by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 11, 2011 | Local
He wakes up wet lying on a stone for the night brought dreams of death, His body, shriveled so thin that you can see his every movement of breath. He looms in the darkness looking for a reason for why this is happening to him. Did he make the right decision to leave...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 11, 2011 | Next Generation
Moot Beit Din is a unique Ravsak program that enables students from Jewish high schools around North America to delve into issues of Jewish law through creative engagement with contemporary situations. It provides students with an opportunity to explore the relevance...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 9, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
This past weekend we celebrated Shavuot, the holiday that commemorates receiving the Torah from G-d at Mount Sinai. The very name of the Mount Sinai has become closely intertwined with the Torah itself. So much so, that the first statement of Pirkei Avot (Ethics of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 9, 2011 | Local
The first Limmud Festival of Jewish Learning organized by the Jewish Federation and the Rady JCC was one of the best community programs I have ever been to—hands down. It is a program that I can easily see as only growing in the future, and I am pleased to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 9, 2011 | Local
At the end of March, as this year’s Passover holiday was approaching, the Palestinian Authority honored the terrorist mastermind responsible for the ‘Passover Massacre’ which claimed the lives of 30 innocent Israeli citizens attending the...
