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  [Editor's note: I think Adum Muller is back-peddling a little here as in his last article he suggested antisemitism was no more than  a "contributing factor" of the...

 Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) is celebrating 100 Years of Jewish Social Services in Winnipeg; and its 60th anniversary with a “Century of Caring” Gala evening on May 24th...

[Editor's note: David Matas has written this piece in response to the  postition taken by  Adam Muller who is of the view that antisemitism is not a  central cause of...

The condition of an elderly female Jewish resident from the Simkin Centre was the subject of a recent report to the Protection for Person's In Care Office [PPCO], the Winnipeg Jewish Review has...

[Editor's note--If you haven't read this in yesterday's Winnipeg Sun, you'll want to. David Asper makes a very valid point. But have a look at the comments underneath the article ]....

The American Nazi Party has registered its first Washington DC lobbyist, as was reported in the congressional newspaper The Hill last week. John Bowles, 55, said he sought to help his...

  The Winnipeg Chapter of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University is honouring long-time volunteer Yude Henteleff, C.M., Q.C., LL.D (Hon), at a cocktail reception at the Fort Garry Hotel...

At an event at Etz Chaim  Synagogue David Matas spoke about the  Holocasut and  residential schools and what if any connection exists between these two events. Matas's enitre speech...

The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg is an organization built on the strength of donors, volunteers and dedicated leadership whose commitment to community follows in the tradition of our founding...

Adam Muller  has written several statements in a response to Lionel Steiman that have certainly made me wonder why the Freeman Family Holocaust Education Centre would have chosen Muller to...

  Saturday Apr 21 at 7:30 PM Temple Shalom Adult Education and Havdalah Remembering through Song and Story: tales and melodies of the Holocaust. An evening featuring storytelling by Rabbi Karen...

As many of you may have noticed, Toronto is increasingly being targeted by Islamist to promote Islam and Islamism, to recruit Muslims, especially younger individuals into the Islamic movement, and...

A Response to Lionel Steiman  By Dr. Adam Muller, Associate Professor, Department of English, Film and Theatre,University of Manitoba April 7, 2012   The debate concerning the ontology of...

Shalom Life compiled a list of the 50 Hottest Female Jews in the world today. The publication claimed that "Narrowing it down to only 50 took a lot of thought and consideration, but I...

 Editor's note: There is an  article by Rosalind Marmel, a former Winnipeggger now  living in LA about Cantors Herschel and Judy Fox . They recently had a  concert at...

[Editor's note: In the article below, Lionel Steiman refers to media coverage of the "Names Insted of Numbers" exhibit currently on display at Westminister Church. I am providing the links...

    I am pleased to let readers know that two local real estate "mavens", Monica Hirsch and David Thompson have approached me with the initiative of writing a regular real estate...

 Acumen is pleased to announce that Richard Leipsic has joined Acumen as Managing Director. Richard has over 30 years' experience specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance...

In a March 18 op-ed piece in the New York Times, New York Jewish academic Peter Beinart calls on progressive Americans to boycott goods made in West Bank settlements. He also calls for other...

    In memory of the victims of the March 19, 2012 anti-Semitic terror attack in Toulouse, France     The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada and Congregation...

 [Editor's note: With thanks to a reader Ariel Avior for sending me these Passover Greetings. The answer to what you call an enterprising Rabbi offering circumcisions online is at the very...

Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum, the author of ten books, including Jewish Spiritual Practices, The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, and Jewish Tales of Holy Women, is a beloved teacher based in New...

  "The winter of 2011 was tough on many of Europe’s root crops. A week before Passover the Jewish Community of Madrid found that the shipment of horseradish it had ordered...

[Editor's note:  I am reprinting this petition I recieved this week from a Professor in  France which is timely as  Holocasut Awareness Week approaches] Petition for Freedom of Speech...

When I was a university student active in the Jewish Students Association, I was sent by the community to attend the General Assembly of Jewish Federations of North America, commonly known as the...

McNally Robinson has asked me to teach a class, based on my recent book NOW I KNOW THE WORLD IS ROUND:STORIES AT THE END OF LIFE   I hope some of you will be able to join me in May for this...

    The United Nations Works and Relief Agency,[UNWRA] the agency which runs Palestinian Refugee camps in Gaza has become an instrument of the Hamas regime in Gaza, a senior researcher...

The much ballyhooed Arab Spring has become a cold winter of discontent for Christians living in many parts of the Middle East.   A newly released documentary titled “Persecuted...

  The Canadian Jewish News has an interesting piece about an Israeli company that is a world leader in computerized systems for dairy farm and herd management, which helps increase the milk...

  It's not that often that I write a recipe column. As a matter of fact, I think that the last one I wrote was before the common era. And the truth is that I haven't even tried the recipe I am...

Susan Turner's exhibition of large-scale inkjet prints opens Thursday evening, April 12 at the Jewish Heritage Centre corridor gallery. First mentioned in Exodus in the commandments regarding the...

Kathleen Reiter a 23-year-old immigrant from Montreal won first place in Israeli television's Channel 2 singing competition   Reiter beat out fellow competitor Raz Shmueli by a narrow margin....

  A 12-year-old boy was beaten outside his Jewish school in Paris by youths reciting anti-Semitic slogans, school officials say, amid continued high security and tensions in France.  ...

  [Editor's note: This was written from Jerusalem  January 25, 2012 by th ewriter who participated on a trip to Rome and Jerusalem led by Rabbi Rose and Father Sam Argentiano from...

Catherine Chatterley’s essay in the Winnipeg Jewish Review of March 24th, “The Holocaust was not an Interfaith Experience,” is a succinct and brilliant summary of what the...

[Editor's note: This piece by Dr. Adam Muller was submitted in response to Dr Catherine Chatterley's article ,the Holocaust is not an interfaith experience....

Today I had an audience with the Pope. Well, not only me; a group of us were on the Interfaith Journey to Rome and Israel with Rabbi Rose and Father Sam. Well, not only us; the hall’s capacity...

  [This is the last installment of Simone Cohen Scott's review of her trip to  Rome and Israel this January, 2012] At last in Jerusalem, we’re in the homestretch of our...

Have you ever considered the hidden value in your home, or are you open to the idea of accepting offers on your home? If so, we need to talk.   We Know the Market. - In today’s market...

Father Patrick Desbois seldom smiles. Sitting across from me in the deserted dining room of a Foggy Bottom hotel in Washington, DC, the austere French Catholic priest unflinchingly chronicles the...

The systematic murder of 2.25 million Jews during the 1941-44 “Holocaust by Bullets” in Ukraine and Bella Russia has been overlooked by most people unless they were part of the people or...

29 Adar 5772 · March 23, 2012 – Rabbi Ari Ellis and Dr. Earl Hershfield announced the Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun Synagogue’s “burn the mortgage” fundraising campaign today....

A large crowd of men and women attended National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Winnipeg Section’s program “Healthy Bones” on March 14 at the home of Glenna and Michael...

Unfortunately, due to illness, CISA [Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism] had to postpone the First Annual Shindleman Family Lecture. We are very happy to announce that US Special...

Most communities have so-called truths which give rise to standards of behavior. Over time, some ideas get replaced by others, but a core set of beliefs often remains. Within Judaism -- where debate...

  [Editor's note: The following are the remarks made by David Matas in introducing the program held this week at Etz Chaim Synagogue, entitled "Voices of Survival."   I am...

Mahammad Hasin Awad Abu-Aadra was arrested trying to infiltrate Israel through the Sinai. He confessed that he sought to implement a suicide attack in Eilat, planned by Hamas....

The Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region is pleased to announce that world-renowned percussionist Chen Zimbalista will headline this year’s Negev Gala...

Canada helped block a representative of Hamas from attending a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva this week. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued a statement on the matter...