RWB premieres three new works in Mixed Programme   Winnipeg, MB (April 14, 2014) - Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 74th season concludes with a mixed programme featuring three...

“Too few Jews are aware of the part that Christians have played in bringing the Jews home; likewise, very few Christians are aware of this history either.”   This was the...

Caroline Glick outlined her proposal that Israel annex  Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) providing voting rights to Palestinians just as it did in East Jerusalem in her talk in...

  I had just had  coffee in the Mozart Café in Vienna when I overheard an English speaking tour guide tell his group that as far as he was concerned the most important resident of...

We are entering into the period known as Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance Day. Here are some questions I have been asked throughout my years of teaching. I have tried to give honest answers....

With the Passover holiday almost upon us, ninth grade Boys Town Jerusalem students made their own novel attempt to observe the Biblical command, “In every generation, each person must regard...

For over 25 and years National Council of Jewish Women of Canada (NCJWC), Winnipeg Section has been baking Hamentashen and preparing Mishloach Manot packages for Jewish Child and Family Service...

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/palestinian-statehood-why-nigeria-held-back-support/  

Welcome the summer with an 80's theme party!   Featuring DJ Justin Justifier It's a social with snacks and raffle prizes. Just a fun night for all and all are welcome.   May 10,...

Last year I wrote a column suggesting that Desserts Plus could become a daycare in order to solve the community's need for a daycare....

"Born and raised in Manitoba, 19 year old Ila Barker's sweet melodies, lyrical brilliance and unique voice will surely leave you with a lasting impression." Manitoba Music. Grant &...

I am thrilled beyond words to advise members of our incredible community that the 2013 Combined Jewish Appeal campaign which officially closed on March 31 met the very ambitious goal that leadership...

Bob Freedman, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg who is set to retire shortly said something very important and thought provoking in an interview with Uriel Heilman of the Jewish Telegraphic...

(Mr. Phillips is president of the Religious Zionists of America, Philadelphia Chapter; Mr. Korn, the former executive editor of the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, is chairman of the RZA-Philadelphia...

SLAVERY THEN “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt and the Eternal our God brought us out from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. Now if God has not brought out our forefathers...

 Chinese Media Center Launched at the College of Management-Academic Studies in Rishon LeZion Only Israel-focused academic program or NGO worldwide which will engage Chinese media and opinion...

On March 24, Al-Ahram, an Egyptian-Canadian online newspaper published the following antisemitic cartoon:   The heading of the cartoon reads: (translation) “The true relation between the...

    Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau has said that Prime Minister Harper's positions vis-a vis Israel are taken with a view to "playing well at the ballot box." His...

I recently had the pleasure of attending a friend’s son’s Bar Mitzvah at the Etz Chayim Synagogue. Needless to say, the Bar Mitzvah boy did a wonderful job and gave his parents lots of...

  A new British documentary reveals that Eva Braun,who married Hitler hours before she committed suicide with him jointly n his Berlin bunker, may well  have had Jewish...

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Jewish-groups-excoriate-Denmark-over-legalized-bestiality-347467

Winnipeg, MB –  It is with great pleasure that the Rady JCC acknowledges Jeff Lieberman on his recognition as this year’s recipient of the William Norrie Outstanding Community...

Winnipeg, March 31, 2014. Hillel Winnipeg, the Jewish Students’ Association on campus, will present two “Mikey” defibrillators to The University of Winnipeg on April 2nd, 12:30...

[Editor's note: Below is the complete text of a letter sent by Josh Morry and 40 students to President of the University of Manitoba David Barnard, and following that is the complete text...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4238/palestinians-auschwitz-visit  

Mr. Mel Lazareck is honoured to nominate Dr. Catherine Chatterley for a 2014 YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the category of Education, Training and Mentorship. The YMCA-YWCA Women of...

Fifty years ago, Elie Wiesel, then a little known Israeli news correspondent in the US wrote a book that shook the soul of a generation: THE JEWS OF SILENCE.  Wiesel described two kinds of...

I met Shlomo Gazit, a former Head of Israeli Military Intelligence (1974-1978) last summer in Kfar Saba, during Israel's War with Hamas in Gaza , as sirens of incoming missiles sounded in the...

Sid Caesar died this week. That makes us sad. We are sorry he's gone because he did so much to make us happy. Happy? We laughed so hard we almost burst our sides laughing.   I try to be a...

Winnipeg, March 24, 2014. Hillel Winnipeg, The Jewish Student’s Association on campus at the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg, will be hosting an Interfaith Passover Seder at...

HonestReporting Canada was alarmed to see Canadian public policy magazine, Policy Options, give none other than the godfather of modern terror, the late Yasser Arafat, the front cover of its April...

In  a recent previous issue  issue, the Winnipeg Jewish Review published an email circulated by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg encouraging the implementation of kashrut.    ...

"We are close to our target," Elaine Goldstine , Director of Financial Resource Development for the  Jewish Federation of Winnipeg told the Winnipeg Jewish Review  on March 12 in...

The administration of the University of Manitoba allowed Israel Apartheid Week to take place on University of Manitoba campus in a location not controlled by the UMSU, (University of Manitoba...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/03/17/judy-feld-carr-if-jews-hadnt-left-syria-it-would-have-been-a-slaughter/  

[Reprinted from  Chabad e-blast] Baron Rothschild was an admirer and supporter of a Viennese Jewish author. Once when this author came to the banker for his annual stipend, Rothschild said to...

I have never really thought of the meaning of the Jewish surname "Bernstein"--although I do associate the name with Bernstein's Deli in Winnipeg . But there I was standing in the...

(Dr. Medoff is director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, in Washington, D.C., and author of 15 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. The latest is FDR and the...

I attended two wonderful, participatory learning sessions of Limmud that I've written about below.. Lori Grysman Who's the Boss? The Responsibilities of the Recipient of Charity Every day,...

http://www.newsmax.com/newswidget/Alan-Dershowitz-Nazis-Europe-Israel/2014/03/11/id/558976/?promo_code=EE9E-1&utm_source=jpost&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1  

  http://www.timesofisrael.com/father-of-jewish-renewal-movement-passes-away/  

  [Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three reports by Jane Enkin  on Limmud 2014.]   I had the opportunity to look in on a few arts based Limmud sessions and...

Jenifer Bartman Business Advisory Services is an independent firm providing advisory & contract executive solutions.  Our executive experience in the venture capital industry, combined with...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-looks-to-belgium-holland-border-for-settlement-solution/

Yanky Fachler is a UK-born Israeli who lives in Ireland, where he chairs the Jewish Historical Society of Ireland.  In 2 Lions, 6 Officers and 750 Mules, Fachler focuses on British officers who...

"My father died three times,” said Gilad Sharon. He recited the Kaddish as 350 invited guests stood solemnly at an evening of remembrance for Ariel Sharon, Israel’s 11th prime...

[Editor's note: Below is a memo sent to community based organizations re kashrut from the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and underneath that is a letter sent by the Council of...

  http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-refugees-behind-curious-george/      

A belated congratulations to David and Ruth Asper who both received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. If you thought that was a ticket to retirement, think again as this busy couple...

Professor Alejandro Baer, the Director of  the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, got interested in the subject of how German's relate to the past when he was reading an exchange of...

It is impossible to tell in advance when that moment will arrive. We cannot foretell that instant event that will change the nature of our lives. We can look back and point the finger and say, yes,...

[Editor's note: This article was written for the recent AIPAC convention and lays out Caroline Glick's One State Solution.Glick  is slated to speak as the 9th annual presenter at: The...

http://www.jpost.com/International/German-cartoon-of-Facebook-CEO-Zuckerberg-sparks-anti-Semitism-row-342412  

I’m thinking about the songs I sing and the lyrics I write. I’m asking-what’s it all about? We are all here for a brief time-it seems so brief looking back (events in our lives are...

[ Below is an excerpt of remarks Remarks prepared for delivery to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, 7 October 2013, Toronto, Ontario]   I want to address this evening what...

I’ve been thinking about it! There is no getting around it. I am approaching a state of infinite perfection.  I have not come to this conclusion lightly. I have examined all aspects of...

Here are 2 photos taken during the Liberal Biennial Convention  in February  in Montreal. On Friday afternoon, February 21, CIJA and CJPAC co-sponsored a Kabbalat Shabbat candle...

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.576624

  EDITOR'S ISRAELI ELECTION REPORT : WHY FORMER US AMBASSADOR MICHAEL OREN MAY BE  MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYONE EVER REALIZED  [Note: When this article was written exit polls showed...

The Israeli Solution: the case for Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria       The oft controversial, author and The Jerusalem Post newspaper’s Deputy Managing Editor, senior...

  The old River Heights fire hall on Grosvenor Avenue was sold to the Rady Jewish Community Centre for $410,000 after the recommended bidder (a private group) withdrew its...

Is it really conceivable that the State Department and the New York Times would collude to exert pressure on Israel? If it seems far-fetched, consider: While it's not unusual for the New York...

I’ve been back from Israel for a few days already as I share this, having been part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s delegation.   There was much timely media coverage during the...

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/162015/israeli-curling    

Says the President’s failure to commute Pollard’s sentence “does not reflect well on the office” Former Senator David Durenberger, who served as Chairman of the Senate Select...

A few days ago I was contacted by a Russian Jewish immigrant, Irina, who along with her husband, parents and family were sponsored and immigrated into  the United States by a Havura from...

 Dear Ms. Chesler,    I am writing regarding an article by Lori Lowenthal Marcus in the Jewish Press regarding the above captioned matter:...

From February 28 and continues to March 26, 2014  Artist reception: Friday, February 28 from 7 to 9 PM   ABOUT THE SHOW   The artists are inspired by Winnipeg and its people....

There's a story that  I read in the Hebrew edition of a newspaper affiliated with the Jerusalem Post that is  right of centre and given out free at the central bus station ...

It began in 1969 when Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, a sixth generation rabbi from Meah Shearim in Jerusalem, discovered Israel’s street children consisting of wandering orphans, drug addicts,...

Those Guys, A Cappella Octet  Flo (Western Canada Music Award Winner) with Ferruccio Montanino on keyboard    Magic comes from everyone.  Stay for Phil and Friends after the...

Hi Rhonda,   We were obviously thrilled to see Jane’s positive review of Ivanov.  We’d like to pass along this special offer for readers of WJR:   Ivanov – now...

The Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region is pleased to announce that dynamic jazz and pop vocalist Nikki Yanofsky will headline this year’s Negev Gala...

Judaic Studies Program, Department of English, Film, and Theatre, Department of Sociology, and Department of History at the University of Manitoba in cooperation with Limmud Winnipeg present a talk...

Ivanov by Anton Chekhov adapted by Michael Nathanson presented by Winnipeg Jewish Theatre at the Berney Theatre, Rady Jewish Community Centre   January 29 - February 9, 2014   As an arts...

Over 100 people came to a cocktail reception at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on  Dec 5  to kick of the Canadian Associates of Ben Gurion University's   fundraising event May 4,...

On January 21, 2014 when Prime Minister Harper was in Jerusalem, I  went up to see  the  Dome of the Rock  and the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.   Three days...

Book Review Demonizing Israel and the Jews by Manfred Gerstenfeld, RVP Press, 2013. Reviewed by John Farber December 20, 2016   Sometimes, perhaps even often, less is more. Such is the case...

It’s not too late to party with the one and only Ms. Chita Rivera as she honors us with the privilege of celebrating highlights of her remarkable career in her solo performance of CHITA: A...

As an Israeli artist and scholar, and as a secular liberal humanist, it is a source of great anguish for me to know that one of the writers to which I refer in my doctoral dissertation turns out to...

http://www.jta.org/2014/01/28/news-opinion/united-states/after-lull-intermarriage-debate-reignites#.Uuk_BXAMJWM.email  

The legend on my business cards, on my website, and everywhere else I advertise, states that I’ve been   “…putting a good complexion on Winnipeg faces since...

I am overwhelmed, at Auschwitz, on Holocaust Remembrance Day where I join somberly with fellow Israeli leaders to remember and to learn lessons for the future.   The infamous arched sign over...

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt of a  manuscript " God’s Chosen: Renaissance" by the above authors.     It is well known that the  notorious...

Editor's note: Dr. Chatterley just returned from her first trip to Israel as part of the Canadian PM's delegation. In the article below she reflects on her experiences at some of the places...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14380#.UubyUcT4DIW

Thursday, January 30 2014                2 pm                   $10  ...

There is no question that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is very popular in Israel and that Canada is considered  Israel's best friend in the world.   As a driver for one of...

I am writing this to the community at the end of a phenomenal 4-day mission to Israel as part of the Canadian delegation that has accompanied PM Harper on this ground breaking visit to Israel....

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Canada-takes-its-place-at-the-table-339222

Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Monsieur le Président de la Knesset, Monsieur le Président de la Cour Suprême, Monsieur le Chef de l’Opposition, Mesdames et Messieurs les...

  Most recently, Israeli President Shimon Peres remarked to the European Union’s Middle East Envoy Miguel Moratinos, that the time has come to revive the dormant Refugee Working Group,...

Last Person to See Raoul Wallenberg Alive Among Exciting Line-Up of Speakers for Gray Academy's Students   Winnipeg, MB - Today, 150 high school students from Gray Academy of Jewish...

New Threats, New Opportunities: Israel in a Changing Middle East   Winnipeg. January 10, 2014- The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg in conjunction with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/10/notorious-businessman-with-ties-to-conservatives-seeks-to-withdraw-u-s-money-laundering-guilty-plea/  

Due to a medical emargency the speaker is not available to come to Winnipeg and the event is cancelled.    

Yossi Klein Halevi made aliyah from the U.S. at the start of the Lebanon war in August 1982. That was a time when the country was defined by a right-wing narrative and left-wing narrative.   He...

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/alfred-hitchcocks-unseen-holocaust-documentary-to-be-screened-9044945.html  

First published at http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/   Ariel Sharon, in a coma since January 2006, fallen into critical condition and likely won't live much longer. But his impact on...

*This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post and Yisrael Hayom   The American presidential elections have created an unprecedented climate of political chaos. Both candidates are reviled...