When was the last time the United Nations Security Council met to condemn an Arab government for its mistreatment of Palestinians? How come groups and individuals on university campuses in the...
Fifty two year old Michael Benarroch, a member of our Jewish community and graduate of the Joseph Wolinsky collegiate's class of 1977, has been named the new Dean of the I.H. Asper School of...
Adam, Hart, and I returned last week from Great Neck, NY, where the extended Linder clan attended my cousin Ronnie’s son’s bar mitzvah. Yael had a basketball commitment, but Ronnie...
I have always viewed the arrival of Rosh Hashanah with a sense of optimism. It is an opportunity to start fresh, make amends, celebrate family, and to appreciate the precious things in life like Pam...
CISA Announces Its First Year of Programming: Editor Interviews Dr. Catherine Chatterley Editor: The Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) which you founded last year...
My hair is now completely grey and I dare say it could be a side effect of attempting integration rather than purely a result of a genetic predisposition. I don’t hide the fact that over...
Brock Corydon students gained insight into the significance of the Shofar in the celebration of Rosh Hashanah by participating in crafting a genuine Shofar from the raw horn of a ram at the...
Arms control expert Gerald Steinberg has taken issue with the presence of Canada on a recent short list to help Jordan construct a nuclear reactor to generate energy for civilian purposes. ...
[Editor's note: I have run this story because John Greyson was a speaker at both University of Manitoba and Winnipeg campuses during Israel Apartheid Week last year.] Robert Lantos,...
Why not support the unilateral declaration of an independent (UDI) Palestinian state? The 18 years of negotiations since Oslo, have yielded nothing but a stalemate in the diplomatic arena and...
You don’t have to pay to pray….. This year, high holidays are on us! Chabad-Lubavitch invites you to join us at Winnipeg’s Jewish Learning centre for the High Holidays....
[The following is a book review by former Winnipegger Brenda Barrie and if you read the aericle by her daughter, Aviva Cohen, you will see that Aviva Cohen defines herself as the ...
There is a feeling of betrayal that Obama failed to fulfill his promise in 2008 to be a pro-Israel president. Talkbacks (113) In a column published two months ago, I commented on the findings of an...
TORONTO, 19 September 2011: A standing-room only crowd of over 3000 people packed Canada Christian College to capacity to protest the Arab League’s plan to unilaterally divide Israel...
At the Limmud Conference, former Winnipeger and author Brenda Barrie spoke on the topic "Sometimes the Golem Is a Girl." I had a wonderful time talking with Barrie, who is...
First. Full Disclosure: I had polio in the early fifties when I was about eight, in what turned out to be the last big epidemic just before the Sabin and Salk vaccines were developed. As I like to...
[Editor's note: Thanks to Janet Corne's mother, Irene Corne for bringing this article to my attention. This article was in the Globe and Mail recently.My first thought...
Memory becomes a minefield at Canada's Museum for human Rights. But when the museum's content advisory committee report was released in May, 2010, not only did it call for a separate Holocaust...
Durban became the tipping point for the coalescence of a new, virulent, globalizing anti-Jewishness reminiscent of the atmospherics that pervaded Europe in the 1930s It was said in the...
Winnipeg’s Brian Sholom and Madeline Kowall were fortunate enough to lead Canada Israel Experience birthright trips to Israel in 2011. Additionally, some 45 Winnipeg young adults participated...
It's a good thing Cameron Johnston is a university professor with 30 years of experience in campus politics and student thinking. Because it would require a superior mind to make sense of the...
It is a somber reflection on the naivety of well-intended Jewish philanthropists that they continue donating vast amounts of money to Israel’s largest NGO, the New Israel Fund (NIF). They do...
Flair Travel Presentation, Wednesday September 21, 7:00 pm in the Travel Alcove, McNally Robinson . Join Flair Travel for this presentation on an upcoming January 2012 tour package “Rome to...
WASHINGTON — Not since Jimmy Carter in 1980 has a Democrat running for president failed to win a lopsided majority of the Jewish vote. This has been true during times of peace or war, and even...
[This Rosh hahsana we are starting off a joke column that will regularly be posted in the arts and entertainment. We welcome readers to send in their favourite jokes and selected ones...
The provision of any support by U.S. persons, including the planned banquet for Ahmadinejad, is considered unlawful provision of aid to the outlawed regime Jewish Civil Rights Group Warns...
[Editor's note: Any of our readers are welcome to write in and express their political views. We welcome the exchange of ideas. Elliot Leven is a long-time member of the New Democratic...
This past week for the first time an official of the United States State Department made a clear statement that the United States would veto a unilateral Palestinian bid at the UN Security...
FemFest will once again feature work relevant to Winnipeg's Jewish community. Ginny Collins will have an excerpt of her new play, commissioned by the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, featured in a reading...
Toronto, ON – The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs was recently made aware of a lecture given by Professor Cameron Johnston yesterday at York University, which reportedly included an...
I had no idea that Dan Manning was Jewish--probably because I didn't think that Manning was a Jewish sounding last name. "We are the first Jewish Family in Manitoba with the ...
High Holy Days 5772 123 Matheson Avenue East http:/www.congregationetzchayim.ca ...
PLAN TO ATTEND THE 21st ANNUAL WINNIPEG PROPHECY CONFERENCE @ Portage Avenue Church 1420 Portage Avenue October 13th - 15th, 2011 from 9:00 am - 8:00 pm daily...
[This article appeared in the Montreal Gazette ] MONTREAL - Any negotiated resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – as part of wider Arab-Israeli peace and reconciliation –...
Darrell was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Darrell has been active in the community in family, sport, religion and making a difference through his financial assistance/guidance to individuals,...
Paddle into history on Winnipeg's Team at Israel’s first Dragon Boat Festival on the Sea of Galilee May 17 – 18, 2012 No expertise required! Interested in joining a team...
ROSH HASHANA BERNSTEIN’S CHICKEN SOUP – CLEAR - NOODLE - MATZO BALL GEFILTE FISH - CHOPPED LIVER – CHOPPED HERRING ROASTED CHICKEN – ROASTED TURKEY- BRISKET ROASTED...
Over the coming few weeks, you have a choice to make. A choice that goes beyond who will be Premier and which candidate will sit in the Legislature. You can choose to sit on the sidelines of the...
My dear friend Judi is known to have the very best retro expressions. On her most recent visit to Israel she treated us to an exceptionally stellar saying reminiscent of my Grandparents’ era;...
I was over at the home of Haskel and Tina Greenfield and overheard Haskel and Karla Dahan talking about their "new shul". I thought they were talking about Rabbi Pinsker's new shul, but...
SHANA TOVAH TIKATEIVU: WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND SWEET NEW YEAR- 5772 Sid and Esther Halpern Israel and Maylene Ludwig and family Barb'ra and Rocky Kravetsky Dr. Sora...
Federation’s Financial Resource Development department is off and running for this year’s annual Combined Jewish Appeal, working with 200 dedicated volunteers to get the word out,...
2011 High Holy Day Services will be conducted at the VISCOUNT GORT HOTEL, located on Portage Avenue immediately east of the St. James Bridge. Membership is NOT a requirement and all are...
B’nai Brith Canada ran this ad below in Saturday’s National Post, which it said "goes to the heart of our advocacy messaging on human rights in the world today, and the...
Political friends and foes alike paid tribute to federal NDP leader Jack Layton, after his death at age 61, on August 22. Layton died after a courageous battle with cancer. Born John Gilbert...
On August 8, both the Jerusalem Post and Ma'an News agency reported that Fatah and Hamas agreed in Cairo to a mutual release of...
From July 31st to August 13th, Winnipeg once again celebrated Folklorama, its unique festival of multiculturalism first held to celebrate Manitoba’s Centennial in 1970. And once again,...
A STRATEGY TO AVOID HEART DISEASE Sharon Mulvagh to deliver 3rd Harold Buchwald Memorial Public Lecture on Heart Health in Winnipeg on Sept. 8th, 2011 To re-focus International Academy of...
