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Former NHL player, championship cyclist, and over 100 injured Israeli veterans along for the ride in Beit Halochem Canada’s 12th annual fundraiser.

Bet Halochem(November, 2019 – Concord, ON) The 12th annual Courage in Motion, an initiative of Beit Halochem Canada, Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel, was an outstanding success. This year’s ride welcomed cyclists from across Canada, joined by some Americans and Israelis. From October 27-31, these international cyclists rode alongside Israel’s disabled veterans on five fully supported routes through northern Israel’s extraordinary archaeological sites and remarkable landscapes.

Read more: Former NHL player, championship cyclist, and over 100 injured Israeli veterans along for the ride...

Brand new and state of the art: The Stephen J. Harper KKL-JNF Hula Valley Visitor Centre launched

(l-r): Israeli PM Netanyahu, former Canadian PM Stephen J. Harper, KKL-JNF World Chairman Daniel Atar

At the heart of the Hula Valley, home to millions of migrating birds and hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, a brand new, eco-friendly and hi-tech visitor center was launched on November 6.

After 10 years of planning and construction, the visitor center is now active, offering guests various attractions - including state-of-the-art VR stations simulating a flight from the eyes of a migrating bird, a 194 sq. ft. digital, gesture-controlled wall that projects a live feed of surrounding migrating birds, a 3D digital model of the Hula Valley, dynamically updated with terrain data, a 220 seatsauditorium fitted with a 4K projector that will remain open to the public, and more.

Read more: Brand new and state of the art: The Stephen J. Harper KKL-JNF Hula Valley Visitor Centre launched

Netanyahu didn’t win Israel’s election. So why is he getting the chance to form a government?

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin presents Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the mandate to form a new government, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Sept. 25, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) – As votes were counted following last week’s election in Israel, many saw the results as a loss for longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After all, Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party won fewer seats than the Blue and White party of his main competitor Benny Gantz.

Read more: Netanyahu didn’t win Israel’s election. So why is he getting the chance to form a government?

Oak Hammock Marsh in discussions to sign new memorandum of understanding with Israel’s Agamon Hula to further wetlands research

(l-r): Ariel Karabelnicoff, Executive Director JNF Manitoba & Saskatchewan; Nathalie Bays, manager of Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretative Centre; Larry Vickar, local businessman, philanthropist and JNF Canada National Board member, who is spearheading the renewal of the collaboration; Paula Grieef, resident naturalist at the centre; and Jacques Bourgeois, who is in charge of marketing and communications for Oak Hammock Marsh.

By MYRON LOVE
On Wednesday August 21, 2019, a meeting was held at Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretative Centre to discuss a renewed collaboration between the Agamon Hula Valley in northern Israel and Oak Hammock Marsh (which is just north of Winnipeg).

Read more: Oak Hammock Marsh in discussions to sign new memorandum of understanding with Israel’s Agamon Hula...

Remis Speakers' Forum hears from representatives of the Jerusalem Foundation

Shai Doron, President, & Nomi Yeshua, Chief Development Officer - of the Jerusalem Foundation

By SIMONE COHEN SCOTT
Not often does the Remis Speakers’ Forum have two speakers at once. Further, we almost never have speakers honour us by planning their trips to accommodate our schedule.
But that’s what Shai Doron and Nomi Yeshua did, and we are the richer for it in our appreciation of Jerusalem. These two people are the President and the Chief Development Officer, respectively, of The Jerusalem Foundation, and their outstanding presentation was truly inspirational - at the Speakers’ Forum on July 29.

Read more: Remis Speakers' Forum hears from representatives of the Jerusalem Foundation

Federal Court ruling about West Bank wines could have far-reaching ramifications well beyond wines

Products which are currently labeled "Product of Israel", but which also might have to be labeled differently if they are to be exported to Canada

By BERNIE BELLAN

The ruling by a Federal Court of Canada judge that wines produced on the West Bank of Israel cannot be labeled “Product of Israel” could have much greater ramifications for a wide range of products beyond wines that are currently exported to Canada under the “Product of Israel” label.

Read more: Federal Court ruling about West Bank wines could have far-reaching ramifications well beyond wines

Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister for International Trade Diversification, describes benefits of newly enhanced Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement

Jim Carr in conversation with Jewish Federation President Laurel Malkin discussing the benefits of the enhanced Canada Israel Free Trade Agreement

By BERNIE BELLAN
Speaking in front of an audience of businesspeople from the Winnipeg community at large and members of the Jewish community at the Asper Campus on Monday, June 24, Canada’s Minister of International Trade Diversification, Jim Carr, described the many benefits that will ensue as a result of the newly modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Read more: Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister for International Trade Diversification, describes benefits of newly...

Former head of Mossad criticizes Israel’s “occupation” of Palestinian territories

Former Mossad head Shabtai Shavit

By BERNIE BELLAN
Shabtai Shavit is a former director general of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, having served in that position from 1989-1996.
During his time as Mossad head, Shavit was involved in many secret negotiations with Arab leaders. On May 29 he was the special guest speaker at an event sponsored by Solly & Orly Dreman on behalf of an Israeli organization known as Ezer Mizion.

Read more: Former head of Mossad criticizes Israel’s “occupation” of Palestinian territories

How did a nice Zionist academic (my nephew) have trouble with his Israel visa—and end up getting deported from Israel?

Prof. Jeremy Cooperstock

By BERNIE BELLAN

(Posted June 8, updated June 11 & 17) My nephew, Jeremy Cooperstock, is a professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at McGill University in Montreal, spending his academic sabbatical year in Jerusalem.

Read more: How did a nice Zionist academic (my nephew) have trouble with his Israel visa—and end up getting...

700 rockets, 240 intercepts, 4 dead Israelis: Is the Iron Dome getting worse?

iron domeBy SAM SOKOL
TEL AVIV (JTA) — After the weekend’s fighting between Hamas and the Israeli army, some Israelis have raised questions about the strength of their country’s missile defenses.

Read more: 700 rockets, 240 intercepts, 4 dead Israelis: Is the Iron Dome getting worse?

Ezer Mizion’s Bone Marrow Registry celebrates saving 3100 lives!

Breast cancer survivor Shulamit with IDF member Barak, who was found to be a match for Shulamit through the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Registry
Special to The Jewish Post & News

Ezer Mizion is Israel’s largest medical support organization. The crown jewel of the organization is the Ezer Mizion Bone Marrow Registry, the largest Jewish registry in the world with over 950,000 potential bone marrow donors. The size of the registry allows the organization to facilitate over 30 life saving bone marrow transplants every month of the year in Israel, the USA and around the world. In the month of March  alone there were 38 lifesaving transplants!

Read more: Ezer Mizion’s Bone Marrow Registry celebrates saving 3100 lives!

Moshe Arens z’l was a favourite of mine

the late Moshe Arens, who passed away Jan. 7
By SIMONE COHEN SCOTT
Jerusalem, January 18th, 2019
Moshe Arens passed away this month on January 7. Over the years I heard talks by  Arens three times.. The first occasion was years ago at one of our excellent forums in Winnipeg.

Read more: Moshe Arens z’l was a favourite of mine

Sweet Inn revolutionizes apartment-hotel concept through cutting-edge technology for guests

sweet inn

By KEN STEPHENS
Investing in a series of unique technological applications, Sweet Inn, an upstart Israeli apartment-hotel company, is using ‘TravelTech’ to offer its discerning clientele an innovative and hassle-free vacation experience, unlike any other seen in the hospitality industry.

Read more: Sweet Inn revolutionizes apartment-hotel concept through cutting-edge technology for guests

Cyclists ride to raise funds for Beit Halochem

NHL veteran Keith Primeau (second from right) was among those cycling to fundraise for Israeli disabled veterans and victims of terror.

Over 100 Canadian cyclists participated in the recent Courage in Motion (CIM) bike ride, held to help disabled Israeli veterans.

Read more: Cyclists ride to raise funds for Beit Halochem

The world laughed at Trump, but Iran and its enablers should not

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2018, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

Contempt for the president is widespread, but he is more likely to get the last laugh on this issue than his detractors.

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN (September 26, 2018 / JNS) The international community made no secret of its contempt for U.S. President Donald Trump when he spoke to the U.N. General Assembly in September. So it was little surprise that when the president uttered a typical piece of Trumpian braggadocio with a tenuous connection to the truth—“In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country”—the response was peals of laughter from the normally restrained audience of officials in the chamber.

Read more: The world laughed at Trump, but Iran and its enablers should not

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