Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada– This week, the Norway House Cree Nation begins its second annual Youth Leadership Development Mission to Israel. Led by Norway House Chief Ron Evans, Canada’s...

[Editor's note At a Shabbat dinner  on May 10 put on by the Canadian Friends of  Ben Gurion University when Israeli students were in Winnipeg as part of the Arni C. Thorsteinson Israel...

[We received a press release form Vision TV a couple of weeks ago, which I opened only recently due to an overwhelming amount of mail I have been getting in the last three weeks. Below are...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/canada-pm-slams-world-leaders-for-not-supporting-israel/

Itay Zutra, who was born and raised in Israel. gave a lecture about the Image of the Shtetl in Anti-Shtetl Yiddish Poems at Limmud 2013. Zutra received his PhD in modern Yiddish literature from...

http://www.cjnews.com/campus/york-university-revokes-anti-israel-student-groups-club-status

In an exclusive interview with the Winnipeg Jewish review when she was in town recently, world renowned Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt was asked whether she believes that a vibrant Jewish...

San Francisco- JIMENA, a San Francisco based non-profit organization has submitted two briefs to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development for...

  Yossi Olmert, the brother of  former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was in Winnipeg a number of times to speak  in 2006 and 2007. As a journalist with extensive contacts in...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3706/palestinians-syria-killed-injured-displaced

[Joshua Morry is a member of UMSU Council, and the representative of the Commerce Students' Association who moved the UMSU resolution that removed SAIA's student group status and banned them from...

Here is my review of the long awaited Jewish singles “Night Out” held on April 27, 2013: Over 80 people mingled in the beautifully decorated auditorium at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue....

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/Peg-invasion-on-Colorado-college-tennis-program-206442061.html

In their latest campaign of complaints against the CMHR, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress has taken the position that the Asper Foundation promised them that Ukrainians would be portrayed in the CMHR...

http://blogs.forward.com/jj-goldberg/176397/thin-line-between-hate-and-free-speech/

  Here's an article in the Jewish Tribune about the Gray Academy entitled  "In  a Math League of their own," which readers may be interested in:...

Since 1997, a team of archaeologists and scientists, led by Prof. Aren Maeir of Bar-Ilan University have unearthed impressive finds at Tel es-Safi/Gath, a large multi-period site with extensive...

(May 6, 2013) Winnipeg – The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s annual Kavod Evening in celebration of community volunteers will take place on Wednesday, May 29th at 7:30pm at Congregation...

For Full Film Descriptions please see below Trailers on-line at www.radyjcc.com     Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 p.m. Off-White Lies Orchim Le-Rega   After years of living apart from her...

    Share the dream 49 years ago, the Chai dream began with the vision created by Sarah Sommer. What began as eight dancers has turned into an all encompassing entertainment experience...

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Middle_East/article1255088.ece

http://www.cjnews.com/canada/effort-underway-rescue-cjn

Executive Director, Sharon Zalik and her assistant Leora Solomon who work in the Canadian Friends of Hebrew University Office on Corydon now have a new roomate. The roommate is a smooth talking guy...

   ANAT KAUFMAN USES WATER COLOUR, ACRYLIC, WATER PENCIL, OIL PASTELS, WOOD, CANVAS AND MORE TO MAKE  ART,   HAMSAS FROM WOOD IN DIFFERENT SIZES $15-$60NG WOOD MEZUZA COVERS...

  [Editor's note: The following are the reflections of Penny Jones Square on the evening with Father Patrick Desbois and Lieutenant General, the Honourable Romeo Dallaire, held at Shaarey...

http://www.timesofisrael.com/disabled-gaza-toddler-lives-at-israeli-hospital/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/disgruntled-arab-states-look-to-strip-canada-of-un-agency/article11672346/

The Winnipeg Jewish Review has learned that the older white building behind the Gray Academy which was being used by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is structurally and environmentally...

The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba  is now distributing 3.5% per annum to the beneficiaries of its endowment funds. Further, in answer to inquiries made by the Winnipeg Jewish Review, CEO of the...

At the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Western Regional Policy Conference on May 5, Dr. Catherine Chatterley, founding director of the Winnipeg-based Canadian Institute for the Study of...

National Council of Jewish Women Canada, Winnipeg Section hosted citizenship court on Wednesday, April 24 at Via Rail Station.  When NCJW was established over 115 years ago one of...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MANITOBA   The League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada has monitored and reported on hate-motivated incidents directed at the Jewish community in Canada for thirty one...

[Editor's note: Norman Vickar has without knowing it, made Winnipeg Jewish Review history. At age 96, he is has become the oldest Jewish Winnipegger to contributor to this publication. Norman Vickar...

  [Editor's note:The following is  David Matas's Submission to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, May 2, 2103, Ottawa. David Matas is a Winnipeg based...

Ruth Kettner was one of the pioneers of Child Life, a profession that supports the emotional and psychological needs of children in the health care system. The role of Child Life is to help lessen...

  At the Shindleman Family Lecture, hosted by the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism on April 22 2013, Gail Asper asked Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt to comment on the view...

 Larry Vickar was summoned to Ottawa this past December where he and other leaders in the Canadian Jewish community, active in the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, were awarded...

Ivan Berkowitz recent recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee for giving significantly to the community is now branching out into the art world. Berkowitz is making handmade...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/23/na0424-th-bias/

  http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/in-the-basement-of-a-school-known-for-science-a-holocaust-museum/?emc=eta1

  Elliot Leven: Lubavitchers-From quaint to Troubling I have always seen Chasidic Jews as quaint and harmless.  I appreciate their sincerity and I recognize that they play a role in...

[Editor's note: To watch Professor Lipstadt’s Lecture visit the website of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism. To see photos of the reception and lecture click here.]  ...

  JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE is in need of non-perishable nutritious food items to stock our emergency food pantry. Canned soups, tins of tuna or salmon or sardines, pasta sauce, peanut...

Fearless life-long human rights activist, lawyer, author, and history maker, Justice Albie Sachs spoke at the 2013 Sol and Florence Kanee Distinguished Lecture Series on April 11, 2013 in Winnipeg,...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-jewish-news-to-stop-publishing/article11466217/

Nearing the close of an interview last week with CBC’s Peter Mansbridge  Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau, was asked just 2 hours after word of the Boston Marathon massacre hit the...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/bairds-visit-to-east-jerusalem-was-no-provocation-it-was-brave/article11259812/

My Awkward Sexual Adventure, described as a “raunchy sex comedy with a healthy dose of romance” by writer and producer Jonas Chernick will be released April 19, 2013 in theatres across...

  http://www.jewishtribune.ca/news/2013/04/16/second-jewish-networking-group-formed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=second-jewish-networking-group-formed

Well known realtor David Thompson, who served in the Israel Defense Forces from October 1980 to October 1983 was the Master of Ceremonies for the Yom Hazikaron Memorial Service held in the Berney...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4367183,00.html

The University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) has become the first in North America to vote to ban Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) on campus and strip the group Students Against Israel Apartheid...

  As Israel prepared to celebrate its 60th anniversary, I joined a handful of Jewish friends living for a year in East Jerusalem on Sala-a-Din Street. On the streets in downtown East Jerusalem,...

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Winnipeg Mission to Israel October 21 - 31, 2013 Chairs: Faye and Joel Lazer Guide: Avi Ben Hur Hostess: Tali Bernstein Draft  (subject to changes) per Jan 6 Monday October 21...

  [This article was first published on  the website of Middle East Matrix http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/author/saspress/. Former Winnipeger, Brent E. Sasley is Assistant...

Get ready to shower your mother with love on Sunday May, 12, 2013. Often celebrated with brunch, greeting cards and flowers, Mother's Day in North America is traditionally meant to give moms the day...

Almost a week after Pesach has finished, I find that I’m still exhausted. I find that I’m still upset at the fact that most of the holiday was spent in the kitchen. I find that I’m...

Remembering Through Song and Story: Tales and Melodies of the Holocaust Saturday, April 13   7:30 pm  Temple Shalom Jane Enkin tells stories and sings heartbreaking, seldom-heard...

Eli Herscovitch Remembers A Man Who Inspired Him - The story of Solomon Ary From Bialystock, Poland, Whose Entire Family Was Burned in a Synagogue by the Nazis  During...

Steven Schipper never had the chance to experience the absolute joy and magic of being a camper or counsellor at Camp Massad of Manitoba. But his daughter Susan did, spending many incomparable and...

This responds to the Editor's inviting comments regarding David B. Harris’ article Justin Trudeau's Islamist Revival and Elliot Leven’s response, Trudeau was right to speak at...

I sat through the annual “UNTO EVERY PERSON THERE IS A NAME” Holocaust Remembrance program put on by B’nai Brith’s League For Human Rights at the Manitoba Legislative...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/Canada+concerned+about+Saudi+Arabia+nuclear+intentions/7884387/story.html

   See the video of  high-profile lawyer Robert Tapper talking aobut the fact that he is a boxing judge. He is being interviewed by Ron Pollock, the brother of Natalie Pollock....

Ten women were arrested recently at the Kotel, the Western Wall. These Jewish women were arrested because they were praying as a group. Many outside Israel might not be aware that not only is the...

 The  Winnipeg Jewish Review has learned that on Wednesday April 4, 2013 the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Board voted unanimously  to provide in principal the financial funding...

  Recently Charlotte van den Berg, a 23-year-old university student discovered documents bundled with an elastic band in the archive section of one of the city of Amsterdam's departments while...

http://www.qassam.ps/news-6861-amas_refuses_settlement_of_Palestinian_refugees_in_Canada.html Al Qassam website - Hamas movement renewed its affirmation that the right of return for Palestinian...

Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt (who will be giving CISA's 2013 Shindleman Lecture in Winnipeg on April 22) was one of a group of influential American Jews who signed a letter to Benjamin...

  Frank Dimant, CEO  of B'nai Brith Canada, Publisher of The Jewish Tribune, and Chair of Modern Israel studies at Canada Christian College  has written a blog in the...

We Remember our Past. We Trust in the Future. Winnipeg. April 4, 2013. Almost 70 years have passed since the horrific human toll of the Holocaust was discovered. Winnipeg’s Holocaust Awareness...

[Editor's note: Readers may remember that Winnipeg's  Marshall Carroll and three other Canadians vied for the title of Canada’s Smartest Person on a two hour special that aired on...

[This article was written by Joel Lazer, CA, CIRP of Lazer Grant LLP Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, www.http://www.lazergrant.ca/index.cfm . Joel will be leading a...

The Camp Massad Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that Danial Sprintz, Camp Massad of Manitoba’s Executive Director, has been selected to participate in the Foundation for Jewish...

http://www.shalomlife.com/news/19041/reports-indicate-that-obama-had-fling-with-miss-israel/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/canadian-exhibit-recalls-jewish-refugees-imprisoned-with-nazis/

Immigration has been a focus of the media, politicians and voters in recent years, in Europe, in the recent elections in the United States, but also here in Canada. I’ve always been interested...

Thank you to Winnipeg for donating an ambulance that will read “Dedicated to the People of Israel from your Canadian Friends in Winnipeg, Manitoba.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/emotions-run-high-over-canadian-bid-for-israeli-company/

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/23/obama-compares-israeli-palestinian-relations-to-canada-us

Jewish, Arab and Druze children and two coaches from Israel came to Winnipeg from March 12-19, 2013 to break down barriers by being immersed in Canadian hockey. For the seventeen students, ranging...

  Daniel Pipes wrote an article in the Washington Times,  which outlined the most important thing that Obama said in his trip to Israel--which is that Palestinians must recognize that...

Deborah Lipstadt will be delivering CISA's 2013 Shindleman Family Lecture on Monday, April 22, 2013 at 7:30 pm in the Provencher Ballroom at the Hotel Fort Garry. Admission is by donation and...

  You are invited to attend  "The Heart of the Matter" (no charge) on Wednesday April  10, Fort Garry Hotel , Concert Hall 222 ...

                   Funds raised by the Jewish National Fund of Canada Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region’s (JNF) annual fundraiser, the Negev Gala,...

  Jerusalem - March 21, 2013 - 1.2 million people are killed each year in car accidents around the world' and 20-50 million sustain heavy injuries. In America alone 33,000 people die each year...

B’nai Brith on Campus – Winnipeg sponsors Middle East Week Event by Rhonda J. Prepes B'nai Brith on Campus – Winnipeg sponsored a presentation by Dr. Catherine Chatterley, founding...

Gayle Waxman, Executive Director of the Rady Jewish Community Centre is pleased to announce that Tamar Barr has been promoted to Assistant Executive Director at the Rady JCC. Tamar has been employed...

On March 10, 2013, Three Jewish women - Miriam Bronstein, Sandi Malamud, and Harriet Zimmer launched Winnipeg Soup Sisters in support of Osborne House. Nearly 300 servings of delicious soup were...

 The following is an email the Editor received on February 23, 2013 from the email address Gordon Warren < bringkatztojustice@gmail.com.  The email was entitled "The Katz...

Editor's note: This first appeared in on the Middle East Matrix website http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/israels-new-defense-minister-aint-ehud-barak/]   With the...

 WINNIPEG: As the first Canadian city to host this international meeting, Winnipeg welcomes the world at the 21st World Conference of GLBT Jews, July 5 – 7, 2013, at the Winnipeg...

 Bernstein’s Deli is pleased to announce to our valued customers and to the public that there is a new addition to our management team. It is with great excitement that owner Marla...

Ivan berkowitz recently received the  Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal from NDP MP Pat Martin Berkowitz was born and educated in Winnipeg, where he and his ex-wife Sheri...

Tzafi Weinberg, an Israeli who moved to Winnipeg years ago, gave a session at Limmud on art therapy. Art therapy for children is a way of approaching the inner world of a child, and combines art and...

[ Editor's note:Rabbi Ellis wrote this article below after learning of  the comments of Rabbi Avrohom  Altein's of chabad-Lubavitch as reported in the Canadian Press, which are...

  I had an unusual experience this past trip to Israel. I met a Palestinian Arab who is an Israeli who asked me if I or anyone I knew would be interested in buying photos taken in the...

        Winnipeg, MB– John Orlikow, Councillor for River Heights - Fort Garry is throwing his support behind Winnipeg’s bid to host the 2017 Canada Games,...