WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg athlete at the apex of a billion dollar industry is being featured this Wednesday in the newest instalment of the Engraved On A Nation documentary series of TSN. And there’s a lot of Winnipeg involvement all over the production, both on-camera and behind the scenes. “Omega Man – A Wrestling Love…
Is Manitoba Housing Ground Zero of Winnipeg Meth Epidemic?
Months after insisting they had no further answers to give me, Manitoba Housing was cajoled into coughing up a significant chart detailing where the agency has provided sharp containers for meth (and other) Intravenous drug users. As well, sometime after they first stonewalled my inquiries last October, mobile security units were issued portable receptacles to…
Garden City Alumni Demand Seven Oaks School Trustees Debook Fundraiser Featuring Linda Sarsour
The Jewish community was joined by friends across the multicultural spectrum in Winnipeg, expressing shock that a school division is renting space to an event showcasing controversial Islamist-American pro- BDS activist, Linda Sarsour of Brooklyn, NY. Tickets for a 100th anniversary fundraiser – booked for next month into the Seven Oaks Performing Arts Centre on…
OPINION: Reason Cops Were Called to Asper Campus Might Deepen Split In Winnipeg Jewish Community
The CEO of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg was unaware Lex Rofeberg is a leader of the radical US anti-Israel group IfNotNow until I revealed it in a Manitoba Post column. In fact, Elane Goldstine admitted in our half hour chat last Friday that before I started investigating the situation, “I did not know anything…
Security Concerns About Limmud Speaker = $1500 Bill
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg police were on the site of the Asper Jewish Community Campus on Sunday morning, but the President of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, which helps fund the facility, has claimed a cone of silence prevents her from explaining exactly why. Concerned parents attending the Rady Community Centre located inside the campus…
Limmud Winnipeg Defence of Pro-BDS Speaker Fails Evidence Test
OPINION – The national organization of Limmud in Canada blasted Limmud Winnipeg for showcasing “a member of a fringe Jewish group, IfNotNow, and a BDS anti-Israeli leader Lex Rofeberg”, saying the views and tactics of the podcaster and the far-left wing INN cross the line to an anti-Israel agenda. “There is a limit to what…
Winnipeg Synagogues Revoke Radical Speaker’s Invitation After Being “Inundated” With Complaints
WINNIPEG – A sudden change of plans was announced late Wednesday afternoon by the Shaarey Zedek synagogue – the “Shabbat Across Winnipeg” dinner Friday night was not going to be nicknamed “the Rabbi Who Came To Dinner”, because his invitation to be the guest speaker was withdrawn. Heeding deep concerns expressed across the Jewish community…
Jewish Federation Withdraws from Shabbat Dinner Over Controversial Critic of Israel
WINNIPEG – The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg backed down on Tuesday from any direct association with a US leader of the far-left anti-Israel IfNotNow faction, who is to speak at an upcoming local Synagogue dinner. Detailed information from my two columns in Manitoba Post alerted members of the community, including Federation donors, to the aggressive…
Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Facing Widespread Pressure Over Anti-Israel Dinner Speaker
WINNIPEG – Pressure ramped up on the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg and 3 area synagogues after donors and supporters learned from Marty Gold about the links of an upcoming guest speaker to a radical anti-Israel, pro-BDS (boycott Israel) faction. https://www.manitobapost.com/winnipeg-events/opinion-jewish-federation-of-winnipeg-unaware-guest-speaker-a-member-of-anti-israel-radical-group-117305 Now, it’s been learned that Lex Rofeberg, slated to deliver a keynote address at the…
OPINION: Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Unaware Guest Speaker a Member of Anti-Israel Radical Group
A kick-off event for next weekend’s Jewish learning festival (Limmud Winnipeg) is featuring a keynote address from a member of a fringe Jewish group, IfNotNow, that has harassed pro-Israel organizations and events like Birthright and Ramah summer camps. The religious service and dinner called ‘Shabbat (Sabbath) across Winnipeg’ is scheduled for March 1st and is…