Israeli  Yaron Traub to conduct WSO  concert this January 15-16, 2016   Israel born and raised Yaron Traub will be in Winnipeg, January 15-16 conducting...

  There have been a number of terrorist attacks in Israel recently, mostly in Jerusalem. Palestinian attackers have killed and wounded innocent Israelis, mostly through stabbings.   ...

Friends: At our December 1st 2015 Annual General Meeting, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg passed a number of motions and resolutions, including the membership to the Board of Directors. We also...

    After 10 years of service to Winnipeg’s Jewish community as a professional fundraiser, David Greaves launched a new business venture, Protexia in 2014, to help charitable...

December 15, 2015 – Operation Ezra is a city-wide, community effort that has brought together various organizations to sponsor and resettle Yazidi refugees from the Middle East. The Yazidis...

  This article was first published in the Vancouver Jewish Independent http://www.jewishindependent.ca/continuing-the-legacy/   It’s a wonder any of us are alive. And it’s...

  (* Note: The second half of this article deals with the Trudeau Team's commitment not to re-fund the Canadian Arab Federation which was defunded by the Harper government)   In 2012...

    I remember experiencing an eerie and haunting feeling in June 2013 as I walked silently around the humungous Nazi party rallying grounds in Nuremberg, where Hitler held six...

            http://europe.newsweek.com/eus-targeting-israel-awakens-tragic-anti-semitic-past-401192

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=17111  

  Seeming to give proof to Orwell’s observation that some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals, yet another academic association—this time the...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-david-wolpe/conservative-judaism-seek_b_8612458.html

http://www.cjnews.com/culture/arts/meet-jewish-designer-behind-sophie-trudeaus-famous-earrings  

Good Evening.   I’d like to start by thanking the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and its wonderful staff led by Elaine Goldstine, for inviting me to speak to you this evening. ...

A condominium association asked the courts to issue an order prohibiting Moise Amselem and three other owners of individual units from building a symbolic religious makeshift shelter, called in the...

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442549/jimmy-carter-israel-criticism-palestinian-recognition-call

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-netanyahu-israel-meeting-1.3343452

      Congregation Etz Chayim Annual Chanukah Celebration Sunday, December 13, 2015 5:00 p.m. Featuring Karlheinz the Bubble Man     For more details on this program...

Alice Through the Looking-Glass RMTC John Hirsch Mainstage November 25 – December 19, 2015     Alice Through the Looking-Glass is gorgeous, funny and fascinating, a sugarplum stuffed...

  The enemy is not Islam. Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the United States, wants to be clear that we recognize the enemy as “militant Islam.”   The keynote speaker at the...

by Kathy Taylor-Hallick, Manager Luxury Corporate Cruises, Tel: 204 771 7434, Toll Free: 877 338 3310 or by email at kathy@luxurycorporatecruises.com   [Editor's note:...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/trudeau-government-opposes-annual-un-onslaught-against-israel

http://www.honestreporting.ca/cbc-gives-platform-to-palestinian-organizations-claim-that-israel-is-carrying-out-isis-like-terror-attacks/15794     Yesterday, CBC News’ website...

    As Hanukkah approaches this year, I have been thinking about last visit to the Arab market (souk) in the old city of Nazareth in 2010 when I went with my daughter by taxi with our...

    Recently I attended a watershed event, in three parts.  It was entitled 'God Desires the Heart'.   The occasion was the anniversary of the historic Nostra Aetate...

On November 9th, 2015, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg organized a very moving Kristallnacht commemoration which drew a record crowd which not only filled the Berney Theatre, but also the Adult...

  Press Release, Winnipeg, Manitoba (November 26, 2015) – On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, I am pleased to announce that effective immediately...

    At the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's 40th Annual Luncheon on October 20 at the Fairmont Hotel, Marsha Cowan CEO noted that  the Foundation, which this past year...

      The B'nai Brith Jewish Community Camp Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Camp is entering the next phase of a long term development plan to enhance its...

  Reprinted from The Huffington Post November 25, 2015    A double standard is a rule or standard of behaviour applied unfairly to two or more people, placing someone at a...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-communities-told-to-review-security/

Dear Friends, Having just returned from Israel I am pleased to report to the community that Israel is as strong and as welcoming as ever! The Western press has unfortunately been painting a negative...

  Editor's note: Below is the important statement sent out to those on the mailing list of the  Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the advocacy of the Jewish Federations of...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/panicked-parisians-turn-to-facebook-made-in-israel-tech/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/op-ed-in-official-pa-daily-israel-carried-out-paris-attacks/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-wave-of-bomb-threats-at-jewish-centers-across-us/  

Reprinted from The Huffington Post By Dr. Catherine Chatterley November 18, 2015 Unfortunately, there is a stubborn quality to the Prime Minister's current commitment to meet his election...

http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Which-celebs-are-proanti-Israel-the-Complete-Guide-434404

 http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/new-foreign-affairs-minister-has-mixed-record-on-mideast

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Conde-Nast-Traveler-Tel-Aviv-has-worlds-best-vegetarian-food-432783

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4836808,00.htm  

        When Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun synagogue’s original boiler gave out after 58 years of faithful service, which coincided with four years of evaluating options to renew...

Dear Friend, . Having just returned from Israel on Tuesday evening, I am writing with renewed hope! With batteries recharged, I look forward to the challenge of the upcoming months. . ....

Preview by Jane Enkin janeenkinmusic.com Wiesenthal November 19 – December 5 | Preview November 18   Tom Hendry Warehouse, RMTC Written by and starring Tom Dugan Directed by Jenny...

    For over sixty years JCFS has taken a leadership role in providing services which enhance quality of life, promote independence, ensure stability, and improve capacity of adjustment to...

Presented by Daryl Roth and Karyl Lynn Burns in association with Catherine Adler, Suzy & Burton Farbman and Anne & Michael Towbes Written by and starring Tom Dugan Directed by Jenny Sullivan...

    [This press release was sent to the Winnipeg Jewish Review from Mel Lazareck]   Every year the Canadian Government through the Canadian Embassy Paris sponsors Destination Canada...

    [Editor's note: Levy Abad works as a Multicultural outreach Coordinator in the Office of Minister Flor Marcelino, Multiculturalism and Literacy. He is a migrant activist,...

    Washington, D.C. -  America's foremost Jewish leader in the 1940s took extreme steps to prevent Jewish dissidents from challenging President Roosevelt's weak response to...

Editor's note: I thought readers would find an article written by Rebecca Kuropatwa for the Vancouver Jewish Independent of interest. It is about the first-ever Quadrant Asset Management...

    [The following is a second in a series of three articles by Travel Agent Kathy Taylor-Hallick, the Manager of Luxury Corporate Cruises, about a Jewish Heritage trip she led...

  Sunday, November 15, 2015, 10:30 am, Asper Jewish Community Campus   The Global Day of Jewish Learning unites 400 Jewish communities in more than 40 countries around the globe to...

The Cyril “Zeke” Marantz “Z’L” Manitoba Jewish Athletes Wall of Honour at the Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre is currently accepting nominations for the Wall...

  With ongoing acts of terror rocking Jerusalem, Boys Town Jerusalem has taken strict measures to protect the physical safety of its students, and to fortify their spiritual and emotional...

  Perhaps when literary critic C.S. Lewis despaired of “omnipotent moral busybodies . . . who torment us for our own good,” he was speaking about those well-meaning, but naïve...

  This year’s KRISTALLNACHT PROGRAM will take place on Monday, November 9, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Berney Theatre of the Asper Jewish Community Campus at 123 Doncaster St. It will honour...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/publication-prompts-unease-over-its-anti-jewish-articles

    The Maestro Series is a collaborative project for the University of Winnipeg Collegiate and its Arts Partners.  This first series of workshops features MCMA faculty member and WSO...

    ’Meridian’ is a slippery word. At first glance it conjures up those intangible coordinates called borders that divide and enact very real violence on people. But look...

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  Remembrance Service Friday, November 6, 7:30 PM   Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 561 Wellington Crescent   Honour our fallen heroes and veterans at our annual memorial service. The...

    [Editor's note: This piece by Winnipeg's David Greaves  was first published in the Times of Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/david-greaves. David Greaves...

      The Jewish National Fund in Winnipeg is having a special screening of what looks to be a very fascinating and groundbreaking film, “Operation Sunflower” which is...

Pharoah's Daughter Saturday, November 21, 2015 8:00 pm Berney Theatre     The Jewish people have travelled throughout the world, over many generations. Music provides one way to...

    Concerts The opening event of the Rady JJC's Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture 2015 is the concert Ron Paley presents: A Tribute to Neil, Billy, Barry and Bette-Sat. Nov 14,...

      This is the place where I do somersaults in the air, pratfalls and the splits, to attract attention. Gotcha! Now that I have your attention, I can proceed.   So, our lives...

        The Winnipeg Symphony’ Orchestra will be celebrating the life and music of the great composer Gustav Mahler, in a week-long Mahlerfest which runs...

  Avrum Rosensweig founded Ve’ahavta (Canada's only Jewish humanitarian organization) in 1996 after a seven-year stint raising funds for the UJA/Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto....

  See a member of the Muslim “clergy” brandishing a knife from the pulpit.   Here is the video from MEMRI:   http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/5098.htm

GWEN SECTER CREATIVE LIVING CENTRE RECEIVES DONATION TO PURCHASE PREMISES   Karen T. Grant, President and The Board of Directors of Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre Inc. (GSCLC), are pleased...

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/iran-deal-susan-rice-israel-213227

    [Editor's note: The article below is the first in a series of three articles by Travel Agent Kathy Taylor-Hallick the Manager of Luxury Corporate Cruises about a Jewish Heritage...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/stephen-harper-how-shimon-peres-transcended-politics

      School Energized by New Students, Leadership Team, and Strategic Plan   At 99%, Gray Academy of Jewish Education is experiencing its highest retention rate in three years....

    Winnipeg's Lara Secord-Haid a 26 year old rising star, has just placed 3rd in the 20th Spazio Musica International competition for Opera Singers that was held in Orvieto Italy this...

    The Winnipeg Jewish Review was given the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper while he was in Winnipeg recently. I was given the opportunity to ask one question. I was...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cheryl-thomas-liberal-candidate-resigns-1.3251338  

  janeenkinmusic.com   Singer and teacher Janie Respitz has a passion for Yiddish folklore, Yiddish language and especially Yiddish song, and she is coming to Winnipeg to share her...

    Eleven years ago, when Rady JCC Exec Director Hal Bordy decided to take a position in San Jose, the Rady JCC was without an Executive Director.   Jeff Lieberman...

    Since 2008, when I bought the apartment in Israel, my plan has been to gradually lengthen winter stays there.  Chanukah in Jerusalem is great, the city sparkles, and Purim is like...

http://www.cjnews.com/international/cija-jordan-co-operate-refugee-aid-plan#node-143501

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=28305-

The Family Council of the Simkin Centre is sponsoring a forum through which federal candidates from various political parties from Winnipeg South and South Centre will discuss issues related to...

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/193549/iran-water-crisis?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign  

http://www.timesofisrael.com/brad-pitt-buys-nazi-motorbike-for-400k/

    As part of IMPACT 2015, B'nai Brith Canada's National Debate series will provide an opportunity for candidates in Winnipeg South Centre to present their party platforms and...

  Working as a community organization social work professional and as a journalist who has run a research center and news agency since 1987, I have been involved in a 28 year effort to reform...

    Dina Raihman, an Israeli Russian educator who immigrated to Winnipeg over eight years ago, has opened up a Physics and Mathematics Integral School, an evening school which now has 70...

  Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre invites members and friends to discover a wide selection of kosher prepared foods to take home for your dining pleasure.   Cathy Koltowski and Galina...

    The 2015 Federal election is well underway and while casting a vote on October 19th is very important there is more that can and should be done; now is the time for the Jewish and...

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http://www.timesofisrael.com/two-holocaust-survivors-brutally-beaten-in-amsterdam/

        On Thursday, October 22, Jewish Child and Family Service and Rady JCC will feature Norene Gilletz, leading author of kosher cookbooks as a part of JCFS’s popular...

Don’t Be So Quick To Count AIPAC Out     [ Editor's note: These two posts below "Don't Be So quick to Count AIPAC Out" and "On AIPAC and Lobbying"...

SHANA TOVAH TIKATEIVU: WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND SWEET NEW YEAR-    Shirley and Bob Freedman and Family   Zivey and Dolly Chisick   Dr. Brent Schachter and Dr Sora Ludwig and...

Shavei Darom is a new community in the western Negev, located just 10km from the Gaza border. It was established by former residents of Gush Katif under the Disengagement Plan of 2005. This...

    A Message from Rabbi Alan Green Is God Still Relevant To Life In The 21st Century   Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel once wrote, “God is of no importance unless He is of supreme...