As the death toll in Syria reaches at least 2400, according to some estimates, and bodies of young men who have been tortured and murdered after their arrest are returned to their families with...
Rosh Hashanah is a time for new beginnings. “Prayer is the language of the soul in conversation with God” writes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, in his essay Understanding Jewish Prayer. And...
Today wasn’t exactly a normal Shabbat—Ever since my husband Ariel and I moved to Israel in 2005 from the U.S., we have gotten used to a certain amount of day to...
I’m a nail biter from way back. When I was a kid my Dad would threaten me with the dreaded wearing of the white gloves. Translated that meant that if I continued to bite he’d make me...
[This first appeared in Newsmax] There are several reasons why justice demands that Jonathan Pollard — given a life sentence for spying on the United States for Israel — be commuted...
[Editor's note: Thank you to David kilour for sending this to the Winnipeg Jeiwsh Review. We are pleased to publish it] Permit to begin by saying that I’ve just learned that the shoes...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MATLOCK FEST 2011 – BIGGER AND BETTER August 27 and 28, 2011 Matlock, Manitoba Summer ain't over 'till the Festival sings!!! Manitoba's greatest summer keeps on sizzling...
The Chai Folk Arts Council Inc. is pleased to announce the newly established CHAI DANCE COMPANY. This performance level troupe is for male and female dancers ages 12 + up who have a passion...
August 12, 2011: Hebrew language classes have always been an essential part of Judaic Studies at the University of Manitoba. Professor Moshe Nahir of the Department of Linguistics has taught Hebrew...
I was born in Winnipeg in 1951 to Jewish parents, both of whom had also been born here. Our home was a secular one, but I was aware that I was Jewish and that the ramifications of...
First published in the Wall Street Journal, August 11,2011 20 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904140604576498423827070338.html?mod=googlenews_wsj] South of Lebanon's Litani River,...
Twenty-one-year old business student Krystin Houston has never set foot in an overseas land but that's about to change. Houston is one of 11 third-year business students from the University of...
This article was fist published in the Morden Times. The first "All Nations Bless Israel International Conference" was held in Winkler from July 28 - 31st, 2011 and it included...
What follows is PART 2 of 2 of our report on the Meeting at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre (Sharon Home) on July 25, 2011. To read the first part of our report, click here: ...
GWEN SECTER CREATIVE LIVING CENTRE...
by Rabbi Alan Green, Senior Rabbi, Shaarey Zedek Congregation There are so many erroneous statements in Hart Peikoff’s article ...
By Rabbi Ari Ellis, Herzlia Synagogue I was pleased that Rabbi Green made the effort to come over to my office and speak with me, as well as with Rabbi Altein, to inform me about the...
[Editor's note:I want to thank Rhonda Prepes for raising what is a very important issue in her article below that I think has not received enough attention in our community. There are...
My first “career” was in Organisational Development in the Hi-Tech sector. This was during the latter part of the last century, the bubble had not yet burst and we were living the high...
Winnipeg has been awarded the semi-annual International Conference of GLBT [Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered] Jews, to be held here on July 5-7, 2013. The...
After growing ameuteur football in Manitoba, Rob Berkowits will set out to grow donations for the Jewish National Fund. The Winnipeg Free Press has reported that Rob Berkowits...
One of the most valuable lessons I ever learned came from a woman who placed an ad in the Boston Globe. Peg was looking for someone to run an after school program for low- income youth in a...
Sophie Berkal Sarbit is carrying on the singing tradition of her later zaida Rabbi Berkal Berkal all the way to Israel when she leaves on August 10th to compete as one of thrity...
Ruth Miriam Asper, affectionately known as “Babs” since childhood, who was a matriarch of our Jewish community and a well-known philanthropist in the general community was laid to rest...
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird's office is disputing a statement by a Palestinian legislator that she and the minister talked about dates for Baird to visit the Palestinian territories....
[reprinted with permission] -first published in Jerusalem Post The Israel Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday performed Wagner's opera Siegfried Idyll at the Bayreuth Opera Festival. It was the first time...
DELORME SAYS HOME HAS LEARNED FROM ITS MISTAKES
[The Winnipeg Jeiwsh Review received this letter on July 18, 2011. The Editor's thoughts follow it] MY Mother, Lily Elston, [of blessed memory] died in the Sharon Home. She...
July 25, 2011 – The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg is accepting donations to assist victims of the famine in Somalia and surrounding regions. Federations across Canada are working with Isra AID...
Erez Rotem, who was the JNF Shaliach for the Winnipeg, Saskatchewan and Alberta has completed his service with the JNF-Canada. Rotem, who was an Israeli ...
On Monday, June 18th, members of the Winnipeg Jewish and Argentinean communities gathered in the Berney Theatre to remember the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Centre in Buenos Aires,...
[This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post http://wordfromjerusalem.com/?p=3029 and is being reprinted with permission] The recent Dick Morris opinion poll demonstrates that...
Jeremy Beller, a fourth year student of archaeology at the University of Manitoba, was one of four people from the University of Manitoba to help dig up a 2900 year old two horned altar located in a...
TORONTO, July 12, 2011 /CNW/ - There's nothing unusual about elite hockey players attending university on scholarships - unless the university happens to be in Jerusalem. The Canadian Friends of the...
"IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE INCREASINGLY LESS RELEVANT WHETHER ISRAEL IS AN ISLAMIC OR JEWISH STATE," IMAM FAISAL ABDUL RAUF SAYS
IMAM OPPOSES SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
Check out Winnipeg Studio Theatre’s production of Hersteria at this year’s Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival at the Prairie Theatre Exchange July 13 – 24, 2011. Hersteria is a...
[Former Winnipegger Brent Sassley is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington. He earned his Ph.D. at McGill University in 2007 and teaches...
This article is in response to an Article seen Saturday July 16, 2011 Pg J 13 in the Winnipeg Free Press. "Jewish Cemetery designates section for dual-faith couples." [Shaarey Zedek...
[Editor's note: I don't think Camp Massad has ever been referred to as much in a major Israeli newspaper as it has been in this article below by Mira Sucharov, who I remember vividly...
Negotiations between Israel and the PLO have been stalled for many reasons, but a central issue is the Palestinian refusal to acknowledge Israel as a “Jewish state.” The whole idea...
Following my inquiry regarding whether the government of Manitoba had received calls from new people with concerns about the Sharon Home since deciding on its full standards...
Since Israel is one of the leading hi-tech countries of the world, it should be pretty simple to access the internet here, shouldn’t it? Well, not exactly. I spent the first three...
The article below which was first published on the front page of the Jerusaelm Post, has been continuing to circulate and we are pleased to let readers know that the article ran on the front...
Over the years, Winnipeg’s Jewish community has become known for many things, such as its all-embracing warmth, the philanthropic generosity of its members and the sweet, calorie-filled...
Jerusalem, Israel -“Canada does not support a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state at the United Nations" this coming September, Canadian Minister...
[A longer version of this article will be published in the Jerusalem Post] In the history of modern antisemitism, many claim that there is a complete distinction between anti-Jewish sentiment and...
As they attempt to set sail for Gaza, here is the shocking true story - so far - of the furtive, captain-less ship Tahrir. The world media have been fascinated by the...
REMEMBERING THE BOMBING OF THE AMIA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE IN BUENOS AIRES Monday, July 18th marks the 17th anniversary of the AMIA Bombing - a terrorist attack of the headquarters of the Argentine...
The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba is pleased to welcome Steve Kroft as its new President. Steve has been a JFM board member since 2001 and joined the executive in 2003. He was elected the new Chair...
Canadian philanthropist and CanWest Global Communications director Gail Asper hopes that a new entrepreneurial program will empower Arab women in east Jerusalem to join the workforce and contribute...
