by Cindy Leszczynski | May 10, 2011 | Israel
Amidst all the furor over the Palestinian rapprochement and their efforts to declare a state unilaterally, a small victory was scored this week, with the defeat—or rather, abandonment—of Syria’s drive to be elected to the U.N.’s Human...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 10, 2011 | Israel
Their names are known—and their photos posted– in schools and synagogues throughout the world. They stare at us—the older ones from faded, sepia-toned photographs—from bookmarks, and from posters in countless synagogues. Katz, Baumol and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 10, 2011 | Local
There has been a recent change in Mathew Ostrove’s political aspirations, since he learned that his cousin Linda Minuk expressed a desire to be the Liberal candidate in Tuxedo. Ostrove told the Winnipeg Jewish Review on Monday May 9 that...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 10, 2011 | Local
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement to mark Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) celebrations: “Today, on the 63rd anniversary of Israel’s independence, I extend warm regards to the many Canadians who are...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 10, 2011 | Local
On March 7-14 University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg were subjected to the hateful and fallacious rhetoric of Israeli Apartheid Week. This same week, I led a coalition of students, known as Campus Democracy, in Israel Peace Week (IPW) at the University of...