by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 20, 2011 | Arts/Op-Eds
Hwere is a little human interest item ifor Winnipeggers who are interested. This is a picture of 4 men, two still living in Winnipeg, and two not– who recently attended a bar mitzvah in Walnut Creek, CA (my grandson’s bar...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 20, 2011 | Local
Readers may be interested in an article by Rex Murphy on March 12, 2011 in the National Post entitled “Alert Me When We Get to Saudia Arabia Gender Apartheid Week,” which criticizes Israel Apartheid Week.. Murphy begins: "I’ve been reading...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 20, 2011 | Israel
Despite masquerading as a "pro-Israel" organization, J Street has now effectively been exposed as an organization whose principal raison d’etre is to mobilize public opinion to encourage the Obama Administration to condemn Israel and intensify pressure...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 20, 2011 | Local
Tuesday March 10, at 7 p.m., Aqua Books hosted A Night of Jewish Humour. Alix Sobler, Daniel Thau-Eleff, and Michael Nathanson performed small noshes of Jewish comedy for an appreciative crowd. Aqua Books, located at 274 Garry Street, is a bookstore and bistro with a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 18, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
The Megilla sums up the Purim story by saying, "the Jews gave a lasting commitment and accepted upon themselves to celebrate their victory over Haman, year after year." To what did the Jews commit? If it was to celebrate Purim, then the wording should have...
