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Former Winnipegger’s Stephen and Colleen Cohen Reich whose son is in Israel during the conflict with Iran and other parents share their thoughts with the WJR
Former Winnipegger's Stephen and Colleen Cohen Reich, whose son Matan is attending Reichman University in Herzlia, Israel have shared their thoughts with the Winnipeg Jewish Review of what...
60 out of the 85 Buildings of Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheba have sustained damage from Iranian Missile attacks
Message from Andrea Freedman CEO BGU Canada Dear friends, I had hoped not to write another update to our BGU community so soon, but events have taken a different course. The...
Amira Elghawaby, Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia Speaks at CMHR
About 70 people gathered at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) on June 10, 2025 to hear Canada’s Special Representative on Islamophobia, Amira Elghawaby, deliver her presentation:...
Editor’s Report: My Visit to an Israeli Army Base Where the Airforce prepared for an eventual Israel-Iran confrontation
As the Israeli air force began its pre-emptive strike on Iran, my mind has taken me back to an experience I had in 2009, where I visited an IDF air force base. I understood then that...
First Hand Account from Former Winnipegger Reesa Cohen Stone in Be’ersheba re: Israel-Iran War
A People That Rises Like A Lion Like all other Israelis, I was woken up at 3:30 AM on Friday the 13th by a siren. And probably like a lot of Israelis, it was the 615th night in a row that my sleep...
First Hand Account from Gail Asper O.C., O.M., LL.D., of Life in Jerusalem During the Israel-Iran War
Hi Rhonda - Greetings from Jerusalem where Anita Wortzman and I are staying at the King David hotel where the delegation for the Hebrew University was staying for the big Board of Governors meeting...
Editor’s Reflections on Etz Chayim Terminating the Membership of an Individual and their Household
Congregation Etz Chayim has recently cancelled membership for an individual and all members of their household. The synagogue wrote to congregants as follows: “On Tuesday, May 27th, we...
Interview with Cheryl Hirsch Katz who is retiring and being honoured by Jewish Child and Family Service at its upcoming Annual General Meeting on June 23, 7 p.m, at Shaarey Zedek
At its Annual General Meeting on June 23 at 7 p.m. at Shaarey Zedek synagogue, Jewish Child and Family Service will be honouring and higlighting Cherly Hirsch Katz, Director of Adult...
Israel
Isi Liebler: Obama’s appeasement will end in disaster
As anticipated, the Arab Spring has devolved into a bloody nightmare that has engulfed Egypt, leaving Israel surrounded by a sea of violence and barbarism with no prospect for stability on the...
David Bedein: Revoke their license to kill-Israel has not yet Released Any Killers-Now The Real fight Begins
This is written from the perspective of a social work professional with training in criminology who now works in the media. Tragically, the current debate in Israel about the planned release of...
NY Knicks Amar’e Stoudemire Travels to Israel and Promotes Hebrew University’s Youth Periphery Program ‘Science v
Jerusalem, July 21, 2013 — Amar'e Stoudemire, the six-time NBA All-Star and basketball player with the New York Knicks, is in Israel to coach the Canadian basketball team at the Maccabiah...
DAVID BEDEIN FROM JERUSALEM: MARTIN INDYK: THE “OBJECTIVE MEDIATOR” ?
Martin Indyk, who served two stints as US ambassador to Israel, was reported to be the choice of Secretary of State Kerry to serve as the mediator between Israel and the PLO in negotiations that may...
Original Thinking: European medicine is bad for Israel, and for Middle East peace
And the Europeans think this is in the best interest of people in the region. They have been so very wrong in the past, and are dead wrong today. We have arrived at the moment most of us reckoned we...
Dore Gold: Kerry and the struggle over the Jordan Valley
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has been doing his utmost over the last several months to persuade U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the merits of his demand that...
DAVID BEDEIN: RENEW TALKS WITH THE PLO: ASK FOR PLO RATIFICATION OF OSLO ACCORDS
Most recently, US Secretary of State Kerry passionately called for the renewal of talks with the PLO. Former President Clinton, who hosted the PLO – Israel ceremonies on the White House...
Isl Leibler: Peres, Abbas, and Kerry: Fantasies and Realities
[Editor's note: This was written in May of this year and is being reprinted now as peace negotiations are about to be launched] Earlier in the week, I participated in “Breaking the...
Editorial/Letters
York Student President Endorses FBI Most Wanted Terrorist
August 19, 2014, TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada calls on Jewish students at York University to be on alert this coming school year, as the incoming President of the York Federation...
News Release – 400 Jewish Leaders Denounce “Israel-Genocide” Charges
The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies August 11, 2014 For more information, contact: info@wymaninstitute.org / 202-434-8994 400 JEWISH LEADERS & SCHOLARS...
AIPAC Press Release: House Calls for Gaza Demilitarization and Denounces Hamas for Using Civilians as Human Shields
AIPAC commends the House of Representatives for adopting a bipartisan resolution calling for the permanent demilitarization of Gaza and denouncing the use of civilians as human shields by...
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Condemns Hateful Graffiti at Thornhill Mosque
For Immediate Release, July 21, 2014 Toronto --- Upon learning that hateful messages were spray-painted at a Thornhill Ontario mosque last night, Berl Nadler,...
CIJA: Statement on Anti-Israel Demonstrations
Ottawa, ON – In recent weeks, anti-Israel protests in Calgary, the Greater Toronto Area, and Montreal have seen deplorable vitriol and violence against Jews....
Bnai Brith Canada: Disband UNWRA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, July 24, 2014 July 18, 2014 Toronto – Jewish human rights organization B’nai Brith Canada is calling for additional oversight at the United Nations Relief...
Re: Winnipeggers From All over Israel Give First Hand Reports of Living under Fire
Hi Rhonda Thanks for your article. Hang in there. I have been in Tel aviv for the last 4 days and the latest siren tonight at around 10:00 stressed me a bit. I cannot imagine how the towns...
RE Reporting on War in Israel
Dear Winnipeg Jewish Review, It is wonderful to see that so many young Winnipeggers are here in Israel these days. Here in Kiriat Shmona things are almost completely...
Obituary/In Memoriam
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