by Cindy Leszczynski | May 12, 2011 | Next Generation
This year the community wide memorial service for Yom Hazikaron held at the Berney Theatre on Sunday May 8, 2011 featured the participation of many former members of the Israel Defence Forces {IDF], which in itself is remarkable considering these people served to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 12, 2011 | Local
When I am faced with a problem, frightened or at my wits end my method of coping has always been the same; first I pray and then I clean. When Michel underwent emergency triple by-pass surgery in February of 2005, I remember leaving very late at night the downtown...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 12, 2011 | Local
As my tour guide in Jerusalem when I was 17 used to say to all of us – ‘just imagine’. Imagine you are the new Chief of Staff for the IDF – this is a position that is the cherry on top of the sundae for you; the crowning achievement in a long...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 11, 2011 | Israel
I want to alert readers to a worthwhile analysis of the Reconciliaton Agreement Between Fatah and Hamas written by Pinhas Inbari, senior Policy Analyst at the Jerusalem centre for Public Affairs, which is headed by Dore Gold. Inbari is a veteran...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 11, 2011 | Next Generation
The title of the Israeli national anthem “Hatikva” means hope. It expresses the hope of the Jewish people that they would some day return to the land of their forefathers. The song represents the hope of the Jewish people because their hope for freedom...