Middle East News Sources
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Columnists and Scholars who write about Middle East
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Policy Institutes
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Blogs on Middle East
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General Mideast News (in English)
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Israel Government Sites
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Terrorism
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Israel Business Links
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- The Marker Online magazine in English, the Israeli source for Business and Technology news.
- Globes Business Arena The Internet version of Israel's daily financial newspaper
- Careerjet
- Gabrieli Store for Israeli Tallit and Judaica Gabrieli Tallit Art and Judaica shop in Israel Store for Hand-woven, hand-loomed Gabrieli tallit set: silk, wool & cotton
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Israel Organizations
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- Canada – Israel Committee
- Canadian Associates of Ben Gurion University
- Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA)
- Canadian Friends of Hebrew University
- The Canadian Friends of Rambam Health Care Campus A not-for-profit organization created to co-ordinate the Canadian effort to spread awareness and support of Israel’s Rambam Hospital.
- Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel – Winnipeg Chapter Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel (CMDA) has been the sole authorized fund-raising organization in Canada dedicated to supplying Ambulances, Medical Equipment, Supplies and Blood Testing Kits to support the life saving efforts of MDA in Israel.
- Canadian Technion Society
- Jewish National Fund of Canada (Manitoba)
- State of Israel Bonds
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Archeology in Israel
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Israeli Culture/Arts
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Antisemitism
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Holocaust Research and Commemoration
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Institutions, Libraries, Collections and Publications of Jewish Interest
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- AKdH Presse Archiv
- Association for Jewish Studies
- Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv University
- Diaspora House
- English Global Village teaching materials (Jewish, Israeli holidays)
- Institute for Global Jewish Affairs
- Israel Studies journal of Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
- Lekket World Union of Jewish Studies’ online collection of select articles
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Other Monitoring and Response Agencies
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Jewish Canadian Media
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Winnipeg Jewish Organizations
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- The Asper Jewish Community Campus The Campus is home to many Jewish Winnipeg organizations including the Rady Jewish Community Centre, the Gray Academy of Jewish Education, Jewish Child & Family Service and the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada.
- The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba The Foundation administers a community endowment fund. Its mandate is to receive capital gifts, invest them, and then distribute the annual income back to the community.
- The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg Information about the many Jewish facilities and organizations available in Winnipeg.
- Combined Jewish Appeal This annual campaign supports many of the Winnipeg Jewish community's resources and programs.
- The Community Calendar A listing of the events ongoing in Winnipeg.
- Immigration Information Information and Frequently Asked Questions for Jewish people who wish to immigrate to Winnipeg.
- Jewish Child and Family Service (JCFS) Provides services to strengthen the family and personal lives of its clients who are, in the main, though not exclusively, the Jewish people of Winnipeg and its environs.
- Rady Jewish Community Centre (Rady JCC) This centre offers health and fitness facilities, artistic and educational programs, as well as many other services.
- Chabad Lubavitch of Winnipeg
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Canadian Jewish Organizations
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- B’nai Brith Canada
- Canadian Jewish Congress One of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in Canada.
- CIC - Canada-Israel Committee The official representative of the organized Canadian Jewish community on matters pertaining to Canada-Israel relations.
- CIJA - Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy CIJA is a non-partisan, umbrella organization for Jewish community advocacy efforts, directing strategies to improve the quality of Jewish life in Canada and abroad and increase support for Israel.
- CJPAC - Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee The only organization in Canada dedicated to multipartisan political engagement with the Jewish and pro-Israel community.
- Independent Jewish Voices – Canada A national human rights organization whose mandate is to promote a just resolution to the dispute in Israel and Palestine through the application of international law and respect for the human rights of all parties.
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Winnipeg Synagogues
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- Chesed Shel Emes This is the Jewish Community Funeral Chapel site for Winnipeg. It is a non-profit community-based organization that provides funeral services for all synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in the city.
- Congregation Etz Chayim An egalitarian Conservative synagogue, offering traditional services.
- Congregation Shaarey Zedek This Conservative synagogue is the largest synagogue in Winnipeg.
- Herzlia Adas Yeshurun Congregation Provides services within an Orthodox framework in South Winnipeg.
- Temple Shalom A Reform synagogue in South Winnipeg.
- The shul at CHABAD Lubavitch of Winnipeg
- Listing of smaller synagogues without websites
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Winnipeg Jewish Special Needs Programs
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Winnipeg Child Care
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Winnipeg Children's Jewish Education
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- Chabad Lubavitch Torah Centre Runs two Torah centres in Winnipeg offering Torah classes as well as the Gan Israel Day Camp and has services open to all at its South End centre.
- The Gray Academy of Jewish Education This is the home of the two levels of schooling from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12 that are housed at the Asper Jewish Community Campus.
- Hebrew Bilingual Program at Brock Corydon School
- Hebrew Bilingual Program at Margaret Park School
- The Kaufman Silverberg Resource Centre Serves as both the resource centre for the Gray Academy of Jewish Education and as the Winnipeg Community Jewish Library.
- Oholei Torah Elementary School
- Rebetzin Chaya Mushka Library at Chabad
- Temple Shalom Religious School
- Winnipeg Board of Jewish Education The primary policy-making body for the Gray Academy that is responsible for the School's strategic direction.
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Winnipeg Adult Jewish Education
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Jewish Summer Camps Near Winnipeg
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- B’nai Brith Camp This popular camp is on an island in the Lake of the Woods near Kenora, Ontario.
- Camp Massad Camp Massad, the only Hebrew Immersion Camp in Western Canada is located in Sandy Hook MB.
- Rady Day camps
- Gan Israel Day camps
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Winnipeg Jewish Youth Programs
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- Bat Mitzvah Club
- B’nai Brith Youth Organization
- Canada Israel Experience Providers of educational programs to Israel, who also administer the Birthright Israel program that gives 18 to 26 year old Canadians a free ten-day tour of Israel.
- Hillel Winnipeg
- Machon Madrichim
- March of the Living The March of the Living is a two week educational experience that takes place in Poland and Israel for Canadian students.
- NCSY – National Conference on Synagogue Youth NCSY is the youth movement of the Orthodox Union. NCSY spans North America, Chile and Israel, connecting to tens of thousands of teens on a weekly basis. NCSY's programs focus on Jewish teens in public school with limited Jewish affiliation.
- Strictly Teens and Tweens
- Taglit-Birthright Israel
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Winnipeg Jewish Young Adult Programs
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- J-PEG
- Young Adult Division of the JFW Leadership development and programs for Jewish young adults in Winnipeg. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Jewish Culture and Heritage
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- The Canadian Museum for Human Rights Canada's most exciting human rights project ever. A vision of the late Israel Asper, this new national museum will be located at the Forks in Winnipeg. It will include a large Holocaust gallery.
- Chai Folk Ensemble Winnipeg's own world-famous Israeli dance group.
- The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the history and culture of the Jewish people of the Canadian West.
- The Sholem Aleichem Community Inc. A non-profit group comprised of Winnipeg Jews, their families and their friends who meet to preserve Jewish tradition and culture in a secular and humanistic context.
- The Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Presents top-quality performances for the enjoyment of Winnipeg audiences.
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Winnipeg Jewish Seniors
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Winnipeg Jewish Women's Organizations
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Jewish Geneology Sites
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- JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy The main site for Jewish Genealogy, having a vast amount of information and links to just about everywhere else.
- The Genealogical Institute of the Jewish Heritage Centre The part of the Heritage Centre that is dedicated to promoting the hobby of genealogy.
- The IAJGS Home Page The Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies promotes Jewish genealogical research throughout the world and coordinates the efforts of individual member societies.
- Avotaynu, Inc. Home Page Avotaynu is the main publisher of products of interest to Jewish genealogists.
- Jewish Family History Collection Partnering with JewishGen and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), they've created the world's largest online collection of Jewish historical records. These collections will remain free as long as they exist on Ancestry.com
- The Federation of East European Family History Societies Homepage This worldwide organization concentrates on aiding Genealogical research for those with roots in Eastern Europe - no matter what their ethnicity.
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Museums and Research Facilities for Jewish Geneology
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- The Beth-Hatefutsoth Museum The Museum of the Jewish People holds Israel's major collections of Jewish Genealogical Information.
- The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) In Jerusalem, they collect and preserve the archival remnants of Jewish communities throughout the world. They are especially rich in material from Central and Eastern Europe.
- The Israel Genealogical Society (IGS) The IGS is the State of Israel's premiere genealogical organization, affording its members a full range of research materials, guidance and support.
- The American Jewish Archives Seeks to preserve any documents illumination the history of Jews in the Western Hemisphere. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- The Center for Jewish History Comprised of the following four institutes of higher Jewish learning: Leo Baeck Institute, the AJHS, Yeshiva University, and YIVO.
- The Leo Baeck Institute The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study and lecture center, a museum, a library and archives, devoted to the history of German-speaking Jewry.
- The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) The AJHS is the national society for the collection of materials related to American Jewish History.
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research The preeminent repository of library and archival materials on the history and culture of Eastern European Jewry and their descendants in the United States. Located in New York City.
- International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center Opened in January 2006 in the Jewish National and University Library at Givat Ram, Jerusalem.
- The Ellis Island Home Page Ellis Island in New York is where a great number of Jewish immigrants arrived to North America. They now have a comprehensive online searchable database of all the immigrants.
- The Polish Jews Home Page The main purpose of this site is to collect on photos all possible remembrances about Polish Jews (like cemeteries, synagogues, monuments, etc.), which remain today.
- Sephardim.com A Research Tool for Sephardic Jewish Genealogy
- Shtetl Foundation An organization documenting Jewish History in Europe before its destruction during the Holocaust. Includes a useful Find Your Shtetl page.
- FamilySearch.org - Jewish Family Resources The LDS church maintains the world's largest genealogy collection. They have some material not available elsewhere. This is their Resources page for Jewish researchers.
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Holocaust
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- Cybrary of the Holocaust A remembrance site.
- Freeman Family Holocaust Education Centre Located within the Asper Campus in Winnipeg, the Centre contains permanent exhibits, including photographs, original documents and artifacts donated by Manitoba survivors and their families.
- Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies Works to improve Canadian society by combating hate and antisemitism and supporting projects which promote tolerance, justice and human rights.
- Holocaust Learning Links An extensive collection of links to other Holocaust sites.
- The Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust New York City's Holocaust and Jewish History Centre, and now the parent organization for JewishGen.
- Museum of Tolerance Online Includes an Online Multimedia Learning Centre, Virtual Exhibits, Teacher's Resources, and Special Collections.
- The Simon Wiesenthal Center An international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defense of human rights and the Jewish people in Los Angeles.
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The national museum for the Holocaust - in Washington, D.C. is collecting much information of interest to researchers.
- USC Shoah Foundation California The University of Southern California's site with information about Steven Spielberg's project of videotaping and archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors all over the world.
- Yad Vashem Home Page The Holocaust Memorial of the Jewish people in Jerusalem.
- The International Tracing Service The American Red Cross has been providing tracing services to help people seeking the fate of their loved ones missing during the Holocaust and WWII.
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