By Lauren Kramer

Canadian Industry Minister Tony Clement was in Israel last week, where he met with Israeli’s minister of industry, trade and labour, Binyamin Bel-Eliezer. Clement said he agreed to “open up discussions on the mutual recognition of telecommunications protocols.”
The two ministers determined they would start negotiations on a Mutual Recognition Agreement early next [...]

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By Karin Kloosterman
Meet Gabriel Israel, the Canadian connection in Fusion Global Winery, a wine company founded with 4 Israeli men at its core. They are bringing tastes from global wineries under one “fusion” label. I wrote a piece about the company on ISRAEL21c and was pleased that one of the Israeli partners is living in [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal
 

When I was a university student, I was introduced to the real-world of Israeli-Canadian connections while working a summer job for a dynamic, non-profit organization called Israel Children’s Centres (ICC).
 
Since 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of my time at ICC and it encompasses the spirit of this blog, I think this is [...]

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By Paul Shindman
On Nov. 11 I wrote about those Canadians buried in the Holy Land who fell while serving their country. The wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly sometimes, but my request for information on the three Royal Canadian Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross winners I mentioned who are buried in the Holy Land bounced around [...]

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By Lauren Kramer
Raising money ain’t childsplay, but the fruits of those fundraising efforts will be. Manitoba and Tel Aviv are collaborating to build a playground in the Ajami neighbourhood of Jaffa, a collaboration that was launched in Winnipeg recently.
The Manitoba-Israel Shared Values Roundtable (MISVR), led by Manitoba Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick, will [...]

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For more information about this play, “About the Oranges,” please click here.

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By Adam Michael Segal
 
They are talented artists and venerable poster girls for Arab-Israeli solidarity and they came to Canada for the very first time.
 
Israeli singer Achinoam Nini a.k.a. Noa and her Arab-Israeli sidekick, actress and songwriter Mira Anwar Awad, paired up for a performance at the Partners for Peace Tribute dinner at the Fairmont Royal York hotel [...]

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By Lauren Kramer

International Guitar Night is the longest running mobile guitar festival in North America, and when it kicked off its Canadian tour in Vancouver November 5, Israeli guitarist, pianist and composer Itamar Erez was among the performers.
Erez leads the Adama World Music Ensemble, [...]

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By Paul Shindman
Today is a solemn day not just in Canada, but around the world in all countries that mark November 11. The Middle East is no stranger to Canadian troops, who have been sent to the Holy Land at different times over the past century. Not just the two world wars, but peacekeeping missions [...]

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By Adam Michael Segal

In a fabulous display of cultural diversity, performers of many stripes danced, drummed and sang their hearts out in Winnipeg recently to jointly celebrate Tel Aviv’s centennial.

A crowd of more than 500 people at The Pantages Theatre took part in the dynamic event, which was put on by the Manitoba-Israel Shared Values [...]

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