Ben-Gurion University researchers have developed an algorithm-based test that can speed COVID-19 testing eightfold and help identify asymptomatic carriers. The testing system is based on the method...

[Editor's note: Below is a press release issued by the Rady JCC about its Summer Day Camps being sold out , and below the press release is an article about Rady JCC Summer Day Camps that was...

[Editor's note: This article will focus on the High school and the Graduating class of Gray Academy]   When the Province of Manitoba announced that, effective March 23, all schools in...

American Israeli Journalist Caroline Glick, who spoke live via zoom on June 7, as part of the Adas Yeshurun Herzlia Distinguished Lecture series,  outlined how  Covid-19 has impacted...

[Editor's note: This was posted on Camp Massad's facebook page on June 4, 2020]   Shalom Camp Massad Chanichim and Parents, As the spring begins to turn into summer, all of us at Camp...

Renowned economist, Benjamin Tal shared his insights about Canada‘s economy in light of the coronavirus pandemic at the Israel Bonds General Annual Meeting held via zoom on May 27,2020, which...

Dear Community, Gray Academy, Rady JCC and Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) are the three most well-known organizations in our community and are run by Lori Binder, Rob Berkowits and Al...

https://business.financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/investors-try-this-strategy-to-survive-financially-and-protect-your-capital-amid-all-this-change

In one word, EVERYTHING. Let me explain. I was born in the city of Tangiers in Spanish Morocco, which makes me a Sephardic Jew. Sephardic Jews trace their ancestry to Spain and were expelled from...

[Editor’s note: This message below was posted on. B.B. Camp’s Faceboook page recently.]   It is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our Summer 2020 season.  ...

Here I sit, in my newly configured makeshift home office, with an iPad propped up on a table easel next to my computer, a coffee in hand and in the company of my dog and 2 cats. Not having to...

On the morning of morning May 20, 2020 the staff of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg led a car parade at the Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre, located at 1 Falcon Ridge Dr.     Adam...

[Editor's note: Below is a message sent out by Shaarey Zedek synagogue to its members advising that flowers will not be planted on graves this year given the unique situation of the coronavirus]...

BGU's Prof. Gabby Sarusi (pictured at left) has developed and is now validating a test that identifies carriers of the COVID-19 virus in less than a minute with greater than 90%...

[Editor's note: This email was sent out by the Chesed Shel Emes on May 12 ]   Dear Friends,   One year after announcing our Capital Campaign and building project, we are very excited...

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Shaarey Zedek Synagogue's update dated May 4, 2020 signed by Frank Hechter, President and Ian Staniloff, Executive Director of...

Efraim Halevy, former Director of the Mossad, gave a perceptive overview of COVID-19’s impact on Israel’s domestic reality and on its relationship with its Middle East neighbours and...

Will it be black ties and ball gowns, or sweatpants and slippers? On Thursday, May 28, the choice is yours while you savour cuisine and enjoy all-Canadian entertainment from the comfort of your...

Over the past few weeks, the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba (JFM) has distributed almost $300,000 in emergency relief funding due to the coronavirus pandemic to 26 Manitoba based Jewish Organizations...

  The unity government agreement signed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz will allow Israel to initiate legislation to annex about 30%  of...

My mom was born in the US in 1917. She moved from Grand Forks to Winnipeg in 1954, pregnant with her third child. Sara Berkal retained her US citizenship until her death in 2009. She never naturalized to become a Canadian. She was a proud American. It surprised me that she never became a citizen of Canada.

The appointment of Swiss diplomat Phillpe Lazzarini as the new head of UNRWA is a window of opportunity for UNRWA donor nations, which oversee UNRWA policy, to demand a reform of UNRWA. This is...

David Rosenberg, who has been referred to as Canada's most famous economist gave an insightful economic briefing at a webinar hosted by State of Israel Bonds on April 27, 2020. Over...

[Editor's note:The student referred to in this article received $100,000 from the Philip and Ellie Kives and Family Fund at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ]...

[This article was first published in the Financial Post on]   For almost 11 years, from the bottom of the market in 2009, to a few weeks ago, cash had come to be regarded as a burden to equity...

https://www.jpost.com/international/germanys-largest-paper-to-chinas-president-youre-endangering-the-world-625074

If someone would have told me in December 2019, just 4 months ago, that I’d be wearing a mask in front of a bank teller to retrieve funds, I’d have looked at them and wondered if they...

I was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany of Polish parents. I came to America as a refugee. I pray that the Holocaust and the memory of those who perished will be kept alive by our...

https://forward.com/culture/434533/your-guide-to-every-single-israeli-tv-show-and-movie-you-can-stream-right/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Saturday%20Newsletter%20RSS&ut...

(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and the author of more than 20 books, and several hundred essays, about the Holocaust and Jewish history.) At...

  Greetings to our Jewish friends from Bridges for Peace Canada! As you may know, we are “Christians supporting Israel and building relationships between Christians and Jews, in Israel...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-former-liberal-justice-minister-urges-sanctions-against-chinese/  

Too often, discussions of annexation of territory to Israel are lost in an ideological dispute that will never be resolved. Such debates avoid discussion of reality on the ground where no dispute...

Joshua Philipp, an award winning journalist working for The Epoch Times, an anti-communist Chinese American media outlet, released this shocking one hour documentary titled...

https://nationalpost.com/news/another-covid-19-casualty-after-60-years-the-canadian-jewish-news-will-cease-operations

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/Praying-an-ancient-prayer-in-time-of-COVID-19-569286091.html#cxrecs_s

These are extraordinary and difficult times and the Rady JCC has had to lay off staff due to the fact that it has closed down its operation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

These have been trying times. The coronavirus has changed our lives in a way we never imagined. But there is an upside to all of this.

The Rady JCC's Kaufman Child Care Centre and the David and  Ruth Asper Early Learning Centre have been approved by Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) to provide continual...

Israel and the demise of the global village

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/donors-awaken

As all Israeli schools have been ordered closed as a means to fight the spread of the COVID-19, Boys Town Jerusalem shut its classroom and dormitory doors.

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/seder-in-a-time-of-plague/

https://forward.com/opinion/442014/why-american-jews-are-at-greater-risk-for-coronavirus/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20RSS_Test%20BACKUP&utm_maildat...

Dear Community Members,

The situation relating to COVID-19 is continually changing, with many communications being issued by companies and organizations regarding cancellations, closures and postponements.

The worldwide community is grasping for ways to react to the ever-growing threat of the novel coronavirus outbreak (also referred to as COVID-19). Everyday, the news becomes more grave, while uncertainty and disruptions to everyday life become more severe.

https://www.jta.org/2020/03/20/global/antwerp-jewish-community-braces-for-85-infection-rate-and-hundreds-of-deaths-from-coronavirus  

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/it-is-time-for-helmut-oberlander-to-leave-canada/

At Winnipeg Limmud on March 1, Elsa Hategan delivered two intensely affecting presentations: “Hearts of Hate: A Former Neo-Nazi’s Journey from Hate to Hope” and “Remember Your Name: A Journey into Time, Memory, and Epigenetics.”

Dear Community Members, 

In early March we will celebrate the holiday of Purim. Although it is a fun and lighthearted holiday filled with numerous community celebrations and festive treats, it carries with it an important message.

Angela Orosz-Richt (“Angie”) recounted the astounding story of her mother Vera Bein’s survival before a crowd of 400 people at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, which included a remarkably large  number of young people. Jessica Cogan, Israel and Overseas chair and Carrie Shenkarow the March of the Living Chair at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg

David Greaves, who has recently been appointed the executive director of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Manitoba and Saskatchewan region is excited to announce that Israeli singer/songwriter, David Broza, accompanied by members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO), will be this year's featured entertainment for the JNF Gala honouring Ted Lyons on October 27 , 2020.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/avi-benlolo-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-bringing-with-it-a-new-level-of-anti-semitism?video_autoplay=true

https://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/demonstrators-protest-at-cmhr-against-trumps-mideast-peace-plan

https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Palestinian-lawyers-threaten-to-sue-those-who-accept-Trump-plan-617050

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/after-yet-another-no-isnt-it-time-for-a-palestinian-peace-plan/

[Editor's note: Below is an email that was sent out by the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba]

Dear Friends,

The Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba (JFM) is very happy to announce the appointment of John Diamond as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will begin his new role on Monday, February 10, 2020.

(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and the author of The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and...

The Cyril “Zeke” Marantz z”l Manitoba Jewish Athletes Wall of Honour at the Rose and Max Rady Jewish Community Centre is currently accepting nominations for the Wall of Honour.

  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bermax-caffe-lawyers-withdraw-1.5429911

https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/shinewald-the-four-strains-of-modern-anti-semitism

‘Synagogues in Washington Heights were smeared with antisemitic epithets, vandalized, set afire… Mobs of hoodlums have been harassing Jews… Jewish cemeteries in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island were desecrated…”

We begin the New Year with resolutions often reflecting our desire to be healthier – quit smoking, lose weight, exercise more and decrease stress. But for some people health problems are far...

Winnipeg, MB – January 13, 2020 – The University of Manitoba’s Robson Hall Law School is pleased to announce that its locally founded international law program – celebrating its tenth anniversary and one of Canada’s largest international programs – will now be supported annually by The Asper Foundation which is located in Winnipeg, Canada.

WINNIPEG, CANADA: A unique art show is opening the evening of the first 1st Friday of 2020 at the Edge Gallery in downtown Winnipeg.   “In Between Worlds” will feature new work...

(Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. His latest book is The Jews Should Keep Quiet: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, and the...

At a time when FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg conducts campaigns which stress “education for peace” around the world, it came as a surprise that FACEBOOK would offer generous matching grants to UNRWA.

https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/shinewald-a-jew-on-christmas

This is the time of year when we look back at the months that have passed and plan for the future. For Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2019 was an amazing year, and we expect that 2020 will see even greater things!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/group-fights-sale-town-island-kenora-lake-of-the-woods-1.5391458

https://www.change.org/p/politicians-of-kenora-stop-the-development-of-town-island

A book about Operation Ezra

Tlahun Gete’s eyes sparkle when he talks about his present and future. For now, the 20-year-old student at Boys Town Jerusalem’s College of Applied Engineering (CAE) is hard at work on his highly intensive electronics studies, with an eye towards his upcoming enlistment in an advanced Israel Air Force technological unit after graduation.

The University of Manitoba has appointed a demonstrated bridge-builder and a committed leader in community engagement, a sought-after global economic outlook expert, and a proud Manitoban, Dr. Michael Benarroch, as its 12th president and vice-chancellor.

As you are certainly aware, in recent weeks a series of troubling incidents has occurred on your respective campuses. While the events in question were distinct, they all shared a common impulse by a groups on your campuses who believe that they, and they alone, are able to set standards for free speech—in these particular cases, involving the debate about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and how Jewish students and other Israel supporters are treated as part of the university community.