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Good morning,   I was doing a little research on my family tree and came across this article from 2018 on the Jewish cemetery in Jamaica.   ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israel Central Elections Commission Denies Request to Disqualify Kahanist Candidates March 6, 2019   This evening, the Israel Central Elections Commission denied the request brought by the Reform Movement, to disqualify the candidacies of...

  I am a German journalist based in Israel, currently writing for the "Jüdische Allgemein" an analysis on whether with the latest UN decision, Israel might loose its right to the Dead Sea scrolls, which Rhonda Spivak wrote about in the Times of...

There is no reason for Israel to agree to cede that area, which includes the holy sites, and which would facilitate terrorism against Jewish Jerusalem residents.  I wish the U.S. would move its embassy to the eastern part of Jerusalem.  Richard Shulman...

Hi Rhonda ... Thanks, as usual, for your latest edition. Just one correction: You refer to last month's gathering in front of the Rady Jewish Community Center as an "anti-Israel demonstration." It was nothing of the sort. It was an event to commemorate...

July 1, 2016   A great column on Kashua, one of the best I have read on the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Kashua supposedly is a moderate Palestinian, Israeli or otherwise. Imagine what the others think and would do if they had the chance. A two-state solution?...

  Toronto - 2.17.16: Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) is issuing a Jewish Community Alert cautioning Jewish students from choosing to attend York University, should the union's Stewards' Council support the union...

Dear Sir,   I very much enjoyed your informative article about the Imperial Hotel in Vienna http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4446&sec=5   You mentioned Unser Wien, the book about looted property which I also found to be a most...

Dear Ms. Spivak     I am a Toronto professor of journalism at Centennial College. I am currently writing a book about the Canadian Jews who were killed during the Second World War, and will be in Winnipeg next week to do some research and interviews.  ...

For over a hundred years the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC) has supported immigrants and refugees coming to Canada during and after the displacements of war.   At this terrible time, hundreds of thousands of refugees are risking their lives to...

September 21, 2015 For Immediate Release   Toronto - Mark Adler, Conservative Party candidate for York Centre, today issued this statement regarding anti-Semitic graffiti in Bathurst Manor, Toronto:   "I am deeply disturbed by the appalling anti-Semitic...

    AIPAC strongly condemns the arson attack that resulted in the death of the Palestinian infant Ali Saad Dawabsha and the serious injuries to the other members of his family in the village of Duma. We express our deep condolences to the family.  ...

  Major U.S. polls have overwhelmingly found that Americans are increasingly skeptical of the nuclear deal struck last month between the P5+1 and Iran. Nearly two-thirds of Americans lack confidence that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will prevent...

  May 14, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the swearing-in of the new Israeli...

March 28, 2015 - Ottawa, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement: “Canada looks to the Human Rights Council (HRC)...

For Immediate Release “Electronic Holocaust” Promised as Israel Prepares for Large-Scale Cyber Attack Islamic hackers preparing for annual 7th of April Operation-Israel cyber attack ISIS and other terror groups adept at using world-wide web to further...

Dear Editor: Rhonda Spivak,    Please share with your community of educators and friends, with second and third Generation.     I am thrilled to be able to make this announcement, my book "Memory Is Our Home"   Published by...

States solidarity with Denmark in the face of terrorism and anti-Semitism in Copenhagen February 15, 2015 - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement after speaking with Martin Lidegaard, Denmark’s Minister...

New York, NY, January 22, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) informal plenary session on the rise in anti-Semitic violence worldwide, noting the importance of the body’s “long...

  Chairperson of Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid, delivered the following statement this afternoon at the beginning of a faction meeting in Tel Aviv: In the past two years the people around this table woke up every morning and went to work. They worked to change the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IN A SPIRITED ORAL ARGUMENT ATTORNEY ALYZA LEWIN URGES HIGH COURT TO ENFORCE LAW PERMITTING US CITIZENS TO HAVE PASSPORTS IDENTIFYING “ISRAEL” AS PLACE OF BIRTH              ...

Israel's recent land grab in the West Bank is the largest in three decades and will only make the situation in the West Bank and Gaza even worse. Abbas has been a great friend to Israel and Israel pays him back by appropriating 990 acres of land in the West...

August 27, 2014   Great article, thanks. As I was reading, I was thinking that there are lots of moderate Israeli Arabs, but they wouldn't go to a peace conference, as that only attracts radicals. You also hit on a phenomenon that is seen all over Europe now,...

August 19, 2014, TORONTO —  B’nai Brith Canada calls on Jewish students at York University to be on alert this coming school year, as the incoming President of the York Federation of Students (YFS), the York University student government body, has...

The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies    August 11, 2014   For more information, contact: info@wymaninstitute.org / 202-434-8994   400 JEWISH LEADERS & SCHOLARS DENOUNCE "GENOCIDE" CHARGES AGAINST ISRAEL  ...

  AIPAC commends the House of Representatives for adopting a bipartisan resolution calling for the permanent demilitarization of Gaza and denouncing the use of civilians as human shields by Hamas. The resolution also strongly supports the right of Israel to...

  Ottawa, ON – In recent weeks, anti-Israel protests in Calgary, the Greater Toronto Area, and Montreal have seen deplorable vitriol and violence against Jews. In France and Turkey, recent protests have likewise led to open...

  For Immediate Release, July 21, 2014   Toronto­­­­ --- Upon learning that hateful messages were spray-painted at a Thornhill Ontario mosque last night, Berl Nadler, Co-Chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Greater...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 24, 2014   July 18, 2014 Toronto – Jewish human rights organization B’nai Brith Canada is calling for additional oversight at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) following the disturbing discovery that 20...

Hi Rhonda   Thanks for your article. Hang in there. I have been in Tel aviv for the last 4 days and the latest siren tonight at around 10:00 stressed me a bit. I cannot imagine how the towns and cities close to Gaza are feeling and my heart also goes out to the...

Dear Winnipeg Jewish Review,     It is wonderful to see that so many  young Winnipeggers are here in Israel these days.  Here in Kiriat Shmona things are almost completely quiet:  No sirens, no explosions, no running to the shelter!  I...

Ms. Cannon,   The Muslims of Calgary organization, who advertises Friday prayers at the University of Calgary, has posted false information which has lead to comments such as "Jew pigs - avenge them". They posted a picture of dead babies...

Hello Ms Spivak,   I am writing because I wanted to let you know about the local shul, Shaarey Zedek, and their participation in a Canadian campaign to coincide with the 70th anniversary of D-Day this week. They will be saying Kaddish for the Jewish servicemen...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   TORONTO — B'nai Brith Canada is appealing to Pope Francis not to succumb to Palestinian attempts to rewrite history with propaganda.   "Lacking their own national narrative, some Palestinians are now attempting to...

For Immediate Release Toronto – Today, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court's decision to extradite Hassan Diab to France, where he is suspected of having been involved in a deadly attack on a Paris synagogue in 1980. In reaction to the...

Winnipeg, MB -  Joyce Bateman, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, invites local organizations to propose projects that will empower women in the region – particularly entrepreneurs and professionals – to succeed.    The...

The Danger of a Short Iranian Breakout Time Perhaps the most contentious issue of the P5+1 negotiations with Iran is the fate of Tehran’s uranium enrichment program. Any final agreement must require the dismantlement of Iran’s centrifuge capacity such that...

April 28, 2014   OTTAWA AND AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU – The Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day:   “Today, on Yom HaShoah, all Canadians stand with the...

News from Eshel Productions....     April 23, 2014     Holocaust Remembrance Day Event on Capitol Hill:    A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST     WASHINGTON, D.C. -   Holocaust Remembrance Day (Monday, April 28, 2014)...

Bateman playing politics with Israel   Instead of working to build broader consensus around support for Israel, Conservative MP Joyce Bateman is using the Jewish state to play politics.   On April 4, Ms. Bateman attacked Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in a...

Toronto, ON – In response to news that Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are on the verge of ending, David Koschitzky, Chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), issued the following statement:   “The Palestinian Authority’s...

~~ Canadian Report on Jewish Refugees Could Be Important First Step To Peace   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, March 27, 2014 -- B'nai Brith Canada commended Canadian Members of Parliament who joined together across party lines yesterday to concur with the...

~~Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Congratulate University of Michigan’s CSG on Defeating a BDS Resolution, But is Alarmed at the Virulent Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israelism Surrounding the Divestment Resolution Debate After hours of discussion and debate,...

Dear Sir, I just noticed that your publication of March 8 featured in your 'editor's report' Munich's Hofbrauhaus where you kindly linked to my site. It's great to be noticed by my hometown (which I had left 20 years ago)! Respectfully, David Heath...

From: "David Kattenburg Sent: March-16-14 8:09 PM To: editor@winnipegjewishreview.com Subject: re: SAIA - Interview Hey Rhonda ...  Snowy Sunday evening greetings. Wondering if you've had the chance to think more about this request of mine. Very current...

Toronto, ON – Yesterday, Norwegian Cruise Line announced that it has cancelled all calls to Tunisian ports. This announcement is the direct result of an incident on Sunday in which Israeli passengers of the Norwegian Jade were unexpectedly refused entry by...

Israel's recent land grab in the West Bank is the largest in three decades and will only make the situation in the West Bank and Gaza even worse. Abbas has been a great friend to Israel and Israel pays him back by appropriating 990 acres of land in the West...

Hello Rhonda, You staying at the Torbrau Hotel loosely parallels President Obama occupying the White House, which was built by slaves. Both events are triumphs. Keep well and Rise Above   - J.Mick

~~Feb 14, 2014 -Hello Rhonda Spivak ...  Dave Kattenburg here -- independent radio producer/writer based here in Winnipeg. We met several years ago, at a Winnipeg presentation by Jeff Halper. I'm subscribed to the WJR. Always an interesting read.  In the...