There are more than seven billion people on this planet and more arriving every second. Our numbers on this globe have reached the point where we are affecting the very nature of the...

    [Editor's note: The Honourable Richard Wagner, Justice fo the Supreme Court of Canada gave the remarks below to the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg at the Foyer of the Berney Theatre...

    The abysmal failure of most governments to display even a pretense of morality when formulating resolutions relating to international affairs was again highlighted by the latest...

  Seeming to parallel the dystopian world described by George Orwell in 1984 in which history and fact are manipulated to serve political ends, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

      In Nuremberg, Germany, where Hitler's Nazi party passed the Nuremberg laws, I was walking near the Pegnitz River, and  I came across a sign that said Leo...

  When Elmer Davis, director of FDR’s Office of War Information, observed that “. . . you cannot do much with people who are convinced that they are the sole authorized custodians...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-son-in-law-whispering-in-trumps-ear/

Editor's note: See the video below of Tatyana Smolyaniov a teacher at the Gray Academy of Jewish Education who played the piano on street in New York. A passerby shot a video of her performance...

  Growing up in Israel, we got used to having Chanukah around, as a natural part of our environment. As children, we fondly remember celebrating Chanukah in kindergarten, dressing up like...

Award-winning author and motivational speaker Dafna Michaelson Jenet delivered an inspiring keynote address about empowering people to volunteer, and take action to resolve problems in their...

Cancer. Now I’ve said it. Just saying it tightens up my gut. It makes me want to swallow. I look around to see if anyone can sense the anger, the blind rage that surges through me. I find...

    Former Winnipegger Ari Cohen (the son of Jerry and  Carol Cohen z"l) is a member of the cast in a series entitled “Shoot the Messenger”, which...

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Cantor Anibal Mass has decided to complete a journey that he began many years ago.   Cantor Mass began studies at the Cantorial School at...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/25/blitzed-norman-ohler-adolf-hitler-nazi-drug-abuse-interview  

      This article first appeared in Yisrael Hayom and the Jerusalem  Post   I rubbed my eyes with incredulity when I read bizarre statements emanating from Jonathan...

(Stephen M. Flatow is a New Jersey attorney.)   Terror victims and their advocates suffered a major setback Aug. 31, when a U.S. appeals court overturned a $655 million judgment that had been...

  The  CJA kicked off its campaign with a very successful SuperSunday  Telethon  Sunday September 11raising $ 93, 014.00 with over 30 volunteers representing the CJA's...

  [Editor's note:  In 2013 when he was in grade 12 at St Georges School , Matthew Boroditsky  was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, a cancer affecting his body's immune...

  As 32 out of Boys Town Jerusalem’s 100 seventh graders took their places in class on the first day of school, their teacher Rabbi Yosef Ben Zruel surveyed the rows of anxious students...

 I don’t know about you, but I can’t help telling stories about myself. To myself and to others. My theory is, if I tell a story I like often enough, I will end up by believing it....

Dear Community Members, We are pleased to provide an update and a brief report on our plans for the upcoming year. It has been 9 months since we became President and CEO respectively, and as you...

The High Holiday season begins with the inception of the month of Elul. Forty days before the festival of Rosh Hashanah we begin our preparations. What makes the month of Elul so special? In his...

Presented by the Jewish National Fund, Manitoba& Saskatchewan Region   Chaired by Michael Silver, JNF Manitoba & Saskatchewan Vice President, the extremely successful event drew...

The death of the Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi She’ar-Yashuv Cohen, brings to mind the most stirring episodes of the history of the modern state of Israel. Rav She’ar-Yashuv Cohen, wounded...

    This article was first published on June 6, 2016 in www.hevria.com http://hevria.com/emily-rose/sodo-you-have-a-boyfriend-over-there/   My name is Emily Rose. I am 28 years...

              As President elect Donald Trump launches his transition team, he will undoubtedly take a good look at US Middle East Policy. The...

Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre at Syd Glow Place-1588 Main Street, Winnipeg Recreation and Program Services Facilitator  6 month Contract Position We are looking for an individual who will...

    What started out as an informal gathering of a small group of family and friends on Rosh Hashanah has evolved into one of the Winnipeg Jewish community's beloved High Holiday...

Help Enhance the lives of those living on the border with the development of a new Youth Centre in Bnei Netzarim, Halutza   Located on the border with Gaza and Egypt, Bnei Netzarim was founded...

    Yesterday, outside our apartment , a tree, almost one hundred feet tall, suddenly collapsed onto the adjoining building. There but for the grace of God went we. Amazing to me was the...

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/religion/extremist-literature-common-in-mosques-islamic-school-libraries-study-says

Editor's comment: Although there were only a handful of demonstrators protesting against Israel, CBC gave them extensive coverage, which is unfortunate as their numbers really did not warrant...

        As Jewish New Year approaches, I have been busy as a bee over the last few days sampling several delicious  kinds of honey made by John Russell's Honey Company....

Selichot                                                  ...

  The High Holidays is a time of repentance. Repentance is no simple matter, yet the ritualsassociated with the High Holidays would suggest the opposite. Here is an example. On Rosh Hashanah we...

Matthew Leibl has been hired as a Rabbinic Intern. His lengthy experience at Shaarey Zedek, as a Torah reader, and B’nai Mitzvah teacher will bring a wealth of knowledge to the position....

http://www.cjnews.com/news/yazidi-brothers-reunited-26-years-apart  

      Karma Development is excited to announce their plan to build a  68 unit 5 story luxury condo development . Located on the south west corner of the Asper Jewish Community...

[This article is from: http://www.danielpipes.org/16873/ban-the-burqa-allow-the-burkini ] France has been seized by a silly hysteria over the burkini, prompting me to wonder when...

  My daughter wanted to get a kitten and the next thing I new she and  my husband  went to the Humane Society on a Sunday afternoon and came home with a little black kitten , named...

Breaking Down  Barriers: Jewish Child and Family Service presents  Can we talk about…Depression featuring TSN celebrity Michael Landsberg   Although depression is a...

August  2016 THE CHALLENGE FOR CANADA IN MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATONS: CONVENING ”THE REFUGEE WORKING GROUP” TO FOCUS UNRWA POLICIES ON PEACE – FOR PRESENTATION WHEN CANADIAN...

Milli Flaig Hooper #19 on the Wave Tour Sept 3/4 28 Hawthorne Ave Matlock, MB turn East at Ford Road off Hwy 9 204 389 4134 paperfifrildi@gmail.com http://www.thepaperfifrildi.com/ Open year...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/jewish-foundation-manitoba-aims-150-million

When Professor Michael Eskin first learned recently that he is to be inducted into the Order of Canada, he was surprised. "My colleagues nominated me for this distinction without telling me...

Local Jewish community ad hoc committee fundraises for Judaic Studies courses to be continued at the University of Manitoba; $12,600 needed to fund a second Hebrew language course that has been cut...

http://forward.com/opinion/345892/how-debbie-wasserman-schultzs-dnc-tried-to-weaponize-bernie-sanderss-jewish/

Wow! I never thought to make this connection. We are living in a world where everybody can be connected, but with public services, can survive disconnected. But, in our highly organized society we...

The Federation is still seeking community members to complete our age friendly survey. This email is directed to individuals who may be related to a senior in the Jewish community and to...

      Donald Trump took a number of positions on Israel that many of us may not have paid much attention to, since the mainstream media in the United States had virtually crowned...

      What an amazing Family Camp Day at Camp Massad on July 1st, 2016. Over 230 people, young and old, came to partake in all the festivities and activities on this sunny day.  ...

Memory was the most vital element of Elie Wiesel’s life. That’s why such institutions as Washington’s Holocaust Memorial Museum, New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, and Israel’s Yad Vashem were so dear to him. Especially Yad Vashem.

  This year's JNF Negev Gala was a major success, the honouree Peter Leipsic gave a  generous leadership gift to the JNF, and in so  doing he has served as a role model for others...

I've had quite some time to reflect on  novelist  Sayed Kashua's lecture at the University of Winnipeg who spoke here  as part of 2016 Middle East Peace Week and wanted to...

  My Bride and I have returned to Canada after being away for almost ten years. We are happy residents in Vancouver for the first time. We were raised in Winnipeg and appreciate the milder...

Part of the Family – Christadelphians, the Kindertransport, and Rescue from the Holocaust is a new book about the interaction between Christadelphians and Jewish children during the time of the Second World War. As part of the Kindertransport movement in 1938 and 1939, over 250 Jewish children were brought into Christadelphian homes and hostels––many of their stories being previously undocumented. This book records the experiences of 10 of these individuals.

The first privately sponsored Yazidi refugee family will be arriving in Winnipeg on June 29, 2016. The family, sponsored by the Operation Ezra coalition of Winnipeg, will be arriving from the Midyat...

"JAzZ... & aLL tHaTJaZz"   GABRIELA OCEJO | LINDSAY WOOLGAR ELI HERSCOVITCH  | JANE ENKIN | GARY BRENNER | JEREMY RUSU KELLY BADO | TERRY YOUMANS    "LiFe iS A...

I identify as a Jew, despite not having entered a synagogue in the last decade. At a dinner this past week, I was asked how I could consider myself Jewish, given that my mother is not Jewish by...

Sidney Halpern was recently honoured on May 12 at a Members’ Recognition Dinner of CPA Manitoba at the Canadian human rights Museum  with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement...

Fever at Dawn opens in Jerusalem, as an aging woman, played by radiant Israeli actor Gila Almagor, shops in busy markets, relaxes in outdoor cafes, and walks through streets buzzing with people of...

Two films in the 2016 Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival had a similar starting point:  a young woman is uncomfortable with her life in an Orthodox community and longs for...

Theodore Bikel and Sholom Aleichem – two Jewish cultural treasures, whose creatives lives bridged the old world and the new. Theodore Bikel begins this lovely documentary/performance film by...

This year, for the first time ever the Gray Academy of Jewish Education held its grade twelve graduation dinner and dance at a the Manitoba Club, a private club that was founded in 1874 and that did...

This year's Jewish Foundation's Women’s Endowment Fund Luncheon which occurred at the newly expanded RBC Convention Centre on May 11 was the largest ever  with 400...

On May 27, the McGill Daily student newspaper produced a news articlewhich gave a platform to the incendiary allegation that Israel intentionally tests weapons products on presumably innocent...

 Some of the major grocery stores in the North End have recently decided to stop carrying kosher meat and other Kosher Products, but these meats and poultry  are still readily available at...

My head is spinning with the pace of change!. I’m an old guy, so I can remember when we had horses being used to deliver stuff to our houses every day. Today horses are a romantic memory in...

      [Editor's note: Readers of this publication may remember that in 2013 I traveled to Nuremberg Germany and went inside the Frauenkirche church in Nuremberg which was built on...

Location: 801 Kernstead Road, 3 K west of Hwy 9 and Winnipeg Beach   Hours:: Noon to 5:00 P.M., Thursday through Sunday   www.bulrushesgallery.ca   bulrushes@mymts.net  ...

With all the talk of a possible third party candidate in this year's presidential race, it's instructive to look back at a presidential election in which a significant number of American...

    [First published in Israel Hayom]   The recent shenanigans that preceded the expansion of the government sickened even those reconciled to the reality that, since the Menahem...

  By: Noam Bedein, Sderot Media Center Director www.sderotmedia.com Israeli advocacy is dealing with a propaganda machine there that would make the Third Reich proud.  And parts of the...

For Release: Thursday, May 19th, 2016 The Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education Congratulates JWC’s Class of 1991 on their upcoming 25th High School Reunion! Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 19th, 2016 -...

  Israeli reconnaissance has documented thousands of missiles that have been planted & ready to fire from the cover of schools & medical clinics, strategically planted throughout...

      News that Hezbollah terror chief Mustafa Badreddine had been killed in Syria spurred considerable news coverage, both domestically here in Canada and abroad.    ...

  [Reprinted from http://www.danielpipes.org   http://www.danielpipes.org/16823/why-i-rooted-for-the-turkish-coup-attempt]   . Every major government condemned the coup attempt in...

  THE STORY THE AGE OF LOVE follows the humorous and poignant adventures of thirty seniors in Rochester, NY who sign up for a first of it’s kind speed dating event exclusively for 70...

          A full to capacity crowd witnessed the unveiling of a new outdoor sign by Freda Glow and Molly Rosenblat on Sunday May 15, 2016.   Following this, a...

        [Editor's note: To reach Jill Atnikov, Chief Cookie Girl, call 204 894 8556 or email her at: jillatnikov@hotmail.ca]     For 17...

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/un-approves-funding-first-anti-israeli-settlement-blacklist        

This Friday, May 13, 2016, Christie's New York auctions an extraordinary discovery made by Celia Rabinovitch, a Winnipeg artist, historian, and professor, who uncovered a new work by Marcel...

          http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/on-becoming-un-assimilated/

Glamour, says Katharine Briggs in A Dictionary of Fairies, “generally signified a mesmerism or enchantment cast over the senses, so that things were perceived or not perceived as the enchanter...

      I recently watched a program broadcast from the UK that told of a new initiative, the bringing together of six individuals who were all facing the verdict of terminal illness....

The Jewish community of Canada stands in solidarity with the victims of this unprecedented natural disaster in Canada   The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, Jewish Federations across Canada and...

  (Dr. Medoff, a Holocaust scholar, and Mr. Yoe, a cartoon historian, are the co-authors of the new book, Cartoonists Against the Holocaust.)     In a rare coincidence of the...

    Last month Haider Abu Gosh spoke at the Sturgeon Creek United Church at a talk before some 70 people, about what he believes was an injustice that occurred in the immediate aftermath...

  Presented by the Asper Foundation Performances and the Rady JCC May 24 – June 7, 2016     Apples from the Desert   (Tapoukhim min ha’midbar) Tuesday, May...

    [First published in the Times of Israel]   Today as I participated in my local Holocaust Remembrance day service, with the honour of reading names of whole families that...

          Editor's note: If you start trying out this recipe now, you'll have it perfected in time for Rosh Hashana 2016! 1 lb white fish 1lb pickerel 2 tbsp oil 2...

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/28/alan-dershowitz-john-kerrys-meaningless-speech-and-tragic-missed-opportunity.html            

  As community organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for Jewish students on campus, and advocating for the Jewish community, we read your recent statements in the Canadian...

        [Jimmy Bitton is Head of the Jewish History Department at the Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto, Kimel Family Education Centre and Vice...

        The CBC documentary channel will premier My Home, on May 10th, at 8 pm.: http://en.cijnews.com/?p=35467