by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 26, 2011 | Local
On April 28, The Winnipeg Jewish Review wrote an article about the poster which is seen here that was put up prior to Israel Apartheid Week advertiing an off campus fundraiser for IAW. [The entire article is reprinted below] B’nai Brith Canada...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 26, 2011 | Local
Editor’s note: The first article is by Zach Paikin [Liberal] and the response is by Ian Mann [Conservative]. Both of these articles have appeared in the Prince Arthur Herald. Paikin: A Plea to Canada’s Jewish Community by Zach Paikin, April 19, 2011,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 25, 2011 | Local
B’nai Brith Manitoba Pre-election Forum AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION OF ISSUES OF IMPORT AND CONCERN TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WITH CANDIDATES FROM THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 7:00 p.m. Berney Theatre,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 25, 2011 | Arts/Op-Eds
The Museum of Modern Arts in Salzburg, Austria, has decide to return a Klimt painting in their possession to the rightful owner, after it had been seized by Nazis during World War II. Gustav Klimt’s, Litzlberg am Attersee (Litzlberg on the Attersee), was painted...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 25, 2011 | Local
I’m not sure what will await me when I land at Ben Gurion airport next month for a long-awaited return visit to Israel. Like writer Jay Michaelson (The Forward; 25 September 2009), I too have struggled with an on-again, off-again passionate love affair with the...