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 | 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 | Local
Fubuki Daiko Japanese Drum Group and others to perform in a benefit concert to raise money for Japan Relief on Tuesday, March 29th at 7:00 pm at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. Congregation Shaarey Zedek and the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg have come together to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 21, 2011 | Israel
A preliminary IDF Homefront Command medical delegation, comprising two doctors and a Homefront Command officer, arrived today (Monday 21 March 2011) in the Miyagi prefecture north of Tokyo and have begun their appraisal of requirements that will enable the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 21, 2011 | Local
On Thursday, April 28 at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue at 8 pm, noted political commentator David Frum will deliver the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada’s 6th Annual Sol And Florence Kanee Distinguished Lecture. With the current turmoil in the Middle...
