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...
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
Like a bad meal that keeps coming back on you, the drama surrounding Toronto’s Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) continues to make headlines. QuAIA is a small group that opposes the way Israel treats Palestinians, and likens Israel to apartheid-era...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 17, 2011 | Israel
Readers will appreciate this article by Catherine Porter in the Toronto Star which begins as follows: "Three days after the earthquake levelled Port-au-Prince last year, a foreign medical team set up a hospital in a soccer field with equipment and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Apr 17, 2011 | Israel
As journalists cover complex Middle East negotiations, news outlets often characterize lulls in hostilities as an armistice or a cease-fire, reminiscent in the western mind to the end of hostilities in World War I, which terminated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of...
