by Cindy Leszczynski | May 16, 2011 | Israel
[Editor’s note: On reading about the events of Nakba Day on May 15, 2011, I thought of this past summer when I was at Kibbutz Manara which sits right on the border with Lebanon. When you walk at the back of the kibbutz you can see the UN peacekeeping...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 16, 2011 | Local
Winnipeg can be proud of the fact that at this moment there are three Winnipeg boys serving as soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, two as Lone Soldiers without family residing in Israel; Daniel Schachter and `Zev Faintuch as well as Benji Aziza who is the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 16, 2011 | Local
Prime Minister Harper received the confidence of 40 % of the popular vote where he won 167 seats. The NDP as a result of the serene and charisma of Jack Layton are now the official opposition winning 102 seats. The Liberals were no competition. They actually require...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 16, 2011 | Local
[Editor's note:Ben Carr is a teacher currently living in Winnipeg. He has been involved with the Liberal Party of Canada in varying capacities for years. In 2006 Ben served as Scott Brison's Campaign Manager for Manitoba during the Liberal...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 15, 2011 | Israel
[Reprinted with permission. First published Jan 21, 2011] My neighbor on the page where my weekly column appears in Yisrael Hayom, Yossi Beilin, commented last week that Israel was returning to the idea of "defensible borders," which in his words was...
