If you have read any of the latest issues of the Globe and Mail, watched the national news on TV or heard any recent press releases from CMHC (the federally regulated mortgage...

  As the Jewish year comes to a close, I want to take the opportunity to wish all of you and very happy and healthy New Year. May you all be inscribed in the Book of Good Life.    ...

    I remember as a small child always being fascinated with the story of Jonah and the whale. It has just about everything to stir a child’s imagination. A man by the name of Jonah...

    A little girl pleaded with her mother to light Shabbos candles as she had learned in her Hebrew school class. The mother promised but somehow never got around to it. In desperation,...

  Note from Editor of Winnipeg Jewish Review: [IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER AS A CIVILIAN WORKER FOR 2-3 WEEKS ON AN ISRAELI ARMY SUPPLY BASE< CONTACT SAREL CANADA. Free...

     StandWithUs Canada is profoundly saddened and disappointed by the announcement by the ?United Church of Canada (? UCC ?)? ?encouraging divestment from ?selected companies doing...

1. The Project Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun Synagogue (H-AY) invites artists to submit designs for mehitzah panels for its sanctuary. Established as a school/shule in 1955, H-AY is located in Winnipeg,...

http://www.cjnews.com/canada/ndp-candidates-under-fire-comments-about-israel    

In a recent article in the Vancouver Jewish Independent,Jason Kenney, Canada’s minister of national defence and minister for multiculturalism, says Canada should prioritize...

            Sometimes when I think about our lives, the mysterious and the mundane, it makes my head spin. There are seasons in our lives, but we are impacted, at the...

Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) Announces the Addition of Three New Faces to its Team of Dedicated Professionals.   Winnipeg, July 22, 2015, JCFS is proud to announce the addition of two...

    (Dr. Rafael Medoff is the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and coeditor of the Online Encyclopedia of America's Response to the Holocaust....

    Camp Massad of Manitoba, North American’s only Hebrew immersion residential summer camp, is thrilled to announce that it has reached its one million dollar capital campaign...

    Editor's Note: Below is the speech delivered by Prof Bryan Schwartz at the Winnipeg Friends of Israel Rally on the Iran Nuclear Agreement at the Manitoba Legislative Assembly...

    About 30 people attended Chabad's Learning Centre for a very interesting and worthwhile discussion of the book by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, The Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of...

http://www.cjnews.com/canada/calgary-liberal-candidate-withdraws-over-offensive-tweets

http://www.cjnews.com/canada/winnipeggers-rally-oppose-iran-nuclear-deal    

    (Mr. Korn, the former executive editor of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent and the Miami Jewish Tribune, is chairman of the Philadelphia Religious Zionists.)   Four hundred and...

  As the eyes of the world focus on the dysfunctional US-Iranian accord, yet another dysfunctional accord with the US government has escaped public scrutiny: The new accord reached between the...

  My name is Zac Zenith. I am 43 years old and I need a kidney.    I am happily married and the father of two young daughters, Sloane who is 5 years old and Zelda who is 2...

Remarks prepared for a rally at the Legislature by the Winnipeg Friends of Israel, Winnipeg, Mb. 29 July, 2015     The Iran nuclear agreement, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan...

July 30, 2015 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – Western Economic Diversification Canada   Today, Joyce Bateman, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre, on behalf of the Honourable...

Dr. Michael Boroditsky, is an obstetrician/gynecologist working in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. He had just been speaking with a colleague who had returned from a Canadian Red Cross...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4098351,00.html

  A few weeks ago I attended a funeral. The decedant had reached the age of eighty-five. His had been an active life, with children, grandchildren, community involvement and business success....

  An improved radar system for the Canadian Army will use cutting edge technology that is part of the successful Israeli Defence Force Iron Dome Air Defence system to defend against incoming...

  President Obama’s fallback defense for the Iran deal is that if the deal fails - be it in a week or in decades – the United States will always have the same military...

  The religious tradition, which I enthusiastically embrace, Judaism, is replete with strict and unwavering dicta governing every aspect of human existence. My Bride and I live in Vancouver,...

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=27071

http://www.jewishjournal.com/rosnersdomain/item/jew_vs._jew_vs._jew_on_the_iran_deal

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/07/israel-isaac-herzog-iran-nuclear-deal/398705/

The movie WORLD TO COME by Daniel Eskin and Trevor Mowchun will be shown at Cinematheque in Winnipeg, May 12 - 15, 2016. The movie was shortlisted at the Sundance Film Festival...

REMEMBERING THE BOMBING OF THE AMIA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE IN BUENOS AIRES   WINNIPEG- Saturday, July 18th, 2015 marks the 21st anniversary of the AMIA Bombing - a terrorist attack of the...

On August 23, 2015, the Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region (JNF) will be serving up a traditional Kibbutz Style Israeli Breakfast in Winnipeg Beach at Camp Massad...

  Winnipeg Studio Theatre, the company that produced the Fringe Festival hits Altar Boys, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Hersteria are thrilled to be producing the Canadian...

  Annette Roman:"My father is a Jewish Holocaust survivor and my mother is a Lutheran Protestant who was in the Hitler Youth. My performance dramatizes my parents' war experiences,...

    I have never seen the Asper Campus look as magnificent as it did for the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's 5oth Anniversary Garden party which began with a ceremony to welcome the...

Over 200 people attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly renovated Chadar Ochel (Dining Hall) and dedication ceremony for the Richard Tapper Memorial Cabin on June 28, 2015, at...

    Winnipeg Beach's exciting new pop-up gallery, Art*Scape Fine Art/Fine Craft is back by popular demand for a second season this summer! It is bursting...

      They say we all die alone, the human fate. I see it differently. The most fortunate will see it differently.   When I was a youngster, surveying the world around me, the...

Reprinted from the Huffington Post, June 18, 2015 The human rights-interfaith dialogue rhetoric employed by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 22, 2015 at the Adas Israel Synagogue in...

      The Jewish National Fund's Negev Gala in honour of Bob Freedman was a very enjoyable and humourous evening, which left audience members smiling, especially after...

  http://www.cjnews.com/canada/liberal-party-defends-trudeau-statements-iran

http://www.jewishindependent.ca/human-rights-at-fore/  

http://www.timesofisrael.com/berlins-new-jewish-conductor-faces-anti-semitic-german-press/

Reprinted from the Huffington Post, June 17, 2015 Comparing the suffering of human beings is a fruitless enterprise that breeds resentment, hostility, and competition. An old professor of mine at...

For Immediate Release June 26, 2015 Federation Interim CEO The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg is pleased to announce the appointment of Elaine Goldstine to the position of interim CEO of the Jewish...

    I had been a vocal skeptic and critic of Michael Oren.  who most was elected to the Israeli Knesset Parliament. I did not view Michael Oren as a man of principle.    ...

        [Editor's note: Below is the full eulogy delivered by Linda Blankstein at her father Morely's funeral at Shaarey Zedek synagogue on June 19.If desired,...

  At the JCFS Annual meeting on June 8 in the Berney Theatre of the Asper Campus, JCFS President Jeffrey Gilbert emphasized in his report the continued importance of JCFS in providing a wide...

 JCFS will be undergoing renovations this summer from July 6 to Aug 15, 2015 and will be relocating all staff and services to the Gray Academy of Jewish Education during this time. Clients and...

        Camp Massad is undergoing onsite improvements as a result of a hugely successful capital campaign. Phase one of Massad’s site improvement plan (including...

    Is your Cottage Tilted? Resolve your Foundation issues with Griffin Foundation Products-the Exclusive Manufacturer of the Groundscrew Anchor and Build Sytems, Steel Piles, Deck...

Winnipeg – Oseredok Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre and the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) are pleased to present an exhibition entitled A Journey Through the Ukrainian-Jewish...

I am extremely honored to receive the Max and Mollie Shore Memorial Award.  Max and Mollie Shore were distinguished members of our community. They set high standards to follow. I am also proud...

    Editor's note: Below is Gail Asper's Introduction of Moe Levy at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Kavod Award Evening at Etz Chayim Synagogue on May 20, 2015, and his...

  On Friday May 8th the Board of CABGU Manitoba Region celebrated a Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in honour of the Arni Thorsteinson Exchange Program.   Approximately...

(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, in Washington, D.C. and coeditor of the Online Encyclopedia of America's Response to the...

As you know, Congregation Etz Chayim and Congregation Shaarey Zedek have had discussions for several years about the possibility of joining together as one entity. Many hours have been spent by...

  June 5, 2015, (Winnipeg)- David Kroft, President of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg announced today that well-known Winnipeg lawyer Bryan Klein will chair the  2015 Combined Jewish...

http://www.cjnews.com/news/montreal-event-hails-harper-modern-king-david

    For the second time in three years, Vickar Community Chevrolet in Winnipeg outpaced some 457 other General Motors dealers across Canada, to become the No 1. GM dealership in...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-05-20/toy-vey-the-rabbi-selling-kosher-vibrators

    Winnipeg, MB – The new leadership team for Gray Academy of Jewish Education has been finalized. Commencing in September 2015, Lori Binder will assume the role of Head of School...

  (Remarks prepared for an international seminar hosted by the Kantor Center, Tel Aviv University, 11 May, 2015)   In my view, incitement to hatred should be prohibited and blasphemy...

  While in Frankfurt, Germany in 2012 (my first time in Germany), I decided I would go see the Jewish Museum.  I hadn't had time to read about the museum before getting there and...

    It’s such a cliché, particularly when we have just celebrated Mother’s Day, that triumph of American commercialisation of events, designed to separate us from our...

    Today May 17, 2015 it was reported that Israeli boys carry flags during a march marking Jerusalem Day near Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City May 17, 2015....

    Canadian Minister Uppal speaks at opening of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism   Video of Minister Uppal’s remarks available here: http://bcove.me/h40k1uht  ...

Jewish values in Kenya

AJD on Road to Peace

    Hebrew University Prof. Noam Shoval gave a very interesting in-depth analysis of what is really occurring on the ground in the "earthly" as opposed to...

Distinguished Judaic Studies Professor, Alvin Rosenfeld, from the University of Indiana, gave a wide-ranging and enlightening talk detailing the resurgence of antisemitism globally, noting...

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/03/israeli-elections-israel-future-116266_Page2.html#.VVTTAflVhBc  

    It’s 2015 and I’m in SHOCK!   On TV, you can peruse through the stations, and find almost any subject matter, from same sex marriage to transgender transformation. We...

  Funds raised by Jewish National Fund of Canada Manitoba/Saskatchewan’s annual fundraiser, the Negev Gala, will go towards building Green Open Classrooms. The classrooms are constructed...

THE ADDAMS FAMILY - A new musical comedy   Wednesday–Friday, May 20–22: 8:00 pm, Sat., May 23: 2:00 pm NEW VENUE for 2015: Tom Hendry Warehouse, 140 Rupert Avenue Tickets: Adults...

                   TRUNK SALE     Canadian Designer   jackets, dresses, tops, tunics, pants  ...

        Inbal Grintzvaig remembers her brother Avi like it was yesterday. She says he was the average mischievous brother who was always getting into trouble growing up in Petach...

In Israel today, there is little recognition of any Jewish religious stream other than the Orthodox. A couple wishing to marry within the Conservative movement must leave the country to do so, and...

    Someone has said, (I don’t know who,) that the two most important times in a person’s life are, one, the day he/she was born, and, two, the day he/she discovers why. I am...

          So, the story goes like this, Ponce de Leon, a Spanish adventurer and explorer, was convinced that there existed a fountain of youth with magical powers. He looked...

    Going to Geneva means wandering into an alternative universe.  Everywhere else, people are concerned about a wide variety of issues - the nuclear weaponization of Iran, the...

    WINNIPEG, MB: Turn frowns upside down by escaping to the circus with Variety, the children’s charity of Manitoba, with their ‘Come One, Come All’ Gala under the big...

        On Saturday night, April 18, 2015, news anchor Yaakov Ahimeir, senior journalist with Israel Broadcasting Authority TV and host of the IBA weekend news program known as...

    We all start from scratch, wide-eyed, gazing out at the incomprehensible world into which we are born, struggling to understand what is going on. From there on, so much depends on...

  During the Limmud Festival of Jewish Learning on March 15th, I heard a witty and interesting presentation by former Winnipegger Jason Marantz, the Chief Executive of the London School of...

http://www.cija.ca/middle-east/iran/throw-away-the-axioms/

      Jeremy Shinewald, a former Winnipegger who lives in New York, gave a very entertaining and humorous talk about how he came to be the sole speechwriter for then Israeli...

      Winnipeg, MB. – April 16, 2015 – The Asper Foundation has announced the 2015 Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program for grade-nine students across Canada.  ...

      Millions of Canadians are discovering why we must stand with Israel and the Jewish people. As Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said, “it’s the right thing to...

    I had mixed feelings having two of our kids studying at an international school in Israel instead of an Israeli school, but there were also some wonderful gifts that accompanied the...

Alvin Rosenfeld will be giving CISA's 2015 Shindleman Lecture on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:30 pm at the Hotel Fort Garry.   Join us after the lecture for coffee and a book signing....

Jane Enkin: songs Rabbi Karen Soria: readings Janet Pelletier-Goetze: piano   Saturday April 18 2015 7:30 pm Free admission Temple Shalom 1077 Grant Street Winnipeg, MB   Songs of hope,...

  The CABGU Manitoba Region’s Panel Discussion Sunday, March 29th, 2015  filled the auditorium at Shaarey  Zedek Synagogue with approximately 250 people. By all accounts it was...

    The underlying flaw in the new nuclear understandings between the P5+1 and Iran is the fact that it leaves Iran’s vast nuclear infrastructure intact. Indeed, Iranian Foreign...

      Scroll down to see what Ari Shavit has just written about the  the Obama administration's deal  with Iran.     It is enough to get anyone worried.  ...

AIPAC Press Release AIPAC STATEMENT ON FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT  AIPAC appreciates the hard work and the diplomatic efforts of the Administration to reach an agreement with Iran to end its nuclear...

      I am not complaining. One is not very attractive to people if one is a complainer. So, I am not complaining! I am just remarking on the reality of the challenge involved in...