by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 10, 2011 | Local
[Editor’s note: I came across this article that I wrote in 2007 in which Israeli colonel Yoram East, someone I have long respected and admired for his integrity and his depth of knowledge on the Middle East, who died in October...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 10, 2011 | Local
Winnipeg university head fights Israel Apartheid Week By RHONDA SPIVAK, SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST 03/14/2011 02:33 "The most effective response was a series of opportunities for Arab-Jewish dialogue," UW president Lloyd Axworthy...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 10, 2011 | Local
Last month Michel, my husband, celebrated his 50th birthday. A 50th birthday is a true milestone for many and for Michel perhaps even more so given the fact that at the age of 45 he was the recipient of triple bypass emergency heart surgery. We knew...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 9, 2011 | Israel
On Wednesday the 9th of March 2011, an unprecedented video conference was convened at the Sderot City Hall, between representatives and residents from Sderot and Ashkelon, on one side of the screen, while, on the other side, there were ‘new’ judges in...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 9, 2011 | Local
Over 5000 young people, including Winnipeg’s Zev Faintuch are currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces as “lone soldiers” (chayalim bodedim) -lone soldiers – the young men and women who do not have families in Israel to support...