by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 19, 2011 | Local
On Sunday, May 1st, 2011 at 7 p.m. Shaarey Zedek Synagogue will be dedicating its very own Holocaust Scroll (Hebrew: Megillat Hashoah), the only one of its kind in Canada. Shaarey Zedek’s Chazzan Anibal Mass initiated this idea of commissioning the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 19, 2011 | Local
For 60 years Camp Massad has been offering children ages eight and up the opportunity to participate in creative and Jewish themed programming in an extraordinary unique, nurturing and fun-filled atmosphere. Now children a little younger can have the opportunity to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 18, 2011 | Israel
[Editor’s note :This article was originally printed last week on the Ynet website and is being reprinted with the permission of the author. The writer Shoula Romano Horing was born and raised in Israel. She is an attorney in Kansas City and a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 17, 2011 | Local
I can believe that the world is against us. If you are a student of Torah, then all you have to do is read the book of Deuteronomy and it is clear that, under certain conditions, Israel will suffer at the hands of the nations, if we do not behave as beacons of light....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 17, 2011 | Local
In the Baltic States and in Eastern Europe, where post Soviet narratives of nationhood are being written, there is a temptation to emphasize the crimes of the Stalinists and to de-emphasize the crimes of the nationalists. The crimes of the Stalinists against the...
