Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement announcing additional sanctions against Iran: “Canada is deeply disturbed by the information contained in the most...

From my observations, I’d say that the average Israeli likes a treat.   On just about any given day, in any particular location, at any given time, Israelis can be found in cafes and...

I just had a chance to look at the upcoming  line up for the Rady JCC’s Music n’ Mavens program this season, and I can’t figure out how Artistic Director Karla Berbrayer...

[Editor's note: Last June, I began asking Prof. Brian Schwartz (who happened to teach me Constitutional And Charter of Rights Law many moons ago), how it was that he got the idea...

The first of its kind, Virtual Marathon for Medical Research will take place on December 11, 2011 at 3:00pm EST, in support of The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada. Albert Einstein has...

Irwin Cotler, Liberal Justice and Human Rights Critic, and NDP MP Wayne Marston today called for the immediate release of 26-year old Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil – one of the early leaders...

Please join us to hear medical expert Dr. Marla Shapiro on the issues of women’s heart disease, how to take action and get on the road to heart health. All proceeds from “Put Your Heart...

Zach Raizman, a second year Sciences student at the University of Winnipeg, experienced Israel for the first time on a Birthright trip this past July. Even though he grew up in a very Zionistic home...

    Chana, a self-appointed monitor of the Shul's morals (Yenta), kept sticking her nose into other people's business. Several members did not approve of her extracurricular activities,...

Come early for a musical performance from Sam “The Harmonica Man” Knacker beginning at 7:30 pm. Nurit Drory carves sculptures out of Time, sets up relationships for a fall, and treks...

[Editor’s note: Thank you to several readers for asking me to write an article on this subject several months ago. I have a tremendous backlog and though the incident discussed herein occurred...

In their study for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, "What Do Muslim Canadians Want? The Clash of Interpretations and Opinion Research," Christian Leuprecht and Conrad Winn open with a...

National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Winnipeg Section will be holding its Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers and Board of Directors on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 pm at 1606-323...

At a luncheon at the Fort Gary Hotel last week put on by the Jewish National Fund here to thank its supporters Rob Berkowits, JNF’s new enthusiastic Executive Director for the...

After hearing the moving and incisive presentation by author and historian Vera Fast’s presentation about her recently published book, Children’s Exodus: A History of the...

Another community-wide event and I’m left impressed with the many volunteer and staff efforts to coordinate hundreds of women, set the tables beautifully, organize door prizes, get local...

[Editor's note: This is the first article written by roving WJR correspondent Miss Elaine Eeyos, whose younger sister , by the way, is Miss Tear Eeyos] On Monday November 14, 2011 the movie...

The Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun Synagogue is pleased to announce that Rabbi Yossi Benarroch, one of Winnipeg’s favourite sons, will be in town for the annual Fall Scholar in Residence Shabbaton on...

A couple of weeks ago, I reported on the fact that an Iranian terror financier from a large bank in Iran involved in funding terror groups in the Middle East , Mahmoud Reza Khavari, has immigrated...

[Editor's note: This article is being updated as more people write in responses. Please check back for updates shortly]  Less than three weeks after numerous  members of the community at...

The hunt for elusive cardboard boxes, the crotchety new neighbors and the bureaucratic nightmare: Why did I think moving apartments would be fun? 10. Finding boxes: Every time I have to move I think...

[Editor's note: Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN WATCH will be the guest speaker at the 2011 Annual Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's Luncheon on Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011 at the Faimont Hotel...

Gerrit Theule www.theule.ca 880-1598 Hello readers of the Winnipeg Jewish Review! My name is Gerrit Theule and I wanted to write to you today about the upcoming Winnipeg School Division Trustee...

  TESTIMONIAL   "I met Colleen in 2007 when she was leading a group of parents focused on building a new gymnasium for Queenston School. This was community action at its finest and I...

Dragon boat racing started in China over 2,500 years ago in religious ritual and celebration, possibly involving battles between dragon boat crews. Dragons were traditionally regarded as presiding...

Fans of the iconic rock band Pink Floyd (myself included) were thrilled to learn that the band’s erstwhile writer/bassist/singer Roger Waters will be bringing his “The Wall” tour...

Meet & Greet The Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre will be holding its second “Meet and Greet” program this year on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm in the...

Sherri Lisa Cogan Gall   August 6, 1966 - September 15, 2011   It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Sherri Cogan Gall, on September 15, 2011, after a very courageous...

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 [A byelection will be held Nov 26 for School trustee as a result of Joyce Bateman vacating her seat as when she was elected to be the  Conservative MP for Winnipeg South] As a son of two...

Two can play at this game. Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority have abandoned negotiations with Israel. They are seeking UN recognition of Palestinian statehood: statehood without peace....

Big jobs and little jobs – let me take care of those nagging repairs and fixes that have been left undone for too long!   Handyman Services include:  ...

Speaking about her bill to enable Canadian traffickers of women and children, charged abroad, to be extradited to Canada, Manitoba MP Joy Smith addressed members of the National Council of Jewish...

Winnipeg, MB–   What is behind the “mystery of goodness” that leads people to accomplish great deeds for the sake of others? That was the underlying question that...

Dr. Jack Fainman, a Winnipeg abortion provider,who was shot in the shoulder on Remembrance day, 14 years ago this week, has just published a book  and is speaking out for the first time about...

  This is the list of proposed witnesses that Harvey Berkal has just sent to the  media regarding his private prosecution against the Simkin Centre which will begin Monday morning Nov 7....

Col. (Ret.)Miri Eisin, is of the view that the price paid for the release of Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release of over 1000 Palestinian convicts, was high, but it will not"...

On Saturday October 31, a four hour event of the New Israel Fund that took place in Toronto was broadcast at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue.   NIF President Professor Naomi Chazan, a political...

[Editor's note: This article below by Charles Jacobs refers to a movie that will be screened by the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism in Winnipeg on January 5, 2012 .The film is about...

When I was a kid I had a wicked imagination. I was fairly well grounded, but I had this uncanny ability to really make exceptionally good use of the left side of my brain. With a single thought...

Manitoba Health  has made available the complete "Standards Review" of the Simkin Centre that was dated Oct. 13. Although it was dated October 13, the report was not issued to the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  November 2, 2011    Canadian and Irish ships wrong to challenge Israel's Legal Naval Blockade of Gaza   A Canadian and an Irish ship are currently en route...

I am a former health care CEO and Board member whose experience includes taking over a hospital under government trusteeship following the dismissal of the whole Board, the termination of the CEO...

(Winnipeg) Salisbury House is proud to launch a new Community Connection ‘Fun’Raiser program beginning this Friday, October 7, 2011. This program is Salisbury House’s latest...

The Gilad Shalit prisoner swap has hit home to Winnipeg's Ariel Karabelnicoff, since two Palestinians who lynched two IDF soldiers he was on duty with are being freed. On the fateful day...

Live art auction - with local actor Dean Harder! NOVEMBER 5,2011 at  7:00 p.m. 50 local professional artists, art + wine + cheese Bid starts $50.00   109 Pacific Ave, Winnipeg The former...

The weekly celebration of Shabbat at Camp Massad of Manitoba has always been a uniquely lively and exuberant event, characterized by prayer, ritual, singing, dancing, high energy and an...

"Although Israel has recently been accepted into the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, it is the poorest member with the widest social gaps, says Professor Michael Shalev of...

  [Nathan Kirshner, a 10 year old student at Brock Corydon gives a run down of the recent Blue Bombers game, complete with follow-up interview with first time spectator ]  ...

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 7:00 pm. Berney Theatre, Asper Jewish Community Campus, 123 Doncaster Street. Admission: Free (October 17, 2011) KRISTALLNACHT – NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS. On the...

Sunday, November 13, 2011 10:30am – 2:30pm, Asper Jewish Community Campus, 123 Doncaster Street   The Global Day of Jewish Learning unites Jewish communities around the globe to celebrate...

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Hansard Monday, October 24th, 2011  MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS  Robert and Sandy Shindleman Mrs. Heather Stefanson (Tuxedo): It is my pleasure to honour the...

Thirty-one new names were added this year to the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba’s Endowment Book of life, at a signing ceremony that was attended by over 325 people held at the Shaarey Zedek...

It is my respectful opinion that the Board of the Simkin Centre desperately and urgently needs to reform, or else I fear that the institution will suffer more harm and damage than it already has....

I was going to write about Debbie and Jerry Maslowsky's performance at the Jewish Foundation's Endowment Book of Life evening at the Shaarey Zedek on September 21 as part of one article about the...

How is it that we never seem to love our kids enough, be smart enough, good enough, handsome or pretty enough, accomplished enough, rich enough or lucky enough? We are oftentimes compelled to...

  [This article written by David Frum published in the National Post recently caught my eye since both he and his sister,   Senator Linda  Frum were in Winnipeg this past...

  [Editor's note: This article was published in 2009 in Tikkun Magazine by Rabbi Neil Rose and his three sons, all Rabbis, after the sam-sex marriage of  Rabbi Rose's eldest son Avi...

  The National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Section fielded a team at the Run for the Cure this September. The Run for the Cure, in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is...

In 1960 when Martin Luther King Jr. ended up in a Birmingham jail, it was a bold phone call from the then President of the United States that ended up being a key reason why most African-Americans...

Neire Mercer and Sara Raymond, a lesbian couple who are involved in Anakhnu, Winnipeg's Jewish GLBT group ,are looking forward to their upcoming joint Bat-Mitzvah celebration which will be...

  [Editor's note:  Journalist and author Thanassis Cambanis,  was in Winnipeg to speak on November 2, at the Etz Chaim Synagogue about the  Middle East and Arab Spring ]...

Concordia cancels radical Islamist conference - Ryerson, McMaster & York host hate...

Harvey Berkal has taken the rare step as a private citizen of initiating a private prosecution against the Simkin Centre pursuant to The Criminal Code of Canada which allows private citizens to do...

Ve'shavu banim le'gvulam" "And thy sons shall return to their borders".    Gilad Shalit's long-awaited homecoming after 5 ½ years in captivity is testament to the...

 IN LOVING MEMORY   OF TWO SPECIAL SOULS,...

The Winnipeg Jeiwsh review has started to get  referral hits from the website of the Toronto Star. This is because the  Toronto Star  on October 17, 2011 wrote about ...

Today, after more than five years of being held hostage by Hamas terrorists, captured soldier Gilad Shalit has finally been released. This poignant day is one for which our Federation has long...

The following is the complete text  written by Prof. Lionel Steiman, for the  OUTLOOK Brunch, that took place on Fort Garry Hotel, October 16, 2011.   Lloyd Axworthy once said that...

[Editor's note: The Winnipeg Jewish Review has received a number of comments in regard to  the Shalit prisoner deal and  Fern Shawna Rykiss  that have been posted in our...

The liberation of Gilad Shalit on the eve of Sukkot, after five cruel years of incarceration was the outcome of a major conflict between the heart and the mind in which turbulent emotions triumphed....

Editor's note: While surfing the web the other day, I came across this article by Rebeca  Kuropatwa on the  PaleoJudaica Blogspot (a blog I did not know existed.) In the article,...

[Editor's note:Readers may be interested in this article by Rebecca Koropatwa about Harvey Chochinov, who holds of the Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care. Chochinov is the director...

Dorothy (Babe) Hershfield, 19 June 1917 to 5 October 2011               Beloved mother of Susan (Professor Myron 'Mike' Turner) & Joel...

SUMMARY OF STORY: Tuesday October 11,CEO-Sandra Delorme goes on medical leave. Tuesday, October 11, p.m.-Staff Appreciation Pizza Party announced Wednesday Morning, October 12- Jean Cox of WRHA...

  [Editor's note: Paul Lungen is a former Winnipegger] TORONTO — The CBC is being accused of “journalistic malpractice” for airing a radio program that discussed the demise of...

  Editor's note: I have just been informed today October 19, by  Larry Sarbit, Harriet Berkal, Marsha Palansky and Elaine Berliner  that their applications to become Board Members of...

I just received this from a subscriber to the Winipeg Jewish Review today October 12, --I will update the story  in due course: Rhonda,  Don’t know if you know…Washington Post...

-NETANYAHU DOES NOT TAKE HIS OWN ADVICE Although Prime Minister Netanyahu  has pushed for the deal approved with Hamas to release Gilad Schalit in exchange for a thousand Palestinian...

Manitoba’s special relationship with Israel will continue “absolutely” a beaming Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, told the Winnipeg Jewish Review at the New...

McNally Robinson Book Sellers and Gray Matter Imprints present Brenda Barrie   Launching “The Rabbi’s Husband” Thursday, October Twenty-Seventh   Grant Park Location...

  I really don’t like to be disappointed. If I have planned something and it doesn’t quite pan out the way I intended, or I’ve cooked something and it doesn’t...

Bnai Brith Midwest Region has become involved with the Eritrean-Canadian Human Rights Group of Manitoba and recently co-sponsored a seminar at Convocation Hall of the University of Winnipeg...

An observant Jew who lived in a posh neighborhood, built a Sukkah on his balcony. Some of his 'high society' non-Jewish neighbors brought him to court. They claimed that the Sukkah on his balcony...

[Editor's note: Miri Eisen who will be in Winnipeg on October 27 [see related  ad on this website] was last here in 2006. At that time , I reported on her talk for the Canadian Jewish News....

               Winnipeg, MB – After competing in three one-hour rounds at last weekend’s esteemed provincial debate...

  [Editor's note: This article by elliot Abrams attracted my attention becasue many years ago when I was active in Canadian Friends of Peace Now  I met Sari Nusseibah at a peace...

Ottawa – Liberal Justice and Human Rights Critic, Irwin Cotler, delivered the following in light of the 70th Anniversary of Babi Yar:   “Mr. Speaker, seventy years ago, in one of...

CJA’s Super Sunday telethon and dance party on September 11th officially kicked off this year’s Annual Campaign with laughter, screams of delight, displays of generosity and a general...

  Zane Zalis 's " I Believe" Holocaust oratorio which premiered in 2009 with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, several soloists and a chorus of 180 singers, has since been featured at...

Rabbi Laurence Pinsker has just won the  Winnipeg Free Press/Writers' Collective 2011 Non-Fiction Contest yesterday. Non-fiction winners are: First Place - Lessons from a Man of Clay by...

Editor's note: Mira sucharov was ahead of her time when she sent me the article she wrote about Facebook in 2008, that was titled "Facebook as a Town Square." At the time I  remember...

Editor's note: Rebeca Kuropatwa has written an article in Bnai Brith Canada's newpaper, The Jewish Tribune about Harris Gulko. Gulko writing as David G. Sirrah launched his book " Love Letters...

  [Editor's note: Anje van Tongeron was written about in the Israeli press when she was recently in Israel returning two wedding rings to a family she knew before the war. A version of this...

Four fabulous shows available thru Sun Ice Tours Visit our website:  www.sunicetours.com   LES MISERABLES Live at the Orpheum Theater Christmas Shopping tour 15 -18 Dec 2011   Cameron...

  After reading Faith Kaplan’s delightful review of this particular book, I’ve decided to weigh in with my impressions as I am truly the target audience that the author intended to...

  [Editor's note: Thank you to a Professor at  University of Manitoba for bringing this piece ot my attention] A CounterContempt exclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal that leftist...

UPDATE NOV , 2011:  Tewo weeks ago I wrote ana rticle below about  the fact that  Mahmoud Reza Khavari , who was the managing director of Bank Meli in Iran, is now in Canada. On...

The Manitoba Liberals have proposed more flexible Sunday shopping hours. "We believe businesses should be able to decide their own hours. Treating Sunday morning as off limits for shopping ' is...