Israel will reach its milestone 75th year of Independence in May of 2023. By that time, the creators behind the World’s Jewish Museum/Hamakom hope to break ground in Tel Aviv on what will become an ...

TORONTO — Israel (Izzy) Asper, the outspoken founder of CanWest Global Communications, Canada’s largest broadcaster, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning in his home town of Winnipeg. He was 71. Cause of ...

WINNIPEG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canwest Global Communications Corp. (“Canwest” or the “Company”) announced today that Ms. Gail Asper OC, OM, LLD, Mr. David Asper and Ms. Lisa Pankratz have tendered their ...

Airovation Technologies was awarded the prestigious 2025 Asper Prize for “The Hebrew University Rising Startup”. The prize, part of a competition launched by ASPER-HUJI Innovate, the university’s ...

Fifteen years ago, on a visit to several Jewish museums here, Gail Asper of Winnipeg, Canada, had what she calls her epiphany — a vision of “large numbers of people watching an exhibit on Jews in ...

Gail Asper has announced a $3-million donation to the capital campaign for Congregation Shaarey Zedek, which she likened to Grand Central Station for Winnipeg’s Jewish community. *Billed as $4.00 plus ...

WINNIPEG Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada's museum showcasing human rights opened in the Prairie city of Winnipeg on Friday, dogged by controversy that began long before the first visitor arrived. The ...

Winnipeg philanthropist Gail Asper, 51, is inspiring admiration and horror in her hometown with a surprise contribution to the genre of “older white folks rapping.” Asper is among prominent locals ...

Prof. Hadas Mamane, head of Tel Aviv University’s Water Energy (WE) Lab. Tel Aviv University together with the Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University (CFTAU) announced a $407,000 gift from The Asper ...