by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 15, 2011 | Local
The Chai Folk Arts Council Inc. is pleased to announce the newly established CHAI DANCE COMPANY. This performance level troupe is for male and female dancers ages 12 + up who have a passion for dance. The CHAIDANCE COMPANY will be solely focusing on Chai...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 15, 2011 | Local
August 12, 2011: Hebrew language classes have always been an essential part of Judaic Studies at the University of Manitoba. Professor Moshe Nahir of the Department of Linguistics has taught Hebrew at all levels for several decades, as well as coordinating the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 13, 2011 | Local
I was born in Winnipeg in 1951 to Jewish parents, both of whom had also been born here. Our home was a secular one, but I was aware that I was Jewish and that the ramifications of being so were not always positive. The approach of most Jews then...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 12, 2011 | Local
First published in the Wall Street Journal, August 11,2011 20 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904140604576498423827070338.html?mod=googlenews_wsj] South of Lebanon’s Litani River, many villages lay in ruin. Others were deserted, their...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 12, 2011 | Arts/Op-Eds
The Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth and one of Israel’s most popular tourist sites, is one of the 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature, an international online competition to grade the seven natural wonders of the world (www.new7wonders.com) To reach...
