As Secretary of Defense Robert Gates prepares to retire to private life — after five years as the head of the Department of Defense in both the Bush and Obama administrations — praise is being heaped on him by Democrats and Republicans alike. Herein a dissenting view.

The need to give of my time without remuneration to help someone or lend assistance to an organization or a cause has been a part of my being from the moment I was born.  My Dad wasn’t...

    Jewish human rights organization calls for greater tolerance in Plateau Mont Royal neighbourhood       Editor's note: On, June 23, 2011 B’nai Brith – Quebec...

One of my fondest childhood memories is that of traditional Friday night dinners at my grandparents' house, and later, their apartment. Toward the end of the meal, tea would be served, accompanied...

The Jewish Heritage Centre has developed an exhibit on Holocaust orphans in Winnipeg. Situated in the Marion and Ed Vickar Jewish Museum of Western Canada/Elaine and Percy Goldberg Family Walkway at...

  A CANADIAN MAYOR AT HOME IN REHOVOT by David Sheen, July 1, Ha'aretz As mayors from six continents convened in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv this last month to discuss municipal governance, one...

Important Questions For Sandra Delorme, CEO of The Sharon Home and the Board of the Sharon Home From The Editor Of The Winnipeg Jewish Review. To Saundra Delorme And/or All Officers and Directors of...

[ The writer of this article, twenty one year old Adam Kaplan, the son of  Hart and Faith Kaplan, is studying international relations at University of Winnipeg. Faith, as...

 [Editor's note from Israel: There is some background to Irwin Cotler's article below just published in the Jerusalem Post that  I think is is relevant for putting it in...

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Massadniks of the World  UNITE! Camp Massad, North America’s only Hebrew immersion summer camp is planning to celebrate its 60th year anniversary in grand proportions with an...

Self-defense against threats to national security and individual citizens is a core right and duty of all nation-states. No one seriously disagrees. And yet this week, the Mediterranean Sea will...

I recently returned from volunteering at the Rady Centre location at Guelph and Cambridge on Wellington Crescent which serviced the runners as they passed by. The volunteers distributed Water,...

  [Editor's note: Apple dropped thes 3rd Intifada apllication from its online store after receiving this letter from Diplomacy and Diaspora Ministry Yuli Edelstein] It has recently come to my...

I admit that I have an obsessive-compulsive nature. When Michel and I were first married we created a little game between us over the placement of the daily newspaper on the coffee table. I took...

Seven Iranian Muslin clerics met at Canadian Mennonite University in Tuxedo in June, for three day of close-door discussions with seven Mennonite theologians from Canada and the United States, the...

 In loving memory of Peter Jablonski (Nachman Fryszberg) z'l who passed away July 17, 2011. This is a true story about survival, kindness, inspiration and hope. As a  boy Walter...

The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble  never disappoints and their recent concert on June 14, 2011  at the Manitoba Theatre Centre exemplified this. The event honoured Lorne Weiss,...

“There are few words to properly express the impact Israel has on my life. Every moment I spent in Israel pushed my roots deeper and deeper with my culture, my people and my homeland. I just...

It has long been recognized that there is a need in the community for additional daycare spaces which cannot be accommodated in the Kaufman Daycare centre at the Asper Campus. Sources have...

In 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada heard a strange case about a succah on a balcony.  The case set out some important principles about balancing freedom of religion against other rights in...

[Editor’s note:  This piece was written on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1956 Sinai Campaign, and is  being reprinted now on the  Fifty Fifth Anniversary of...

  [This articel first appeared in the Jerusalem Post on June 18, 2011] Anglo-Jewish leadership is again under the spotlight following its response towards recent behavior by UK Prime Minister...

  On May 25, at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg's Kavod Awards, Charles Shore presented Howard Morry with The Max and Molly Shore Award. The Winnipeg jeiwsh Review congratulates...

 Editor's note: This article below relates to a disturbing incident of anti-Semitism that appears to have been promoted by both students and a professor at the University of...

 I  wanted to  share some nice news about a local Israeli dance group called Beyachad with readers of the Winnipeg Jewish Review, which I think is  a great  online news...

 Yale University has recently made a decision to  close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism [YIISA], a move that has generated much criticism from the...

The Jewish National Fund’s Negev Gala  on May 31 was a great celebration of  Manitoba’s special relationship with Israel, pioneered by  Negev Gala honouree Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick.

There are many ways to support Israel. For us, the best way is to visit there and encourage others to do likewise.  In our opinion, you can see but never truly experience Israel from a tour...

  [Editor's note: This  letter  below is  written by Caspian Makan, the fiance of  the slain woman Neda Agha-Soltan,  whose face became the international symbol...

      [Editor's note: Richard Kroft, a senator, received the Sol Kanee Distinguished  Service Medal at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s Kavod Evening, a...

Long-time residents of Israel are often asked by new immigrants what is the hardest part of integration. People have reported various difficulties they have encountered in there move to Israel. One...

By now readers have heard about  Democratic Congressman  Anthony Weiner who sent lewd facebook and text messages back and forth  with a Vegas blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss, a...

Immigration promotion is one of the major strategies undertaken through the GrowWinnipeg Initiative of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg in order to increase the Jewish population of Winnipeg. The...

COTTAGE FOR SALE: 300 PROSPECT STREET, WINNIPEG BEACH   PRICE: $179,900       PHONE:  204-488-8750 Get the jump on summer in this Post-modern style 1576...

[Editor's note: Adam Levene,  a lawyer at Aikins Macauley & Thorvaldson, received the Max Nathanson Young Leadership Awards   at the Jewish Federation of...

Cherna Rosenberg, a Sderot resident and Canadian citizen has filed a million dollar law suit  against two Canadian organizations who are raising money  to  sponsor the...

About a dozen people attended the Community Genizah Book Burial that took place at the Hebrew Sick Cemetery on June 7, 2011. Cantor Anibal Mass officiated. Prayer books, (Chumashim) Torah books,...

Alex Atamanenko, the re-elected NDP Member of Parliament for B.C. Southern Interior, has just publicly endorsed the Canadian Boat to Gaza, which is set to join the international...

  I had never been to Shaftesbury Park before (the closest I’ve gotten to is Assiniboine Park!) , and on my recent visit I was greeted by Avril Kettner, the marketing director who...

Danielle Gobuty Eskow and Marisa Gobuty the daughters of former Winnipeger Marshall Gobuty who is now living between Tel Aviv and the Bahamas, have created a website to revolutionize bar/bat mitzvah...

With the imminent folding of the Canadian Jewish Congress into a large, umbrella group, those who wish to preserve the most vibrant aspects of the tradition of multicultural politics in Canada have...

Survivor Elly  Gotz who lives in Toronto was the  keynote speaker at the May 12th Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre’s 10th Annual Holocaust Education Symposium for...

    As a child I grew up on Smithfield and Main Street in a basement apartment in the North End of Winnipeg. My father worked like a dog in a sweatshop on Princess in 1960s. I remember...

 I’ve been thinking about  IDF Colonel Yoram Hamizrachi (East) who passed away in October 2010 . I ’ve been thinking of the fact that fourty five years ago this month...

In  the  Berney Theatre, after her address to Jewish community leadership here on May 30, 2011 , Miriam Ziv, Israel's Ambassador to Canada was asked by Nora Kaufman the most...

Israel is facing rising threats of missile and rocket attacks from her neighbours. A three-person panel discussed missile defense systems and how the United States and Israel have worked together to...

Editor's note: Former Winnipegger and  graduate of  Joseph Wolinsky Collegiate  Koby Tanzer, (son of Shira Waldman Z"L, nephew of Robbie and Carol Waldman, and a Camp Massad...

More than fifty years ago my parents, my sister Rachel and I, left France where we were born, to come and settle in Winnipeg.  There was no reason for us to leave France. We had our lives, my...

Avi Posen, who has been  the Jewish Federation of  Winnipeg's s Jewish Engagement Co-ordinator  since last September, will be going to take his Masters  in Jewish Education...

“When you perform...you are out of yourself- larger and more potent, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours nightly.”-Agnes de...

Jack Ciplinski is marking his 30h year as the comptroller for the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and its predecessor organization this month. He was recognized for his 30 year milestone at a recent...

I come from a lineage of pleasers.  A “pleaser” is someone who is always expending a great deal of energy attempting to please others, oftentimes, at the expense of pleasing...

[Editor's notes: Before you read Faith's article, here's a short list of my favourite parts of this year's Scopus Gala: 1. The most memorable part of the evening for me (aside from Joe...

As many of you may have already heard, Trita Parsi, a mouthpiece of the Iranian Regime had been invited to speak at the “Iran in Context Conference” in Ottawa which was organized by...

The Toronto Sun reported this week that the Canadian government has been funding a group of "radicals" who are organizing 

ASHLEY FAINTUCH:  KEEP THE WORD “MENSCH” OUT OF CANADIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE   By Ashley Faintuch, May 30, 2011   On April 21, Elliot Leven was part of a panel on Jewish...

  WASHINGTON-One of the issues discussed during a session of the AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee]Conference in Washinton  was the issue of whether the United States ought...

   http://www.jpost.com/Enviro-Tech/Canadian-minister-calls-for-Canada-Israel-projects-311665

Oasis in Time - The Gift of Shabbat in a 24/7 World Why do we tend to focus on what's urgent instead of what's truly important? Imagine. 24 hours of digital silence. No phones. No computers. No TV....

Longtime Chief Executive Officer Bernie Farber announced his intention to run for the Liberal party of Ontario to challenge  incumbant Conservative member of the Ontario...

Ours is a story that happens to other families not to us. Someone complains of breathing problems, they think it's asthma, then pneumonia, but its cancer and by then it's too late. My wife Elana was...

Islamic Regime is Organizing a "Cultural Event" at the National Art Centre in Ottawa   The Islamic Regime of Iran is at it again, attempting to organize a "cultural event"...

From the room decor, to the table settings, to the Israeli food and wine, to the entertainers Chai Energy, to the speeches and videos, May 16's Scopus Award Gala at the Winnipeg Convention Centre...

Before I tell you about  the  Lubavitch Family Picnic last week, let me tell you a little  history on the [kat.tahn-small] holiday, Lag Ba’Omer.   Thirty three days...

IMAGINE your life if your neighbours had fired over 10,000 rockets/mortars at your home for the last 10 years and 200 in the last two months. This is the situation faced by the residents of Sderot...

Talia Potash’s passion for photography began when she first picked up a camera at age seven. She later developed her photography skills in the University of Manitoba Fine Arts Program. Her...

The text of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of the US Congress on May 24, 2011. Analysis will  follow. I am deeply honored by your warm welcome.  And I am...

        The reconciliation deal between the secular forces backing Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamist Hamas movement appears to suggest that...

Hart and I routinely purchase a festival pass for the annual Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival,  and attend as many of the films as we can. Hart has his favourite spot in the back...

The JNF is gearing up for its Negev Gala on May 31 in honour of Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick.   Proceeds from the 2011 Negev Gala will go toward a joint research project...

I decided to book a ticket to the AIPAC conference several weeks ago because I think that in the next few months the State of Israel will face especially significant challenges –which...

Prime Minister Harper received the confidence of 40 % of the popular vote where he won 167 seats. The NDP as a result of the serene and charisma of Jack Layton are now the official opposition...

  [Editor's note:Ben Carr is a teacher currently living in Winnipeg. He has been involved with the Liberal Party of Canada in varying capacities for years. In 2006 Ben served as Scott...

[Editor's note: We published this article  below written by Mira Sucharov last week before it was in Ha'aretz this week. Let me state at the outset  that  I labelled it...

Winnipeg School Division’s Science Fair participants received the following medals and recognitions:  Mia  & Hailey      Gold ...

Winnipeg can be proud of the fact that at this moment there are three Winnipeg boys serving as soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, two as Lone Soldiers without family residing in Israel; Daniel...

[Editor’s note; When David Frum spoke in Winnipeg recently at an event sponsored by the  Jewish Heritage Centre on April 28,  2011  he was asked to discuss what he thought some...

[ Editor's note: I wasn't able to attend the Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations in 2010, so 2011's festivities at the Asper Campus wowed me. The celebration was vastly improved from what I...

When I am faced with a problem, frightened or at my wits end my method of coping has always been the same; first I pray and then I clean. When Michel underwent emergency triple by-pass surgery in...

As my tour guide in Jerusalem when I was 17 used to say to all of us – ‘just imagine’. Imagine you are the new Chief of Staff for the IDF – this is a position that is the...

On March 7-14 University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg were subjected to the hateful and fallacious rhetoric of Israeli Apartheid Week. This same week, I led a coalition of students, known...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebrations: “Today, on the 63rd anniversary of Israel’s...

There has been a recent change in Mathew Ostrove’s political aspirations, since he learned that his cousin Linda Minuk expressed a desire to be the Liberal candidate...

 At the Jewish Foundation's  11th Annual Women's Endowment Fund Luncheon, Gail Asper delivered a  hard hitting speech in support of the original vision of the ...

The case of Rabbi Ephraim Bryks who has been dogged by allegations of sexual abuse against children, but never charged with a crime will be the subject matter

This year’s Scopus Award Gala Dinner put on by the Winnipeg Chapter of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University on May 16, 2011 in honour of Joe Bova, businessman and community leader,...

  Karyn Lazareck was honored at the DASCH Foundation’s Recognition Awards Luncheon on April 29th, 2011. DASCH – which stands for Direct Action in Support of Community Homes –...

 [ This article was written on February 10, 2011,  after Naomi Coodin's grandmother {Jerry Cohen's mother] died on Dec 21, 2010after celebrating her 100th birthday]. My Bobi Jen...

Ian Rabb will be running as the Conservative candidate in Fort Gary-Riverview for the upcoming  Provincial election on October 4. Rabb was nominated as the Conservative candidate...

According to an article in May 6th’s Winnipeg Sun, The Ukrainian Canadian Congress asked candidates in the recent federal election to weigh in on the controversy regarding the Holodomor...

The Combined Jewish Appeal just completed its most successful campaign ever, raising over $5.4 million from over 6,000 donors, and it’s not surprising. With our long-standing history of...

The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and Shaarey Zedek Synagogue hosted a very impressive Japan benefit concert attended by a very diverse multi-faith crowd of over 800 people on March 29, 2011. In...

    In his speech at the Jewish Historical Society’s Sol Kanee Distingushed Lecture on April 28, David Frum referred extensively to his exchange of letters  about Israel in...

[Editor’s note: While the events described below took place over a half a year ago when  David Suzuki spoke at Shaarey Zedek synagogue last September, since it is Holocaust awareness week, I have decided to publish this piece now]

It is a Jewish soul set when we remember The Exodus in our minds, hearts and souls as if we are going out of Egypt today with Moshe [Moses]- NO not Charlton Heston! I am afraid he did not lead us...

Oasis in Time: The Gift of Shabbat in a 24/7 World  “For a period of six days, work may be done, but the seventh day shall be holy to you, a day of complete rest for God.” Exodus...

Over 250  people attended this year’s Annual Public Memorial Service for Yom Hashoah/ Holocaust Memorial Day put on by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg at the site of the Holocaust...

Ottawa, ON – The Canada-Israel Committee together with the CIJA-family of agencies denounced today's signing, in Cairo, of a "unity" agreement between Fatah and Hamas as a major...