by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 14, 2011 | Local
I wanted to share some nice news about a local Israeli dance group called Beyachad with readers of the Winnipeg Jewish Review, which I think is a great online news paper. Beyachad’s founder, Robyn Braha, started out teaching at the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 14, 2011 | Local
There are many ways to support Israel. For us, the best way is to visit there and encourage others to do likewise. In our opinion, you can see but never truly experience Israel from a tour bus. Like many people, we have done “the mission” tour and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 14, 2011 | Next Generation
While Western politicians continue to lionize the new-found political freedoms promised by the “Arab Spring” of uprisings from Tunis to Damascus, they will be decidedly less enthusiastic about recent events in Egypt, the first major Arab power to fall to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 14, 2011 | Local
The Jewish National Fund’s Negev Gala on May 31 was a great celebration of Manitoba’s special relationship with Israel, pioneered by Negev Gala honouree Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick. The diverse audience in attendance...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 14, 2011 | Local
Yale University has recently made a decision to close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism [YIISA], a move that has generated much criticism from the Jewish world. To read about this controversial and...
