by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 21, 2011 | Local
The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble never disappoints and their recent concert on June 14, 2011 at the Manitoba Theatre Centre exemplified this. The event honoured Lorne Weiss, Chai’s president from 1998 to 2004 During the evening tributes were...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 21, 2011 | Local
In loving memory of Peter Jablonski (Nachman Fryszberg) z’l who passed away July 17, 2011. This is a true story about survival, kindness, inspiration and hope. As a boy Walter Saltzberg was able to survive the Holocaust with the help of a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 21, 2011 | Local
Seven Iranian Muslin clerics met at Canadian Mennonite University in Tuxedo in June, for three day of close-door discussions with seven Mennonite theologians from Canada and the United States, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. (See:...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 20, 2011 | Local
[Editor’s note: This piece was written on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 1956 Sinai Campaign, and is being reprinted now on the Fifty Fifth Anniversary of the Sinai Campaign. ] Fifty years ago this past week, on July 26,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 20, 2011 | Local
[This articel first appeared in the Jerusalem Post on June 18, 2011] Anglo-Jewish leadership is again under the spotlight following its response towards recent behavior by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Today every Jewish community engaged in dealing with...
