Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver communities gathered on this Oct. 7 to mourn and remember
A recap with reports from some of the cities where the anniversary was marked.
Programs for Winnipeg Holocaust survivors to continue despite Claims Conference funding shortfall
Winnipeg’s Jewish Child and Family Services is facing a shortfall in funding after the Claims Conference—which represents Jewish Holocaust survivors around the world and negotiates on their behalf—changed the way it allocates money to services for Holocaust survivors. Despite the $40,000 gap, the agency will continue to maintain services for the elderly survivors, JCFS executive […]
Winnipeg’s Asper Jewish Community Campus to more closely screen people entering its buildings
Starting April 1, all visitors to the Asper Jewish Community Campus in Winnipeg will need to show government-issued identification to enter the facility. The new digital scanning system, called Patronscan, “will enable us to digitally scan and store government identification for visitors without access cards or fobs, facilitating a faster and more seamless entry process,” […]
Winnipeg’s synagogues move, merge and renovate in response to changing demographics in the Jewish community
With the merger last summer of the three struggling north Winnipeg Orthodox minyans, the relocation of Etz Chayim, the city’s largest Conservative congregation to the south end, and the return of the Shaarey Zedek congregation to its 72-year-old building following a major expansion, Winnipeg’s Jewish community has seen its largest transformation in over 20 years. The […]
Ayelet Razin Bet Or, the Israeli expert speaking on women’s rights at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, says the sexual violence on Oct. 7 can’t be dismissed
“Women’s bodies were part of the battlefield. It demands a response,” Ayelet Razin Bet Or, an Israeli women’s rights expert says discussing the sexual violence that was an integral part of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Razin Bet Or, former director for Israel’s Authority for the Advancement and Status of Women in the […]
Gustavo Zentner is leading a new Winnipeg office for CIJA—which cites an increase in antisemitism as the reason for doing it now
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is opening an office in Winnipeg to serve those Manitoba and Saskatchewan in response to concerns about rising antisemitism. The office, which is being created in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, will be led by Gustavo Zentner, past president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg. […]
Peace activist Vivian Silver, killed in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, remembered in a service in her native Winnipeg
Hundreds gathered at Winnipeg’s Asper Jewish Community Campus to pay tribute to peace activist Vivian Silver, who was killed in the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7. The remembrance service, held Dec. 14, was organized by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg. Silver, 74, was born and raised in Winnipeg, moving to Israel when […]
Congregation Etz Chayim in Winnipeg says a bittersweet farewell to their old building as they prepare to move
For members of Congregation Etz Chayim in Winnipeg, a Nov. 29 deconsecration service was a chance to say farewell to a building that had served them well for 71 years. The Conservative congregation, an amalgamation of the Beth Israel, Bnay Abraham and Rosh Pina synagogues, had been meeting together in the building at 123 Matheson […]
Vivian Silver, a Canadian who dedicated her life to peace, is feared kidnapped by Hamas terrorists
A Canadian woman who has spent decades in the peace movement, forging close ties with moderates in Gaza, is missing and is presumed to have been abducted from her Kibbutz Be’eri home when Hamas terrorists invaded on Oct. 7. Vivian Silver, 74, who was born and raised in Winnipeg, made aliyah in 1974. She moved to […]
Jewish Federation of Winnipeg gets its very first CEO with corporate world experience
Jeff Lieberman was running his own business in Winnipeg from 1989 until just three months ago. “I loved what I was doing, and thought I’d do it forever. I really enjoyed every day of it.” But then, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg called him away from over 34 years at the helm of the Great […]
