by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 23, 2011 | Local
Gail Asper was interviwed by Maclean’s Magazine on March 23, 2011, regarding the controversy surrounding the Human Rights Museum. I recommend reading the article it in its entirety. It begins as follows: Canada’s Newest national institution,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 23, 2011 | Local
I am a Winnipegger, a self-described renaissance man and graphic designer. I have designed ads for Calvin Klein and other well known companies that have covered buildings in Times Square in New...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 22, 2011 | Arts/Op-Eds
Purim, the holiday we just celebrated, is a holiday of disguise and inversion. As we celebrate having dodged another historical attempt at Jewish extinction, we are told to imbibe “until we don’t know the difference between cursed is Haman and blessed is...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 22, 2011 | Arts/Op-Eds
It has been reported that popular protests against Syria’s 48 years of emergency law entered its third day this past Sunday. Authorities sought to appease the movement by promising to free schoolchildren who had been arrested for scrawling anti-regime graffiti....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 22, 2011 | Next Generation
On March 6, 2008, I was surrounded by thousands of other Israeli and American teenagers in celebrating rosh chodesh Adar, the new month where we welcome the happiest time of the year, in the Old City of Jerusalem. We sang and danced, a gathering of so many;...