As the High Holidays approach I would like to explore the question of whether G-d cares about the way we think? Many people will answer that what G-d is interested in is the way we act and less...

Every year we wish each other a heartfelt Shona Tovah, a Happy New Year, during the High Holiday season. It is a custom that remains with us all our living days. We remember the fuss that went into...

It's now seventeen years since I led my first High Holy Day services at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Seventeen years is long enough for an entire generation to have come of age.

At Sobeys Grant Park, we are pleased and proud to offer a wide selection of Kosher products to serve our local community.  I have made a commitment to be personally involved with the...

Dear Community Members, Yesterday, local media reported the appearance of graffiti on Wellington Crescent promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories. In specific, the offensive writings –...

There is a "Hill of Beans" in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, and on it lies an unfinished palace that Jordan's King Hussein began to build when  Jordan...

We are less than two months away from the High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), and although the spirit of this Holiday starts to manifest during the month of Elul (last month of the Jewish year), this is the time when hundreds of families start planning what kind of Service they want to experience.

  I have had occasion recently to taste some take out kosher food prepared by Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre, which  would be great to order for Rosh Hashana (Jump down to see the...

Thank you for this award.  The award, as perhaps it should, has got me thinking about the values of Mahatma Gandhi.    Gandhi taught non-violence, the spirit of truth and tolerance of...

  John Russell is V.P. of the Red River Apiarists Association and Proprietor of The John Russell Honey Company     Honey is a delicious staple for many of us, and is a...

I realized something the other day. Shaarey Zedek has a long history of rabbis over the last 125 plus years, but how many of those rabbis could look out over the congregation on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and say to themselves, “I sat in those seats when I was a kid!”

  (Remarks delivered to an AMIA commemoration, 18 July 2017, Winnipeg)   How best to remember the 1994 AMIA bombing?  One way is to provide a remedy for the surviving victims and...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2017   The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba & Saskatchewan Regional Branch is pleased to announce our 2018 Negev Gala Honourees:...

A twenty year old Jewish young adult luckily escaped injury after three teenagers  who appeared to have Somali accents  swarmed around him on their bicycles, as one of them pulled a knife...

We cannot deny that our world is full of joyful things that illuminate our lives. Indeed, they come in so many forms that they are almost impossible to describe and enumerate. And they vary with the...

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement targeting the State of Israel, has been in existence for at least 15 years.   It is a global campaign to increase economic and political pressure...

Walter Saltzberg  (born  Wacek Zalcberg) received "The Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers " on July 23, 2017 from Her Honour, Janice Filmon the...

Shana is responsible for overseeing many of the day-to-day functions and operations of the agency including: collaborative leadership with the Management Team for program implementation, evaluation...

[Editor's note: The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble's Ancient Roads concert on June 7 2017 was a resounding success. Not only was the concert enjoyable and well-received but the...

Two excellent recent articles (American Jewry is Disappearing by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg and American Jewry: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Heading? Two Views by Schick and...

This year Camp Massad approaches its 65th Anniversary (Official Senior Citizen status). Here's a few updates on what's been happening at the Camp. To begin with for the first time in...

One of the strongest instincts possessed by living things is their striving to continue living, to express their struggle for survival. Living things struggle to keep on living. The complexity and...

Antisemitism Studies – Journal of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism. Dr. Catherine Chatterley, Editor-in-Chief. Published by Indiana University Press,Volume 1, Number 1...

Thank you for this award.  The award, as perhaps it should, has got me thinking about the values of Mahatma Gandhi.    Gandhi taught non-violence, the spirit of truth and tolerance of...

In 1970, during my first months in Israel, I lived with two fellows who were learning at HUC, the Hebrew Union College.   They very much wanted to live in Israel.    Yet  they...

Dear Community Members, As we welcome July, I would like to wish you all a Happy Canada 150! We are so fortunate to live in such a diverse and accepting democracy which we celebrated this past...

  There is a very good British political spy thriller television miniseries that is now on Netflix The Honourable Woman, which deals with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, directed and...

Murray Gilfix, one of the co-chairs of the BB Camp Capital Campaign is proud to announce a donation of $250,000 from Barry and Rena Shenkarow, Carrie Shenkarow and Jason Olin and Mira and Matthew...

To commemorate Canada’s 150 years Bulrushes Gallery is celebrating contemporary printmaking in Canada.  Bulrushes Gallery, located in a picturesque park like setting  just 3 Km west...

[Editor's note: This article was written  10 years ago on the 40th anniversary of the six day  war when I heard  Dalia Rabin, the daughter of  the late Yitzhak Rabin, and...

[Editor's note: This article which was written ten yeas ago just before the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War on June 5, 2007 is being reprinted now as the 50th anniversary of the Six Day...

Editor's Pick: Award Winning Israeli Film Sand Storm  Set in Bedouin Village on Netflix is Really Worth Seeing      The 2016 Israeli Film Sand Storm, (Hebrew: ????...

The very interesting film Sarajevo that has recently been added to Netflix, an Austrian feature about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, has a Jewish angle to it, and I...

  Margaret Trudeau addressed the largest ever  Jewish Foundation of Manitoba’s Women’s Endowment Fund Luncheon on the topic of mental illness held at the RBC...

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   The Devil's Mistress, the true story of a Czech actress who Hitler's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels fell madly in love with, has just been added to Netflix and is worth...

MR GAGA Germany/Israel/Netherlands/Sweden, 2015, English, Hebrew with English subtitles, Director: Tomer Heymann, 100 minutes Guest Speaker: Brent Lott, Artistic Director, Winnipeg’s...

Fanny’s Journey Le Voyage de Fanny France/Belgium, 2016, French with English subtitles, Director: Lola Doillon, 94 minutes Jane Enkin Music and Story at janeenkinmusic.com For schedule of...

In Search USA, 2015, English, Director:  Roger Sherman, 97 minutes Guest Speaker: Director, Roger Sherman  May   If you are fascinated by Israeli culture and its startlingly quick...

    For the 50th anniversary of the re-unification of Jerusalem day this year, I thought I would publish the recipes used by Mark Twain , the famed author of Huckleberry Finn and...

Mendelsohn’s Incessant Visions Chezionot bilti poskim Germany/Israel, German, Hebrew with English subtitles, Director: Duki Dror, 71 minutes By Jane Enkin for the Winnipeg Jewish Review Jane...

BB Camp’s Capital Campaign, which was launched November 2016, is on its way to reaching its monetary goal. The campaign, which is set out to raise $6-8 million dollars, has surpassed over $...

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This is my vegan and gluten free version of this recipe. Please feel free to use real beef stew or meatballs made of ground beef. INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cups of dry mixed beans, such as kidney beans,...

    Recently Gunn's Bakery has added a variety of mouthwatering soups to its repertoire and each one I have tasted has been delicious. ( It will be part of my life's mission to try...

  As the time evolves, so do schools. What does it mean to be a Jewish dayschool in 2017? And, consequently, what sets you, graduates, apart from other high school graduates? I would like to...

On Thursday, May 11th, the second ‘Empowered by CFHU’ event took place in Winnipeg, following the success of the first event, which took place in February. 22 young Jewish women, from...

As a journalist, I covered events in the US capitol when Congress passed the US embassy Jerusalem relocation bill in October 1995, also known as the “Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition...

    Have you ever wanted to be able to ask: how did you make that?  The artists of the WAVE Interlake Artists’ Studio Tour, painters, potters, jewellers, photographers and more,...

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My Hero Brother  Ach Sheli Gibor Israel/India, 2016, Hebrew with English subtitles, Director: Yonatan Nir, 78 minutes   Review by Jane Enkin Jane Enkin Music and Story...

The Women’s Balcony Ismach Hatani Israel, 2016, Hebrew with English subtitles, Directors: Shlomit Nechama and Emil Ben-Shimon, 118 minutes. By Jane Enkin Jane Enkin Music and Story...

  You don't have to be a sports buff to  enjoy the terrific  documentary "On the Map" produced by Israeli filmmaker Dani Menkin, who will in Winnipeg at the...

  Listening to Irwin Cotler's excellent thoughtful at the Shindleman lecture for the Canadian institute of Antisemitism, I was reminded of  Sandy Tolan's  book the Lemon...

  Ben-Gurion Epilogue is a  fascinating film which is comprised of an unseen interview  conducted  with an 82 year old quick witted David Ben-Gurion (who speaks  in English...

I was really surprised at how good this gem of a  film is - It is a must see-5 out of 5 stars. The film is a story about two half brothers from different mothers, one Jewish and one Arab, and...

Operation Ezra Update Forty-one Yazidi men, women and children are learning English, going to school, working, playing, feeling safe and secure, and freely celebrating their faith and culture in...

Marsha Cowan has announced her retirement as Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba. She will remain in her current position until December 31, 2017, and will then assume a new...

Editor's note:This gripping film is about the family of Winnipegger Shep Shell -and btoh he and  Izak Szewelewicz ( from Israel) will be its special guests at the Rady JCC Film...

I  recommend seeing the  Wedding Plan , an Israeli film (In Hebrew with English subtitles) written and directed by Rama Burshtein which gives a fascinating insight into the culture of...

Dr Ron Wolfson gave an interesting and energetic presentation to a group of some 60 community leaders, which highlighted the need for synagogues and Jewish organizations to warmly welcome /greet...

Note: Please see companion article to this regarding the  proceeds to the Jewish National Fund`s Negev Gala honouring Rabbi Green, which are going to the World`s Jewish Museum in Tel-Aviv, the...

At its annual general meeting (AGM) in March, the University of Winnipeg Students Association (UWSA) was presented with a motion that condemned the State of Israel as an apartheid regime. The motion...

Featuring Guest Speaker Professor Arthur Schafer  Founding Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba Tuesday, May 16, Noon Menu: Vegetable Quiche with...

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Join us on Sunday, May 14, at 7:00 pm as Adas Yeshurun Herzlia presents ONE NIGHT IN MAY, a spring fun-raiser featuring popular Jewish and classical music performed by the WSO’s Sonia Shklarov...

(Winnipeg, April 2017) -  Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Memorial Day is on Monday, April 24th, 2017. The Federation’s Annual Public Holocaust Commemoration will take place...

(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author or editor of 16 books about the Holocaust and Jewish history.)     The rise of...

  Dear Community Members, I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful Passover. We ended the month of April with Shoah Week, a week of programs and events commemorating the Holocaust....

Night to Honour Israel (with special guest from Israel David Nekrutman, the Executive Director of the Centre for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, and  Rev Bruce Martin , lead...

Effective June 2017, there will be FOUR vacancies in the number of Elected Directors on the Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education (WBJE). The term of office for an Elected Director is three years. The...

      (The writers are the CFHU Community Ambassadors to Winnipeg) A few weeks ago we heard about another Israeli Hi-Tech record-breaking acquisition - Intel announced that it will...

Over the past week, UNRWA  spread the word that UNRWA intends to introduce a new curriculum for peace and tolerance in the UNRWA school system.    However, UNRWA reports widespread...

A new exhibit will open in Ottawa on April 2, 2017 to mark the contribution of Jews to Canada and to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. The Canadian Jewish Experience: A Tribute to...

King David was considered the epitome of a leader for the Hebrews, for his success in creating the successful nation state he expanded and ruled, devoted to the one true God. He was considered by...

INGREDIENTS: 1/2 CUP OIL 1 CUP WATER 2 CUPS MATZO MEAL 1 teaspoon of SALT 1 Tablespoon sugar 4 EGGS 12 HOT DOGS   DIRECTIONS: Combine oil and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add the dry...

One of the most frequently asked questions is “how do I know how much to spend on updates?” Home owners want to ensure they get the biggest bang for their renovation dollars.  The...

Students attending a multicultural festival at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa covered up an Israeli flag with its Algerian counterpart in order to eliminate any...

Jane Enkin Music and Story at janeenkinmusic.com   Once again, a hard-working group of organizers and volunteers put together a great day of Jewish learning.  With a great...

Dear Community Members, There isn’t a week that goes by without being asked why we do what we do. I wanted to share some of these questions with you: “Why should I give to the...

This year, I attended the 7th annual Limmud. Limmud is a program that features sessions for all ages as well as local and international artists, scholars and educators. I attended three different...

[David Bedein is the founder, Israel Resource News Agency & Director,
Center for Near East Policy Research, Philadelphia & Jerusalem]

US President Donald Trump passionately works for renewal of peace talks between Israel and Palestinian Authority.

In that context, President Trump is preparing to release his “deal of the century” after the Israeli elections on April 9th.

What can we expect from the Trump “Deal of the Century?”

No one knows details of that Middle East peace proposal that

he will reveal after the Israeli elections on April 9th.

What we do know from sources in the US, the PLO, & Israel is that the Palestinian Authority, run by the Palestine Liberation Organization, will not be replaced and will continue to function.

That means that PLO policies will persist.

What we know is that the Trump plan does change the status of 5,000,000 descendants of Arab refugees from the 1948 war who live in 59 “temporary” UNRWA refugee camps where they have been living for the past 70 years under the illusion of the “right of return” to villages lost in 1948 even if they no longer exist.

What we know is that the Trump plan does not introduce a peace education program to replace the new PA war curriculum in all PA schools which espouse a “right of return by force of arms” program in all PA and UNRWA schools.

What we know is that the Trump Plan does not veto he unprecedented law on the books of the Palestinian Authority which provides a handsome gratuity to anyone who murders a Jew, and to the family of anyone who kills a Jew.

What we know is that US President Donald Trump’s senior Middle East adviser, son-in-law Jared Kushner, told Sky News the Trump plan will call for a united Palestinian leadership and promote ‘broad economic impact’ for the Palestinian Authority, which will also benefit israeli business community.

The mistake of the 25-year-long Middle East peace process has been that little attention was paid to the necessary legislation and education for peace from the Palestinian Authority. which works under the PLO, which remains a terrorist organization. What about the economic incentives that Trump may offer?

There can be only one response to the notion that “economics is the answer: which is that Israel  was not founded as a “nation of profits”.

Yesterday, at the UWSA’s annual general meeting, there was an attempt to pass a motion condemning Israel as an apartheid state and to support the BDS (Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) movement....

  The Zookeeper’s Wife from Focus Features (distributed in Canada by Elevation Pictures) is a 2017 wartime drama directed by Niki Caro (Whale...

We all start our lives with innocence and wonder.  What a puzzle it must have been working it all out as children. First, how do we organize to meet our needs, our creature comforts,...

Written and performed by Itai Erdal At Winnipeg Jewish Theatre  March 23 – April 1 At the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal  April 30th to May 21st  ...

For Immediate Release  March 21, 2017 Montreal, QC – Yesterday, CIJ News exposed a video of a sermon recorded at the Dar al-Arkam mosque in Montreal on December 23, 2016 in...

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Here's what strikes me as being important about President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and his instructions to prepare to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem:

Its concert is still five months away, but the Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble has already exceeded its corporate sponsorship goals, and donors are stepping forward in big numbers to make their...