by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 28, 2011 | Local
When was the last time the United Nations Security Council met to condemn an Arab government for its mistreatment of Palestinians? How come groups and individuals on university campuses in the United States and Canada that call themselves “pro-Palestinian”...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 28, 2011 | Local
The Manitoba Liberals have proposed more flexible Sunday shopping hours. "We believe businesses should be able to decide their own hours. Treating Sunday morning as off limits for shopping ‘ is really a holdover from the days when Sunday was considered a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 27, 2011 | Local
Fifty two year old Michael Benarroch, a member of our Jewish community and graduate of the Joseph Wolinsky collegiate’s class of 1977, has been named the new Dean of the I.H. Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, effective from November 15,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 27, 2011 | Local
Adam, Hart, and I returned last week from Great Neck, NY, where the extended Linder clan attended my cousin Ronnie’s son’s bar mitzvah. Yael had a basketball commitment, but Ronnie has two more sons so she’ll join us next time. Most of my...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 26, 2011 | Arts/Op-Eds
There are many challenges that present themselves in life. One of mine is going to visit my mother at the nursing home where she now lives. My mother, Hilda Stern, is a resident at the Simkin Centre in Winnipeg. She is lost to her family, as she suffers from...