by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 5, 2010 | Arts/Op-Eds
Last year the Winnipeg Jewish Review published an article about a B’nai Brith Manitoba sponsored event honouring Anje Van Tongeren, an elderly Dutch woman living in Winnipeg. Van Tongeren and her mother had been members of the Dutch Underground during World War...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 4, 2010 | Arts/Op-Eds
Twenty-one year old Lara Secord-Haid, a member of Winnipeg’s Jewish community whose passion is singing opera, recently won five gold medals in the Manitoba Music Festival, in the categories of Italian Art song, French melody, Aria, German Lieder and Spanish...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 4, 2010 | Next Generation
The Asper Foundation Human Rights & Holocaust Studies Program is a fantastic program. It gives students the opportunity to learn, grow, and have fun! The program is more than just a trip to Washington. It is a five month process that the students experience to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 3, 2010 | Local
On Sunday September 26, the Asper campus was full of activity designed to make our community more environmentally conscious as part of Eco-shift, put on by The Jewish Federation’s J-PEG, Next Generation Leadership Division. The event, chaired by Dov Secter and...
