAKER - DR. CATHERINE CHATTERLEY -"WHY WE SPELL ANTISEMITISM...

During a recent visit to New York, I had an extended breakfast meeting with controversial author Peter Beinart who in recent months receives enormous media exposure as the most prominent far left...

For the second year in a row Sweet Spirit Ministries Canada, under the leadership of Pamela and John Funk of Morden, will be holding an "All Nations Bless Israel” celebration in Winkler...

Many thanks and best wishes, Bill Brownstone   It is my pleasure to inform you that our Board of Directors has confirmed theselection of Ms. Kathleen Klaasen as our new, permanent Chief...

  This past May week, four staff members from Gray Academy of Jewish Education (Gray Academy) went to Jacksonville, FL, to meet up with 20 other North American schools at edJEWcon, a three-day...

  Camp Massad’s 60th anniversary on-site reunion is just three months away. Dozens and dozens of former campers, counsellors, hanhallah members, eemot and board members will be attending...

 After visiting Israel 2 years ago, Chief Ron Evans of Norway House “was inspired like never before. I saw the similarity between our two peoples, the struggles and the successes. I saw...

After WWII, Leon Berger became a teacher because he wanted to “help kids who had lost years of Jewish education during the war to get back on track…teaching was my desire,” he...

       Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Jewish Foreign Minister—profiled last year by this correspondent in an exclusive interview-- has been appointed to a critical...

THE FACTS 1. There was NEVER a state or entity called Palestine until after 1948. 2. The name derives from the Philistines who lived around the Jordan River in Roman times. 3. In 1917, the area now...

  Ira Udow, long-time principal of Brock Corydon Hebrew Bilingual School is retiring at the end of this school year. Applications for a new school principal are in and the successful...

  Bob Freedman, who will soon be celebrating his 26th year as the  CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winipeg  has just been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Regional...

  [this article relies on files from the Prime Minister of Canada's website:http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=5&featureId=6&pageId=48&id=4801 ] On may 14, 2012 the...

President of Israel and Governor General of Canada Preside over the Signing of a Formal Accord between the Royal Society of Canada and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The President of...

Readers know that Dr. Adam Muller has put forward the theory in this publication that antisemitism was not the central cause of the Holocaust. See here and here  In an exclusive interview with...