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Last  Monday, March 21,  I had the pleasure of  attending the  “Taste of Israel” Partnership 2000 Party for  Families” a partnership program between high...

Conservative Judaism is in transition. Once the largest stream of American synagogue life, it has, in recent years, been overtaken by Reform. In Canada, it still remains the largest denomination....

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This year’s Distinguished Sol and Florence Kanee Lecturer for the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada is David Frum, author, political commentator, and former special assistant to...

[Editor's note: Ryan Paul is a 31 year old photographer with his own business who "mostly shoots fashion and music", and is active in J-PEG. He along with ten others from our...

Life in Israel normally begins much earlier in the day than in North America. Most people here have to be at work by 8:00 or 8:30 AM, so 7:00 AM is already considered 'rush hour'. Nonetheless,...

I would like to let readers of the Winnipeg Jewish Review about a project we've become involved with in memory of my late Father, Murrey Dubinsky z"l. The web site : www.NoCamels.com was...

[Editor's note: This was written just after Passover and Easter last year.It seems very timely today] What another terribly marred Passover and Easter week. Now I know why so many Israelis and some...

David Hochman ‘s recent interview of Helen Thomas in Playboy Magazine is definitely worth a read. 

Gail Asper was interviwed by Maclean's Magazine on March 23, 2011, regarding the controversy surrounding the Human Rights Museum. I recommend reading the article it in its entirety.  It begins...

      I am a Winnipegger, a self-described renaissance man and graphic designer. I have  designed ads for Calvin Klein and other well known companies that...

Fubuki Daiko Japanese Drum Group and others to perform in a benefit concert to raise money for Japan Relief on Tuesday, March 29th at 7:00 pm at Congregation Shaarey Zedek.   Congregation...

On Thursday, April 28 at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue at 8 pm, noted political commentator David Frum will deliver the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada’s 6th Annual Sol And Florence Kanee Distinguished Lecture.  With the current turmoil in the Middle East and with efforts in some corners to delegitimize Israel by labeling it apartheid, Frum’s topic “Is Time Running Out for Israel?” is very timely.

Tuesday March 10, at 7 p.m., Aqua Books hosted A Night of Jewish Humour. Alix Sobler, Daniel Thau-Eleff, and Michael Nathanson performed small noshes of Jewish comedy for an appreciative crowd. Aqua...

Readers may be interested in an article by Rex Murphy on  March 12, 2011 in the National Post entitled “Alert Me When We Get to Saudia Arabia Gender Apartheid Week,” which...

  [Editor's note: Zach Fleisher's article in the Winnipeg Jewish Review "Switching Sides" was quoted in the Globe and Mail last week in an article  "WHY TORIES THINK...

Welcome to Création Confort Adaptive Clothing in Winnipeg! Year 2011 brought to Winnipeg a new adaptive clothing store. We offer our customers and their caregivers a variety of choices...

The DASCH Foundation has announced that Karyn Lazareck will be the honoree at the foundation’s 10th annual DASCH Recognition Awards Luncheon on April 29th, 2011.

When life goes out of control, as it most certainly has lately, it is hard to not be affected by it in some way.

About 35 people, including a handful of supporters of Israel and two University of Manitoba staff attended the talk at the U of M given by Hawida Araf, an organizer of the...

Editor's note: This article below by Elliot Leven discusses the recent lawsuit filed against Jimmy Carter. For background information on former President  being sued for violating consumer...

TORONTO - Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) is proud to have been honoured three times over the past two months through remarkable events in conjunction with the Government of Canada.   Yesterday...

  The best way to weaken the Ahmadinejad’s Iranian regime is to sound the siren of “Iran’s abuse of human rights,” Prof David Menashri, a founding director of Tel Aviv...

JTTA,  March 15, 2011 - In what some are already calling a "ritual revolution," Rabbi David Q. Gladstone has officiated at the first fetal bar mitzvah ceremony for an as-yet unnamed...

    Business student Ashley Faintuch, who is the Western Canada Campus Coordinator for Hasbara Fellowships and ‘Stand With Us' Emerson Fellow at the University of Winnipeg is...

PAPER NAZIS DOCUMENTARY EXAMINES 1930s ANTI-SEMITISM IN WINNIPEG B'nai Brith and the Jewish Heritage Centre are shwing the film by Andrew Wall , PAPER NAZIS, on March 17, 2011 at the Berney Theatre...

Editor's note: Below are the two articles published in Ha’aretz, that exposed the Golubchuk case to the wider Jewish world back in 2008. Lawyer Neil Kravestsky speaking at Etz Chaim...

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Last month Michel, my husband, celebrated his 50^th birthday. A 50^th birthday is a true milestone for many and for Michel perhaps even more so given the fact that at the age of 45 he was the recipient of triple bypass emergency heart surgery.

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My parents, Resa and Shelley Ostrove instilled in my brothers, Benji and Zach and myself a love of Judaism.  I have memories that have stuck with me to this day of being in the Ashkenazi...

[Editor's note: Below is the complete most recent statement by Conservative MP Joy Smith dated March 7, 2011 regarding the content of the Canadian human Rights Museum. I have marked in bold the...

Over 5000 young people, including Winnipeg's Zev Faintuch are currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces as “lone soldiers” (chayalim bodedim)  -lone soldiers – the...

A recent article in the Kyiv Post by  a former  director of communications at the Canadian human Rgiths Commission, Oksana Bashak Hepburn levels some pretty harshly worded...

Ever since I moved to Winnipeg I look forward to going to as many social events as possible with my Mother Hilda Stern. She is a resident of the Sharron Home and along with Mom’s caregiver...

An historic class action suit has been filed against former President Jimmy Carter and the Simon & Schuster publishing company alleging that Carter’s book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,...

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Aqua Books (www.aquabooks.ca) is presenting a night of  Jewish Humour at 7 pm, March 10, at the bookstore on 274 Gary Street.  The event is free. The evening features Michael Nathanson,...

A University of Toronto Sociology Master’s thesis called “The Victimhood of the Powerful: White Jews, Zionism and the Racism of Hegemonic Holocaust

Pundak of Peres Centre says Abbas and Fayyad are “dream ticket” : Peres and Livni send greetings to J-street conference  MK Nachman Shai “hesitated” about coming after...

Every time I see the Winnipeg Jewish Review in the subject line of my inbox, I am compelled to open it immediately. It is my way of keeping in touch with

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Last night, just before I went out for the evening, I watched a few minutes of news on TV. "Isn't it funny," I said to nobody in particular, "Libya is being blown up, Egypt is...

Dr. Catherine Chatterley delivered this presentation at a conference entitled When Middle East Politics Invade Campus, sponsored by the Advocates for Civil Liberties, held in Toronto on February 16,...

 Yachad, the Hebrew word for together is a suitable name for a new JCFS initiative. The Yachad Mentorship Program is aimed

In my community involvements, I am often faced with the question of whether Jewish values and everyday values are congruent. Back in 2008, I wrote a column in The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin about the...

There is a direct connection between Facebook and eating disorders. Prof. Yael Latzer, Director of Rambam’s Clinic for Eating Dysfunctions, recently participated in research that concluded...

The following is a statement made Feb 23 by the Canada's Liberal Party in support of a permanent zone for Uk} The publicly funded Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) located in Winnipeg was...