PLAN TO ATTEND THE 22nd ANNUAL  WINNIPEG PROPHECY CONFERENCE                    @ Victoria Inn -...

TORONTO . Two national Jewish organizations are lobbying Queen's Park to stop an "antiSemitic hate rally" from taking place on government land next month. The International Day of Al-Quds,...

Ananti-Semitic “Hate Rally” is scheduled to take place on International Qods Day(August 18th 2012) at Queens Park Toronto. QodsDay was founded by Ruhollah Khomeini a brutal Islamist...

      Margaret’s connection to the Hebrew University began when her daughters Nicole and Cara attended the Rothberg School for Overseas Studies. The first time Margaret was on...

Former Mossad chief and national security adviser Ephraim Halevy was quoted by the New York Times on Thursday saying that if he were Iranian he "would be very fearful of the next 12...

Winnipeg, MB - For yearsafter its founding, Shalom Square – theIsrael Pavilion – is now an eagerly anticipated annual staple of Folklorama. From August 8 to 12, pavilion guests can take...

Republicans are trying to woo away Jews who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, hoping they have experienced “buyer’s remorse.” I, for one, have experienced no such remorse. I have...

  There is an interesting article that was published in YNET about the fact that in 2012 there has been a  peak in number of older Germans, who, due to  guilty conscience, leave their...

Winnipeg – B’nai Brith in Winnipeg has donated over 1,200 ticket packages to a Winnipeg Goldeyes baseball game against the St. Paul Saints as part of “B’nai Brith’s 4th...

The government of Israel is making all the right noises and appropriate statements expressing hope that the new government of Egypt will maintain the cold peace. But we should be under no illusions....

  [Editor's note: The following is a press release form the Milwaukee Jeiwsh Federation released in July 2012.] The Milwaukee Jewish Federation has appointed Hannah Rosenthal as its new...

  [Editor's note: The following is a response to the article written by Robert Kopstein regarding the selection of Board Members at the Simkin Centre, which can be accessed by clicking here:...

    http://www.cjnews.com/news/blog-prompts-camp-reverse-decision-about-blind-camper  

Few things so consistently irk the pro-Israel community as the coverage of Israel by the mainstream news media. Proud Zionists constantly bemoan the Jewish State's poor performance in this...

Recently, my son Shlomo spent time translating a society page piece from an old Yiddish paper about a lovely Winnipeg party. I think I'll put on my society page hat for this article – A Do For...

Although discussions between Herzlia Synagogue, the Jewish Federation and the Asper Campus are taking place concerning the possible sale of Herzlia Synagogue to the Asper Campus (with a view to...

Hello everyone. I'm Rachel's Mom, Jessica and I have been asked to say a few words about Bat Mitzvah club from a parent's perspective. Joel and I decided to sign Rachel up for Bat Mitzvah club...

TORONTO — The new national executive vice-president of the Jewish National Fund Canada is starting off his tenure with a major announcement: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be the 2013...

Canyon Ridge Development Corporation is a Winnipeg based real estate company focusing on the renovation and re-development of apartment buildings. If you own one or more apartment buildings and are...

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UNITED NATIONS – The prospect of Iran using its embassy in Canada to mobilize Islamic Republic loyalists to attack the U.S. is raising alarm among terrorism experts after an official there...

  To read about sayeh Hassan's views on th eneed to shut down the Iranian embassy in Canada , click...

[Editor's note: This article was written a year ago July 17, 2011  and first appeared in the Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=229775. It is being...

  My name is Joshua Slayen and I am the Vice President of Legal Linkup ( www.LegalLinkup.com). Legal Linkup is a website that streamlines the lawyer/client networking process, making it easy...

  GAIL ASPER'S SPEECH AT RADY 40TH Y SPORTS DINNER- June 19, 2012- Winnipeg Convention Centre Good evening everybody and thank you for that lovely introduction Sheree. Sheree and I have been...

  [Editor's note: I want to thank Robert Kopstein for writing this piece outlining his views on this important topic. Readers are encouraged to write in with their views--I myself will likely...

MINISTER VIC TOEWS PRESENTS DIAMOND JUBILEE MEDAL TO SHELLEY FAINTUCH by Rhonda Spivak, August 1, 2012 Shelley Faintuch says that when Vic Toews, Regional Minister for Manitoba and Member of...

Itinerary Day 01| Tel Aviv Thursday, November 01st  After arriving at Ben Gurion Airport, you will be met by our representative and transferred your hotel in Tel Aviv. Stretched along the...

FEDERATION ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGES WINNIPEG (July 4th, 2012) - Bob Freedman, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, is very pleased to announce the following staffing changes and additions....

In late May, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak raised some eyebrows by speculating that a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank would be a realistic option. “Israel...

Today, UNESCO’s 21-nation World Heritage Committee voted to approve a Palestinian bid to place the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on its list of sites of World Heritage in Danger. This is...

Ira Udow retired from his position as principal of Brock Corydon School this June. Among many accomplishments, Mr. Udow has developed Brock Corydon as a UNESCO School.  UNESCO schools work to...

The "Blessing Angel" fountain in Winkler's Bethel Heritage Park seems to bestow favor as the "Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble" poses beneath her wings after a sumptuous Mennonite...

Reliable sources, including Dr. Earl Hershfield, President of Herzlia Adas Yeshurun, have confirmed to the Winnipeg Jewish Review that Herzlia synagogue's congregation has voted to proceed with...

At the annual American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) Conference, held last week  in Philadelphia, a  newsworthy session was held with Chemi Shalev, the newly appointed US correspondent...

  [The following is a letter sent to Gray Academy parents earlier this month]:  Dear Gray Academy families, Owing to our strong reputation for excellence, a growing Jewish...

   The morning of June 10, 2012 marked the second annual walk-a-thon of the Simkin Centre, dubbed by its organizers, The Saul and Claribel Simkin Stroll. On that morning friends and...

Earlier this month pro-democracy forces in Toronto turned the  Iranian reformist event  where the key note speaker was Mojtaba Vahedi intoan anti-Regime protest. International Centre for...

This year's Jewish athlete of the year is  Brendan Leipsic, an 18-year-old hockey player with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League, This was was announced at the 40th Annual...

Do you know anyone who went to Massad that ever wanted to leave?  Do you know anyone who does not want to go back? I don’t.  I’d still be there if they hadn’t decided...

"I love bell peppers" declared honouree John Buhler as he began his speech to the Negev Gala audience at the Concert Hall, promising that "every penny" of the funds raised from...

  A documentary, made by Randy Guest about four Holocaust survivors is going to be shot in Winnipeg, and extras are needed to appear in the film,  titled "UNDER THE SAME...

Jerusalem--The treatment the Egyptian military meeted out to Egyptian blogger, Maikel Nabil Sanad  who was charged with "insulting the Egyptian military" turned out to be a "a...

President Obama recently invited me to the Oval Office for a discussion about Iran. The President reiterated to me in private what he had previously said in public: namely, that he would not allow...

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Heather Leonoff is well aware of the tremendous impact that Jewish social services have had on the Winnipeg community. Much of this awareness is due to the fact that Leonoff just completed a 12 year...

   Settlements are an obstacle to peace  THE FACTS Jews lived in Judea/Samaria since ancient times. 1950 – Judea/Samaria renamed the "West Bank" 1949-67 – Jordan...

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      They’re back. After sitting out Toronto’s annual Pride parade last year, a group calling itself Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) is planning to march again...

 House Adopts Unanimous Motion Proposed by Liberal MP Irwin Cotler for Moment of Silence in Memory of the 11 Murdered Athletes and Coaches at the 1972 Olympics in Munich   Canadian...

  I want to comment on the letter to the Winnipeg Free Press that appeared the day after the JNF Negev Gala honouring John and Bonnie Buhler, which can be read here:...

In March of this year, a  rabbi, a priest and an imam  in Canada began sharing a new blog to offer their respective faith’s perspective on current issues and common problems.  ...

Rogalach  Ingredients: 1/2 LB Butter (salted) softened 4 Cups Flour 1/2 Cup warm Milk 2 Eggs (beaten) 2 Tablespoons Sugar 2 packages dry Yeast 1/2 Cup warm Water 1 Teaspoon Sugar  Bag Dark...

  Editor's note: This is the second installment of   Prof. Bryan Schwartz's my reports on Mishpatim II, where law school students learn att he Hebrew University of Jerusalem for...

  [The following are Mel Lazareck's remarks on receiving the Sol Kanee Distinguished Community Service Medal on May 23, at the  Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Kavod Awards evening at...

[Editor's note: Mazel Tov to Gail Asper this year's Honouree for the  Rady JCC Y Sports Dinner, June 19 from the Winnipeg Jewish Review]. This telephone interview with Gail Asper takes place...

With the death of Benzion Netanyahu, the father of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, one article about his legacy has been shared widely. Writing in Tablet Magazine, Yossi Klein Halevy...

  [Sayah Hassan is a Canadian Iranian lawyer based in Toronto and a pro-democracy activist] Carleton University in Ottawa two weekends ago hosted a pro-Islamic Republic of Iran propaganda event...

 [Editor's note: "In Darkness" was one of the many excellent films being shown during the Jewish International Film Festival put on by the Rady JCC and the Asper Foundation.] Well...

I’m not one of those people who sit around reminiscing about the good old days. I don’t often pull out camp pictures, and – sorry campers – I can’t remember most of my...

Has anyone ever heard of an Arab or Palestinian "Peace Now" group? Palestinians have been radicalized to a point where it is virtually impossible to talk about peace and coexistence. Peace...

The Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) had a very successful first year and much of this can be attributed to the positive support and keen interest of our community. The public...

Everyone living here has experienced the changing demographic of our community as over 1,600 Jewish families have moved to Winnipeg from Israel, eastern Europe, the United States and South...

When we first arrived in Winnipeg, twenty years ago this August, we had little idea that we’d be spending the next two decades of our lives on the wind-swept plains of Manitoba.  Coming...

 How many theaters can boost ownership in 1949 by the eccentric Howard Hughes, having been the home to the Academy Award ceremonies from 1949 to 1959 and having lured audiences from all over...

  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4365179,00.html   Italy: Teacher's anti-Semitic remark to Jewish student ROME (JTA) – A crude joke about the Holocaust has cost a public...

  The Board of Directors of the Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University (CFTAU) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Adler as Executiv “We are pleased to have Stephen...

 A few weeks ago, veteran CBS News correspondent Bob Simon reported on the plight of Christians of the Holy Land who have been leaving the region for many years. In large part, Simon blamed the...

ISRAEL I-Facts   KNOW THE FACTS – THEN DECIDE   Myth #3   The Arabs want peace and a State on the West Bank   THE FACTS   1937 – Arabs...

The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's Women's endowment fund luncheon on May 11th this year at the Fort Gary Hotel, featuring guest speaker Dr. Catherine Chatterley, was a time to reflect on...

We need to protest against this event in any shape that is possible, whether it's an actual protest, or writing or speaking out about it or attending the event and speaking out inside.   CALL...

Both the extreme left and the extreme right are now calling for a one state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of course the one state solution each seeks is completely different: the...

Thank you Charles, to you/and your parents who epitomized the values of this award.   When I started in business I looked up to and was mentored by both Max Shore and his trusted advisor Syd...

Good Evening. Thank you, Adam, for your kind introduction. It is an honor and a privilege to stand here tonight and accept this award. I would like to thank the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg...

The daughter of a Chinese man who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi persectution  was in Winnipeg May 24th to share his story of heroism and courage. Manli Ho's late father, Dr. Fengshan...

[Editor's note: Law Professor Bryan Schwartz has conceived of and initiated a very successful exchange program for law students at the University of  Manitoba to study for several weeks in...

It’s almost summer, which means I’m nostalgic for camp. Though I’m nostalgic for camp even in winter – and spring and fall. In fact, I was nostalgic for camp even during the 10 summers I spent at Camp Massad

The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or "settlements." Rather, it concerns the so-called Palestine...

[Editor's note: The follwing remarks were delivered by President of the Jewish Federaion of Winnipeg in Memory of Rcihard Tapper Z'L who at the community  Kavod Awards  evening on May 23,...

  [The following is the statement issued by the Jewish Federations of North America [JFNA] on the passing of Richard Tapper, who  was on the  JFNA’s National Young...

  Myron Love in the CJN  writes about the First Nations Trip to Israel, inteviewing  Ron Evans, the former grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the current chief of...

  Readers may be interested in reading Myron Love's interview of Gail Asper in the CJN The Winnipeg Jewish Review will be doing our own interview with Gail Asper in the near future, but in...

Winnipeg businessman Ian Rabb says he wants to buy the vacant Hecla Oasis Resort and remodel it into a world-class addictions treatment centre. He wants to convert the former resort, located...

[Editor's note: Sheldon Oberman was my journalism teacher at Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate. He was a creative genius and I am very grateful for having had him as a teacher [that is, during the...

"Yiddle, Fiddle, Shmiddle" were the words in the chorus of the opening number of Zalmen Mlotek's sweeping tour de force of Yiddish Culture which opened up this year's Mameloshen...

  GWEN SECTER  CREATIVE LIVING CENTE: LUNCH AND LEARN - MONDAY JUNE 11, 2012 - 12 noon, 1588 MAIN STREET  GUEST SPEAKER - DR. CATHERINE CHATTERLEY -"WHY WE SPELL ANTISEMITISM...

Many thanks and best wishes, Bill Brownstone   It is my pleasure to inform you that our Board of Directors has confirmed theselection of Ms. Kathleen Klaasen as our new, permanent Chief...

  This past May week, four staff members from Gray Academy of Jewish Education (Gray Academy) went to Jacksonville, FL, to meet up with 20 other North American schools at edJEWcon, a three-day...

During a recent visit to New York, I had an extended breakfast meeting with controversial author Peter Beinart who in recent months receives enormous media exposure as the most prominent far left...

For the second year in a row Sweet Spirit Ministries Canada, under the leadership of Pamela and John Funk of Morden, will be holding an "All Nations Bless Israel” celebration in Winkler...

  Camp Massad’s 60th anniversary on-site reunion is just three months away. Dozens and dozens of former campers, counsellors, hanhallah members, eemot and board members will be attending...

After WWII, Leon Berger became a teacher because he wanted to “help kids who had lost years of Jewish education during the war to get back on track…teaching was my desire,” he...

 After visiting Israel 2 years ago, Chief Ron Evans of Norway House “was inspired like never before. I saw the similarity between our two peoples, the struggles and the successes. I saw...

       Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Jewish Foreign Minister—profiled last year by this correspondent in an exclusive interview-- has been appointed to a critical...

THE FACTS 1. There was NEVER a state or entity called Palestine until after 1948. 2. The name derives from the Philistines who lived around the Jordan River in Roman times. 3. In 1917, the area now...

  Ira Udow, long-time principal of Brock Corydon Hebrew Bilingual School is retiring at the end of this school year. Applications for a new school principal are in and the successful...

  Bob Freedman, who will soon be celebrating his 26th year as the  CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winipeg  has just been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Winnipeg Regional...

  [this article relies on files from the Prime Minister of Canada's website:http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=5&featureId=6&pageId=48&id=4801 ] On may 14, 2012 the...

President of Israel and Governor General of Canada Preside over the Signing of a Formal Accord between the Royal Society of Canada and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The President of...

Readers know that Dr. Adam Muller has put forward the theory in this publication that antisemitism was not the central cause of the Holocaust. See here and here  In an exclusive interview with...