Sunday, November 13, 2011 10:30am – 2:30pm, Asper Jewish Community Campus, 123 Doncaster Street The Global Day of Jewish Learning unites Jewish communities around the globe to celebrate...
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MLA HEATHER STEFANSON’S STATEMENT IN LEGISLATURE: RE SANDY AND ROBERT SHINDLEMAN
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Hansard Monday, October 24th, 2011 MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS Robert and Sandy Shindleman Mrs. Heather Stefanson (Tuxedo): It is my pleasure to honour the...
THIRTY NEW SIGNERS FOR JEWISH FOUNDATION’S ENDOWMENT BOOK OF LIFE
Thirty-one new names were added this year to the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba’s Endowment Book of life, at a signing ceremony that was attended by over 325 people held at the Shaarey Zedek...
EDITORIAL: BOARD OF THE SIMKIN CENTRE NEEDS TO ADOPT REFORM NOW WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY
It is my respectful opinion that the Board of the Simkin Centre desperately and urgently needs to reform, or else I fear that the institution will suffer more harm and damage than it already has....
FIFTY WAYS TO SAY MASLOWKSY: THE JEWISH DONNY AND MARIE ROCK THE SHAAREY ZEDEK AT JEWISH FOUNDATION BOOK OF LIFE EVENT
I was going to write about Debbie and Jerry Maslowsky's performance at the Jewish Foundation's Endowment Book of Life evening at the Shaarey Zedek on September 21 as part of one article about the...
DANITA AZIZA: LESSON #38-TO KNOW WHEN IT IS ENOUGH
How is it that we never seem to love our kids enough, be smart enough, good enough, handsome or pretty enough, accomplished enough, rich enough or lucky enough? We are oftentimes compelled to...
FROM TIKKUN MAGAZINE-RABBIS NEAL,CARNIE,KLIEL AND OR R0SE: A SEASON FOR INCLUSION: A FAMILY REFLECTION
[Editor's note: This article was published in 2009 in Tikkun Magazine by Rabbi Neil Rose and his three sons, all Rabbis, after the sam-sex marriage of Rabbi Rose's eldest son Avi...
WALTER PINCUS OF THE WASHINGTON POST: THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO REEVALUATE ITS ASSISTANCE TO ISRAEL
DAVID FRUM-THE SENATOR AND I
[This article written by David Frum published in the National Post recently caught my eye since both he and his sister, Senator Linda Frum were in Winnipeg this past...
COUPLE TO CELEBRATE BNOT-MITVAH TOGETHER AT TEMPLE SHALOM
Neire Mercer and Sara Raymond, a lesbian couple who are involved in Anakhnu, Winnipeg's Jewish GLBT group ,are looking forward to their upcoming joint Bat-Mitzvah celebration which will be...
THANASSIS CAMBANIS-THE END OF EGYPT’s REVOLUTION OR THE START OF ITS SECOND
[Editor's note: Journalist and author Thanassis Cambanis, was in Winnipeg to speak on November 2, at the Etz Chaim Synagogue about the Middle East and Arab Spring ]...
NCJW RUNS FOR THE CURE FOR CANADIAN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
The National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Section fielded a team at the Run for the Cure this September. The Run for the Cure, in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is...
ADAM BRONSTONE: OBAMA’S KENNEDY MOMENT
In 1960 when Martin Luther King Jr. ended up in a Birmingham jail, it was a bold phone call from the then President of the United States that ended up being a key reason why most African-Americans...
Concordia cancels radical Islamist conference – Ryerson, McMaster & York host hate preachers
Concordia cancels radical Islamist conference - Ryerson, McMaster & York host hate...
EDITOR’S SPECIAL REPORT:WHAT IS HARVEY BERKAL’S STRATEGY IN INITIATING PRIVATE CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE SIMKIN CENTRE ? ANALYSIS
Harvey Berkal has taken the rare step as a private citizen of initiating a private prosecution against the Simkin Centre pursuant to The Criminal Code of Canada which allows private citizens to do...
PLANT A FREE TREE FOR GILAD SHALIT –THROUGH JNF-OFFER EXPIRES TUESDAY OCTOBER 25
Ve'shavu banim le'gvulam" "And thy sons shall return to their borders". Gilad Shalit's long-awaited homecoming after 5 ½ years in captivity is testament to the...
IN MEMORIUM: OCTOBER 19-RABBI LOUIS BERKAL AND MRS. LILIAN PECK
IN LOVING MEMORY OF TWO SPECIAL SOULS,...
THE TORONTO STAR REFERENCED THE WINNIPEG JEWISH REVIEW IN IT’S ARTICLE RE: FERN RYKISS, CDN VICTIMS OF TERROR, AND SHALIT DEAL
The Winnipeg Jeiwsh review has started to get referral hits from the website of the Toronto Star. This is because the Toronto Star on October 17, 2011 wrote about ...
Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Welcomes Release of Gilad Shalit
Today, after more than five years of being held hostage by Hamas terrorists, captured soldier Gilad Shalit has finally been released. This poignant day is one for which our Federation has long...
WHOSE RIGHTS? FROM HOLOCAUST TO HUMAN RIGHTS: THE CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The following is the complete text written by Prof. Lionel Steiman, for the OUTLOOK Brunch, that took place on Fort Garry Hotel, October 16, 2011. Lloyd Axworthy once said that...
FAMILY OF FERN SHAUNA RYKISS COMMENT ON RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN TERRORIST WHO MURDERED HER
[Editor's note: The Winnipeg Jewish Review has received a number of comments in regard to the Shalit prisoner deal and Fern Shawna Rykiss that have been posted in our...
iSI LEIBLER: GILAD SHALIT: THE SWEET AND THE BITTER
The liberation of Gilad Shalit on the eve of Sukkot, after five cruel years of incarceration was the outcome of a major conflict between the heart and the mind in which turbulent emotions triumphed....
HARVEY CHOCHINOV -LEADER IN PALLIATIVE CARE
[Editor's note:Readers may be interested in this article by Rebecca Koropatwa about Harvey Chochinov, who holds of the Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care. Chochinov is the director...
ARAMAIC GETTING NEW LIFE AT UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Editor's note: While surfing the web the other day, I came across this article by Rebeca Kuropatwa on the PaleoJudaica Blogspot (a blog I did not know existed.) In the article,...
OBITUARY -DOROTHY (BABE) HERSHFIELD-1917-2011
Dorothy (Babe) Hershfield, 19 June 1917 to 5 October 2011 Beloved mother of Susan (Professor Myron 'Mike' Turner) & Joel...
FROM THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS: CBC PROGRAM ACCUSED OF JOURNALISTIC MALPRACTICE RE: RADIO PROGRAM ON ISRAEL
[Editor's note: Paul Lungen is a former Winnipegger] TORONTO — The CBC is being accused of “journalistic malpractice” for airing a radio program that discussed the demise of...
NOMINATING COMMITTEE OF SIMKIN CENTRE REJECTS APPLICATIONS OF SARBIT, BERKAL PALANSKY, BERLINER TO BE ON BOARD
Editor's note: I have just been informed today October 19, by Larry Sarbit, Harriet Berkal, Marsha Palansky and Elaine Berliner that their applications to become Board Members of...
CEO SANDRA DELORME OF SIMKIN CENTRE GOES ON MEDICAL LEAVE-SIMKIN CENTRE PASSES 25/26 STANDARDS BUT FAILS ONE IN STANDARDS REVIEW
SUMMARY OF STORY: Tuesday October 11,CEO-Sandra Delorme goes on medical leave. Tuesday, October 11, p.m.-Staff Appreciation Pizza Party announced Wednesday Morning, October 12- Jean Cox of WRHA...
ONE OF TERRORISTS BEING RELEASED IN SHALIT DEAL MURDERED WINNIPEG’S FERN SHAUNA RYKISS Z’l
I just received this from a subscriber to the Winipeg Jewish Review today October 12, --I will update the story in due course: Rhonda, Don’t know if you know…Washington Post...
EDITOR’ S SPECIAL REPORT: ANALYSIS OF THE SHALIT DEAL : HAMAS STRENGTHENED, FATAH WEAKENED
-NETANYAHU DOES NOT TAKE HIS OWN ADVICE Although Prime Minister Netanyahu has pushed for the deal approved with Hamas to release Gilad Schalit in exchange for a thousand Palestinian...
Invitation to the Launching of Brenda Barrie’s new book ‘ The Rabbi’s Husband
McNally Robinson Book Sellers and Gray Matter Imprints present Brenda Barrie Launching “The Rabbi’s Husband” Thursday, October Twenty-Seventh Grant Park Location...
FOUR MORE YEARS: FOLLOWING ELECTION, PREMIER SELINGER SAYS MEL LAZARECK WILL CONTINUE AS MANITOBA’S SPECIAL REP TO ISRAEL
Manitoba’s special relationship with Israel will continue “absolutely” a beaming Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, told the Winnipeg Jewish Review at the New...
B”NAI BRITH RAISES PLIGHT OF ERITREAN REFUGEES. ERITREANS IN MANITOBA SAY THEIR FRIENDS ARE GLAD TO HAVE FOUND REFUGE IN ISRAEL
Bnai Brith Midwest Region has become involved with the Eritrean-Canadian Human Rights Group of Manitoba and recently co-sponsored a seminar at Convocation Hall of the University of Winnipeg...
Jokes Sent in by Our Readers: A Sukkot Story
An observant Jew who lived in a posh neighborhood, built a Sukkah on his balcony. Some of his 'high society' non-Jewish neighbors brought him to court. They claimed that the Sukkah on his balcony...
DANITA AZIZA: DEAL WITH DISAPPOINTMENTS-LESSON #37
I really don’t like to be disappointed. If I have planned something and it doesn’t quite pan out the way I intended, or I’ve cooked something and it doesn’t...
RETIRED IDF COL MIRI EISEN COMING TO WINNIPEG: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS PREFER TO BE BASED IN ISRAEL
[Editor's note: Miri Eisen who will be in Winnipeg on October 27 [see related ad on this website] was last here in 2006. At that time , I reported on her talk for the Canadian Jewish News....
GRAY ACADEMY DEBATE TEAM OF GERSTEIN AND MELAMEDOFF WIN ASPER CUP-WILL GO TO INTERNATIONAL OXFORD CUP
Winnipeg, MB – After competing in three one-hour rounds at last weekend’s esteemed provincial debate...
Sari Nusseibeh and Palestinian Moderation
[Editor's note: This article by elliot Abrams attracted my attention becasue many years ago when I was active in Canadian Friends of Peace Now I met Sari Nusseibah at a peace...
RABBI PINSKER WINS FREE PRESS/WRITERS’ COLLECTIVE 2011 NOn-FICTION CONTEST
Rabbi Laurence Pinsker has just won the Winnipeg Free Press/Writers' Collective 2011 Non-Fiction Contest yesterday. Non-fiction winners are: First Place - Lessons from a Man of Clay by...
MIRA SUCHAROV GOT IT RIGHT: FACEBOOK AS A TOWN SQUARE
Editor's note: Mira sucharov was ahead of her time when she sent me the article she wrote about Facebook in 2008, that was titled "Facebook as a Town Square." At the time I remember...
FROM THE JEWISH TRIBUNE: HARRIS GULKO, FORMER JNF NATIONAL CEO WRIES ABOUT LOVE LETTERS WITH REBECCA CHRYSTAL
Editor's note: Rebeca Kuropatwa has written an article in Bnai Brith Canada's newpaper, The Jewish Tribune about Harris Gulko. Gulko writing as David G. Sirrah launched his book " Love Letters...
SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF BABI YAR – THE MACABRE MASS MURDER OF THE JEWS OF KIEV OF 1941
Ottawa – Liberal Justice and Human Rights Critic, Irwin Cotler, delivered the following in light of the 70th Anniversary of Babi Yar: “Mr. Speaker, seventy years ago, in one of...
CJA CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING!
CJA’s Super Sunday telethon and dance party on September 11th officially kicked off this year’s Annual Campaign with laughter, screams of delight, displays of generosity and a general...
ZANE ZALIS’S HOLOCAUST ORATORIO TO PREMIERE IN TORONTO OCTOBER 25, 2011
Zane Zalis 's " I Believe" Holocaust oratorio which premiered in 2009 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, several soloists and a chorus of 180 singers, has since been featured at...
WANT TO GO TO MINNEAPOLIS FOR A GREAT THEATRE SHOW ? CLICK HERE TO SEE FOUR AVAILABLE BUS TOURS FROM SUN ICE TOURS
Four fabulous shows available thru Sun Ice Tours Visit our website: www.sunicetours.com LES MISERABLES Live at the Orpheum Theater Christmas Shopping tour 15 -18 Dec 2011 Cameron...
THIS STORY MADE THE ISRAELI PRESS: MANITOBAN DUTCH RIGHTEOUS GENTILE VAN TONGEREN RETURNS GOLD WEDDING RINGS TO SURVIVOR
[Editor's note: Anje van Tongeron was written about in the Israeli press when she was recently in Israel returning two wedding rings to a family she knew before the war. A version of this...
AVIVA COHEN: Persian Food from the Non-Persian Bride
After reading Faith Kaplan’s delightful review of this particular book, I’ve decided to weigh in with my impressions as I am truly the target audience that the author intended to...
NOAM CHOMSKY’S SECRET, FRIENDLY LETTERS TO A HOLOCAUST DENIER
[Editor's note: Thank you to a Professor at University of Manitoba for bringing this piece ot my attention] A CounterContempt exclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal that leftist...
WHAT SHOULD CANADA DO ABOUT THE IRANIAN TERROR FINANCIER IN CANADA? LOTS
UPDATE NOV , 2011: Tewo weeks ago I wrote ana rticle below about the fact that Mahmoud Reza Khavari , who was the managing director of Bank Meli in Iran, is now in Canada. On...
Paul Hesse : LIBERALS WANT FLEXIBLE SUNDAY SHOPPING HOURS
The Manitoba Liberals have proposed more flexible Sunday shopping hours. "We believe businesses should be able to decide their own hours. Treating Sunday morning as off limits for shopping ' is...













































