My first organized thoughts on the Israel-Hamas conflict was were posted at theDaily Beast's Open Zion [edited by Peter Beinart] yesterday. Here’s the main...

Editor's note: I recently had an opportunity to dsepak to Vic Toews, Minister of Public Security about Terrance Nelson's visit to Iran. Toews, who is clearly againtst the visit, said that in his...

  [Editor's note: I  wrote this article four years ago, but am reprinting it now since, on the whole, it is still timely] WINNIPEG — Retired Israeli ambassador to the United...

Former IDF Military Intelligence Head: Iran Will Cross Nuclear "Red Line" by Summer - Gili Cohen Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin, the former director of IDF Military Intelligence, said...

Al Jazeera – the unusual TV station based in Qatar – still has a big blind spot when it comes to covering Israel. This became apparent to me recently when I watched a documentary...

  http://www.cjnews.com/news/doyenne-winnipeg-theatre-turns-90

    Peter Beinart, who I  met  a couple of years ago at a J Street Conference in Washington and is clearly left of centre (even supporting a boycott of products of...

  Theatre is borne of ritual. Modern practitioners trace their roots to the Dionysian festivals in ancient Greece where plays were performed in competition. We understand ourselves to...

Today’s audience of fifteen at the first of three showings of operas banned during the 30’s by the Nazis, reflects a success of sorts. Cantor Anibal Mass of the Shaarey Zedek...

At the youthful age of 99, Sophie Shinewald became the oldest person in Canada this summer to receive the Queen's Diamond Gold Jubilee Award. It's hard to know where to start with this article-...

 [Editor's note: These are the remarks prepared by David Matas,Honourary Senior Counsel for B'nai Brith Canada, for the launch of the Azrieli Series of Memoirs at the Fairmont Hotel in...

A bicycle made almost entirely of cardboard has the potential to change transportation habits from the world's most congested cities to the poorest reaches of Africa, its Israeli inventor says. To...

Mayor Sam Katz has referred to the email received by the Winnipeg Jewish Review as "sad and pathetic" and has also indicated that he has had threats on his life since being Mayor....

  [ Editor's note: Former Winnipegger Aubrey Tadman reflects on the recent spate of anitsemitic posters in this piece that he originally sent to Rosalind Marmel in L.A. for the...

  WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, October 12, 2012 – With Centralia’s global business-to-business forum as the backdrop, Mina Goldiak, Deputy Chief Scientist with Israel’s Ministry of...

[Edito's note: This article first appeared in the Times of Israel (http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-young-mother-needs-your-help/) and is being reprinted here with permission. While it was...

      New York, NY, October 5, 2012 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today published a full-page ad in The New York Times highlighting how anti-Semitism reared its ugly head...

The Winnipeg Jewish Review received an email on Thursday that I suspect is likely to be the same or very similar to the new round of anti-Semitic posters that were discovered in downtown...

Need I say more?     Southern California awaits you.....  

The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the Presidential election contest and the efforts invested by both candidates portraying themselves as supportive of the Jewish State has...

This is a sequel to my story Nancy Klein and Cheryl Hechter Raphaeli stay at Ein Gedi Youth Hostel: A Night to Remember.    A friend of mine was organizing a group trip for a group of...

  When Jacob (Kovi) Smolack returned to Winnipeg after more than a decade in New York, it wasn’t just the weather or his father Cantor Smolack calling him back. Kovi, his wife Iris...

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

  Editor's note: Bryan Schwartz has written a piece in the Times of Israel, which  you won't want to miss reading, and which I have no doubt by now has been read by someone in the Obama...

Something interesting has been happening in the Golan Heights  in the last few months which pro-Israel advocates on campus ought to point ought when detracters launch Israel Apartheid Week...

This international peace day I went to the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue to participate in an interfaith peace gathering amongst all religions. There were people from all different professions, but many...

Le Soir's photo of a Jewish newborn in context of a birth control debate is an arguably egregious case of incitement."This is just too reminiscent of the Nazi euphemism: 'euthanasia of life...

think about whether it was time for the Winnipeg Jewish Review to have an Auto section.   There's only one hitch. I really don't know anything about automobiles. I could tell you what colour a...

  Rose Reisman, a wellness expert who runs her own gourmet catering company and well known cookbook author, was the main event last week at two Women’s Philanthropy events designed to...

[Editor's note: Post this article and photos on your facebook pages, and use all social media to help this information go around the world] Iranian pro-democracy activist Caspian Makan says that he...

Congregation Etz Chayim is the place to be for Simchat Torah Monday, October 8th at 6:45 p.m.…...Help us celebrate Simchat Torah with dancing, singing and hearing the sacred words of the...

In a September 12, 2012 commentary in the Winnipeg Free Press, American academic Yehuda Lukacs tackled the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. He suggested two possible long-term solutions:...

  The third annual Bet Yom Tov High Holy Day services held by Emmy Award winner and certified cantor Allan Blye are literally indescribable. Wherever you are in the world, gather your friends,...

   This article came to our attention since it links to an article about the Y Sports dinner that was written in the  Winnipeg Jewish Review:...

(This piece was first published on Jan 22, 2013  in http://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/author/saspress/ )         The Israeli election is upon us, or at least upon...

[Editor's note:  This article was first published on September 29, 2012 on the Website of  Middle East...

Editor's note: Readers may find this of interest. Imeant to post this earlier. September 12, 2012 · 25 Elul 5772   Dear Gray Academy of Jewish Education Parent:   Choosing the right...

[Editor's note: I have just realized that this article is mistitled. It really should read Kim's Easiest and Most Delicious Challah  Ever. Additionally, Faith claims that this recipe serves 22...

http://shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.ca/2012/09/no-to-war-no-to-islamic-regime-in-iran.html While many of us Iranian/Canadians strongly oppose any type military intervention against Iran, we also...

 New York, NY, September 20, 2012 … The myth that an Israeli-American producer and group of Jewish investors financed the virulently anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims,"...

Noah Erenberg is a veteran network television documentary writer, director and producer, media studies instructor, trainer and consultant. He is also the convener for an exciting, new online media...

There are real Palestinian refugees, Palestinians who fit squarely within the United Nations Refugee Convention definition, but they are not refugees within the jurisdiction of UNRWA. They are...

  Thank you so much Gail [Asper]. I am delighted to join Gail in welcoming you as we kick off what we all hope will be a very successful campaign. I am going to take this opportunity not to...

 Free parking at the B lot, map to be posted on the conference website by early October. Map for the on-campus event online to be put up

  Ephraim Halevy, the former head of Israel's Mossad has an article that has just been posted in Al-Monitor  on September 20, that readers will find interersting. iand According to Halevy,...

  Tom Friedman seems to have noticed that the  Arab Spring doesn't look like isn't going to lead to democracy afterall.  Readers may find it worthwhile to read his latest...

[Editor's note: This report is a follow-up to our previous report on the subject of Antisemitic Posters that appeared  in downtown Winnipeg befroe Rosh Hahsana. Our previosu report...

Taking Steps - a Bereavement Support Group begins on Monday, October 15th (10:00 am to noon) and will continue until December 3rd.. This non-denominational group is specially designed for those who...

Musica Speciale presents Gala concert entitled Maximal Amplitude with guest artist pianist Robert Silverman with violinist John Racaru on Saturday, October 6, 2012,8pm at Bethel Mennonite Church,465...

Join NCJW, Winnipeg. Section team or sponsor the team Please support our team!!! Walk with us or be a sponsor Last year Winnipeg Section raised over $4000 I’m participating in the Canadian...

[Editor's note: Brent Sasley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research interests overlap between Middle East politics...

Many of my readers are probably aware of the fact that police are investigating antisemitic posters targeting Mayor Sam Katz and other Jewish Winnipeggers were plastered across downtown on...

Recently a Mclean’s Exclusive exposed the fact that the President of the Iranian Cultural Association of Carleton University Ehsan Mohammadi had solicited money for the club from Iranian...

Editorial Comment: The Winnipeg Jewish Review is pleased to tell our readership that one of the writers who has contributed to this website, Aidan Fishman, was awarded the inaugural Blankfeld Award...

“My goal is to improve the enrolment at Brock Corydon. I believe in the educational philosophy, in the teachers’ abilities and in the school as a whole. My plan is to get the word out...

International Day of Peace (IDP) recognized by the United Nations occurs September 21 every year and is celebrated by many organizations around the world. Rotary WPP is hosting its third consecutive...

    Moses Maimonides, born in Spain in 1135, served as rabbi, physician, and philosopher to the Jews of Morocco and Egypt until his death in 1204. He was the revered guide to Jews...

Former Minister of Justice and Liberal MP Irwin Cotler has written an important article which Jewish communities in Canada need to read, entitled Justice Delayed is Justice Denied...

An expert in counter-terrorism, Dr Jonathan Fine says that in analyzing the Arab Spring New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, a "good Journalist" got it...

I am so pleased to be the bearer of nice news about lice news. I can't tell you how much I was itching to open this email I got from Gray Academy, reprinted in full below about how...

We are very pleased to announce that Professor Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, will deliver CISA’s 2013 Shindleman Family...

(Press release)New York, NY, September 4, 2012 … The mayor of Lublin, Poland has assured the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that he will introduce a resolution before City Council this week to...

  release September 7, 2012 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada has closed its embassy in Iran, effective immediately, and declared...

SHANA TOVAH TIKATEIVU: WISHING YOU A HAPPY AND SWEET NEW YEAR- 5773   Israel and Maylene Ludwig and family Barry and Carol Mcarton and family Dr. Sora Ludwig and Brent Schacter and family Neil...

  Alex Dashevsky was one of 14 finalists for the 2012 Halllelujah-Global Jewish singing contest (A Torontian won) The Winnipeg Jewish review is posting a you tube video of  Alex...

  Soon, the shofar will sound, for those of us worldwide in the Jewish community to mark the beginning of a new year. Every Rosh Hashona, we look forward to a future filled with good...

Vacation Rental Palm Springs, CA VRBO listing #327953 Email: nstill4402@aol.com Phone: 763 374 4043  $1900 month/US   Location: Biltmore Colony, Palm Springs, South, Palm Springs, Deserts,...

Toronto, Canada - September 5, 2012: Ami Allon has been appointed Director for Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism, taking over from Consul Oded Grofman, who returns to Jerusalem after a...

  [Reprinted with permission form the Jewish Tribune] [Editor's note: Although this article was written before the United Chirch successfully passed its resolution for a boycott of goods form...

"There are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret."   Ronald Reagan About two years ago, the Israel...

[This article first appeared in the Epoch Times]   What are you waiting for? Are you not going to protest until someone comes for you, to kill you for your organs? By then, it will be far too...

It has already been noted many times that one key difference between Israel and the U.S. over Iran is that Washington can wait far longer than Israel before it decides that it has no choice but to...

 Dear Readers,    The following essay is the second in a four-part exploration into a pre-High Holidays relationship with G-d, so that we are not surprised when  September comes...

The Jewish National Fund has a very special relationship with Israel’s Defence Forces.   For the 2012 High Holiday Appeal, JNF is committed to building a 5-acre park called Meeting...

  [This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post magazine last Friday August 23, 2012] ‘From my father I got my hands,” says sculptor Udi Dayan, the 70-year-old son of the late...

[Editor's note: The following is a press release I received a couple of days ago which was issued jointly by NCJW, The Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre, and the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg....

Camp Massad in Winnipeg Beach, North America's only Hebrew speaking residential camp, celebrated its 60th anniversary with an on-site reunion for alumni August 24 – 26, 2012.    A...

The New Shul of Winnipeg is thrilled to announce that Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton will be our visiting Cantor during the High Holy Days this year. A gifted performer, convincing speaker, and dedicated...

Community Consultation on Governance Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:00 p.m. Tallman Multi-Purpose Room The Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre 1 Falcon Ridge Dr., Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1V9   Join...

WINNIPEG – It’s hard to imagine the simple, pure, sound of a bat cracking a baseball on a sunny day in a small ball park as a luxury. But for many of Winnipeg’s most at-risk kids,...

VANCOUVER – Madam Justice Freda Steel of the Manitoba Court of Appeal has been named winner of the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) 2012 Cecilia I. Johnstone Award in recognition of her...

   On Thursday, September 6, 2012, the Jewish Federation’s Combined Jewish Appeal, Community Relations and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs are hosting a special guest to...

    Scholar In Residence Weekend September 7-8 Dr. Rachel Turkienicz   Friday, September 7 at 5:30 p.m.         Kabbalat Shabbat Service  6:00...

Home is the place, when you have to go there, they have to take you in- Robert Frost Israel, for better or worse, is the Land of the Jews. Jews have returned to the Land from just about every...

 Dear Readers, The following essay is the first of a four-part exploration into a pre-High Holidays relationship with G-d, so that we are not surprised when September comes and someone says...

  The United Church of Canada has voted to boycott products exported by Israeli settlements on the West Bank at its 41st general council meeting in Ottawa. Michael Posner's has written an...

 At the Jewish Child and Family Services annual meeting in June, Heather Leonoff, outgoing President received the Lifetime Membership Award from JCFS incoming Board President Bruce Caplan....

Winnipegger Alex Dashefsky is A Finalist in  the televised global Jewish Hallelujah Singing Contest . He needs your vote to win- there are only a few hours left to vote -it is until  3: in...

     What inspires an artist? What is it that sparks the imagination and creativity and drives the artist to create beauty from paint, clay, fabric, metal or wood? You have a chance...

  “Most people don’t know value of Tshuvah”, Rabbi Mark Borovitz, told the 2012 Jewish Child and Family Services annual meeting in June of this year. Borovitz is the...

 Roch Hashanah - A time for peaceful renewal This year for the Rosh Hashanah, I attended portions of the three part lecture series at the Jewish Learning Institute, where Rabbi Altein explained...

Although officials from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on June 24 of this year, they was at least one issue that they did not raise with the PA....

Tel Aviv — Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) develops in individuals who experience highly traumatizing situations such as terrorist attacks and car accidents, but symptoms can also come...

  INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES        Harold Buchwald Heart Health Luncheon Sept. 14, 2012 WINNIPEG CONVENTION CENTRE 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM...

Aug 10, 2012 Ms. Spivak,   I am a reporter for CBC News. I am working on a profile on Nathan Jacobson and I noticed you had written an article about him on the occasion of the Y Sports dinner...

 Count Dr. Jacques Rogge President International Olympic Committee Château de Vidy C.P. 356 – CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland   Dear Doctor Rogge: I am writing you as a Member of...

    The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), IDF, and Judea and Samaria district police arrested two men who confessed to taking part in the brutal October 2000 lynch of two IDF soldiers,...

      Join us at Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun for High Holy Day services that are explanatory and meaningful, conducted in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. In addition to the main sanctuary...

I wasn't able to make the original Woodstock that took place at Max Yasgur’s farm in the Catskills 44 years years ago this month (August 15 - 17). That’s because I would have only been...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/shocking-breach-us-declassifies-document-revealing-some-israels-nuclear-capabilities_899638.html?page=1  ...