by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 19, 2011 | Local
[Former Winnipegger Brent Sassley is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington. He earned his Ph.D. at McGill University in 2007 and teaches Middle East politics and Israeli politics] When it comes to the American...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 18, 2011 | Local
This article is in response to an Article seen Saturday July 16, 2011 Pg J 13 in the Winnipeg Free Press. "Jewish Cemetery designates section for dual-faith couples." [Shaarey Zedek Synagogue] My parents, grandparents and many aunts and uncles are laid...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 18, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
“And if her father will revoke [the neder] the day that he hears all of the vows and prohibitions that she placed on herself, they [the vows] will not stand, and HASHEM will forgive her because her father annulled them.” — Bamidbar 30:6 While a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 16, 2011 | Local
[Editor’s note: I don’t think Camp Massad has ever been referred to as much in a major Israeli newspaper as it has been in this article below by Mira Sucharov, who I remember vividly running around the campsite with Ara Garfinkel (now Morris) I...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 15, 2011 | Local
Negotiations between Israel and the PLO have been stalled for many reasons, but a central issue is the Palestinian refusal to acknowledge Israel as a “Jewish state.” The whole idea behind the partition of the Palestine Mandate in 1947 was, in the words of...
