The need to give of my time without remuneration to help someone or lend assistance to an organization or a cause has been a part of my being from the moment I was born. My Dad wasn’t...
As Secretary of Defense Robert Gates prepares to retire to private life — after five years as the head of the Department of Defense in both the Bush and Obama administrations — praise is being heaped on him by Democrats and Republicans alike. Herein a dissenting view.
Jewish human rights organization calls for greater tolerance in Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood Editor's note: On, June 23, 2011 B’nai Brith – Quebec...
One of my fondest childhood memories is that of traditional Friday night dinners at my grandparents' house, and later, their apartment. Toward the end of the meal, tea would be served, accompanied...
The Jewish Heritage Centre has developed an exhibit on Holocaust orphans in Winnipeg. Situated in the Marion and Ed Vickar Jewish Museum of Western Canada/Elaine and Percy Goldberg Family Walkway at...
A CANADIAN MAYOR AT HOME IN REHOVOT by David Sheen, July 1, Ha'aretz As mayors from six continents convened in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv this last month to discuss municipal governance, one...
Important Questions For Sandra Delorme, CEO of The Sharon Home and the Board of the Sharon Home From The Editor Of The Winnipeg Jewish Review. To Saundra Delorme And/or All Officers and Directors of...
[ The writer of this article, twenty one year old Adam Kaplan, the son of Hart and Faith Kaplan, is studying international relations at University of Winnipeg. Faith, as...
[Editor's note from Israel: There is some background to Irwin Cotler's article below just published in the Jerusalem Post that I think is is relevant for putting it in...
Massadniks of the World UNITE! Camp Massad, North America’s only Hebrew immersion summer camp is planning to celebrate its 60th year anniversary in grand proportions with an...
Self-defense against threats to national security and individual citizens is a core right and duty of all nation-states. No one seriously disagrees. And yet this week, the Mediterranean Sea will...
I admit that I have an obsessive-compulsive nature. When Michel and I were first married we created a little game between us over the placement of the daily newspaper on the coffee table. I took...
I recently returned from volunteering at the Rady Centre location at Guelph and Cambridge on Wellington Crescent which serviced the runners as they passed by. The volunteers distributed Water,...
[Editor's note: Apple dropped thes 3rd Intifada apllication from its online store after receiving this letter from Diplomacy and Diaspora Ministry Yuli Edelstein] It has recently come to my...
The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble never disappoints and their recent concert on June 14, 2011 at the Manitoba Theatre Centre exemplified this. The event honoured Lorne Weiss,...
Seven Iranian Muslin clerics met at Canadian Mennonite University in Tuxedo in June, for three day of close-door discussions with seven Mennonite theologians from Canada and the United States, the...
In loving memory of Peter Jablonski (Nachman Fryszberg) z'l who passed away July 17, 2011. This is a true story about survival, kindness, inspiration and hope. As a boy Walter...
Editor's note: This article below relates to a disturbing incident of anti-Semitism that appears to have been promoted by both students and a professor at the University of...
“There are few words to properly express the impact Israel has on my life. Every moment I spent in Israel pushed my roots deeper and deeper with my culture, my people and my homeland. I just...
It has long been recognized that there is a need in the community for additional daycare spaces which cannot be accommodated in the Kaufman Daycare centre at the Asper Campus. Sources have...
In 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada heard a strange case about a succah on a balcony. The case set out some important principles about balancing freedom of religion against other rights in...
[Editor’s note: This piece was written on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1956 Sinai Campaign, and is being reprinted now on the Fifty Fifth Anniversary of...
[This articel first appeared in the Jerusalem Post on June 18, 2011] Anglo-Jewish leadership is again under the spotlight following its response towards recent behavior by UK Prime Minister...
On May 25, at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Kavod Awards, Charles Shore presented Howard Morry with The Max and Molly Shore Award. The Winnipeg jeiwsh Review congratulates...
I wanted to share some nice news about a local Israeli dance group called Beyachad with readers of the Winnipeg Jewish Review, which I think is a great online news...
Yale University has recently made a decision to close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism [YIISA], a move that has generated much criticism from the...
The Jewish National Fund’s Negev Gala on May 31 was a great celebration of Manitoba’s special relationship with Israel, pioneered by Negev Gala honouree Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick.
There are many ways to support Israel. For us, the best way is to visit there and encourage others to do likewise. In our opinion, you can see but never truly experience Israel from a tour...
[Editor's note: This letter below is written by Caspian Makan, the fiance of the slain woman Neda Agha-Soltan, whose face became the international symbol...
[Editor's note: Richard Kroft, a senator, received the Sol Kanee Distinguished Service Medal at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s Kavod Evening, a...
By now readers have heard about Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner who sent lewd facebook and text messages back and forth with a Vegas blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss, a...
Long-time residents of Israel are often asked by new immigrants what is the hardest part of integration. People have reported various difficulties they have encountered in there move to Israel. One...
Immigration promotion is one of the major strategies undertaken through the GrowWinnipeg Initiative of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg in order to increase the Jewish population of Winnipeg. The...
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[Editor's note: Adam Levene, a lawyer at Aikins Macauley & Thorvaldson, received the Max Nathanson Young Leadership Awards at the Jewish Federation of...
Cherna Rosenberg, a Sderot resident and Canadian citizen has filed a million dollar law suit against two Canadian organizations who are raising money to sponsor the...
About a dozen people attended the Community Genizah Book Burial that took place at the Hebrew Sick Cemetery on June 7, 2011. Cantor Anibal Mass officiated. Prayer books, (Chumashim) Torah books,...
Alex Atamanenko, the re-elected NDP Member of Parliament for B.C. Southern Interior, has just publicly endorsed the Canadian Boat to Gaza, which is set to join the international...
I had never been to Shaftesbury Park before (the closest I’ve gotten to is Assiniboine Park!) , and on my recent visit I was greeted by Avril Kettner, the marketing director who...
Danielle Gobuty Eskow and Marisa Gobuty the daughters of former Winnipeger Marshall Gobuty who is now living between Tel Aviv and the Bahamas, have created a website to revolutionize bar/bat mitzvah...
With the imminent folding of the Canadian Jewish Congress into a large, umbrella group, those who wish to preserve the most vibrant aspects of the tradition of multicultural politics in Canada have...
Survivor Elly Gotz who lives in Toronto was the keynote speaker at the May 12th Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre’s 10th Annual Holocaust Education Symposium for...
In the Berney Theatre, after her address to Jewish community leadership here on May 30, 2011 , Miriam Ziv, Israel's Ambassador to Canada was asked by Nora Kaufman the most...
As a child I grew up on Smithfield and Main Street in a basement apartment in the North End of Winnipeg. My father worked like a dog in a sweatshop on Princess in 1960s. I remember...
I’ve been thinking about IDF Colonel Yoram Hamizrachi (East) who passed away in October 2010 . I ’ve been thinking of the fact that fourty five years ago this month...
Israel is facing rising threats of missile and rocket attacks from her neighbours. A three-person panel discussed missile defense systems and how the United States and Israel have worked together to...
Editor's note: Former Winnipegger and graduate of Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate Koby Tanzer, (son of Shira Waldman Z"L, nephew of Robbie and Carol Waldman, and a Camp Massad...
More than fifty years ago my parents, my sister Rachel and I, left France where we were born, to come and settle in Winnipeg. There was no reason for us to leave France. We had our lives, my...
Avi Posen, who has been the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's s Jewish Engagement Co-ordinator since last September, will be going to take his Masters in Jewish Education...
