by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 30, 2010 | Arts/Op-Eds
Jewish law does not prescribe any special feasting or elaborate meal for Chanukah as it does for other holidays. Maybe this is because the origin of Chanukah is not in the Bible but in the Apocrypha, the books of literature written between the second century BCE and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 30, 2010 | Local
Chabad Jewish Learning Centre Opens Its Doors Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, recalls the miraculous victory–more than 2100 years ago–of a militarily weak but spiritually strong Jewish people over the mighty forces of a ruthless enemy that had...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 30, 2010 | Local
As the editor of the Winnipeg Jewish Review, I had a choice last Friday night November 26, 2010. I could choose to spend Erev Shabbat with George Galloway at the Broadway Disciples United Church, or could choose to spend Erev Shabbat with my...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2010 | Israel
A song and dance group that has recently performed hate and violence promotion songs in the PA has been honored and turned into an official Palestinian national band by decree of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Among the performances that have been broadcast by the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2010 | Local
More than 150 people attended a book launch, celebrating the life and art of Hungarian-born Eva Stubbs (nee Koves m. Wolinsky) that took place in the multi-purpose room of the Asper Jewish Community Campus on Tuesday evening November 23, 2010. For the Love of...
