by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 11, 2010 | Arts/Op-Eds
Dahn Hiuni was a fifteen-year-old sophomore studying theatre and art at Talma Yalin, Tel Aviv’s then-only High School for the Arts, when his parents sat him down one afternoon for a family talk. “How would you like to move to Canada?” they asked...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 11, 2010 | Local
I am going to Los Angeles to take part in the 20th World Conference of GBLT Jews August 12th – 15th 2010. The conference in being held at the Hillel House on the UCLA Campus and is being presented by The World Congress of GBLT Jews. For those of you that...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 8, 2010 | Arts/Op-Eds
Josh Dolgin, (aka Socalled,) is a Canadian rapper and producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer and other folk music syles. Dolgin, a Montreal musician with Winnipeg roots (and lots of family and friends in Winnipeg) is a pianist and accordion player....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 4, 2010 | Israel
As we approach a total of 400 aerial attacks launched from Gaza since the cease fire which halted Israel’s Cast Lead’ military incursion into Gaza on January 19, 2009, an upgraded Qassam rocket scored a direct hit on the ceiling of children’s...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 4, 2010 | Local
“I am feeling very confident that I have made the right move from the Jewish Federation to the Jewish Foundation,” says David Greaves, a recent Cyril Marantz Manitoba Jewish Athlete honouree, who became the Foundation’s Director of Fund...