by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 25, 2011 | Local
Brock Corydon students gained insight into the significance of the Shofar in the celebration of Rosh Hashanah by participating in crafting a genuine Shofar from the raw horn of a ram at the Lubavitch Shofar Factory. They experienced a demonstration of the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 24, 2011 | Local
Arms control expert Gerald Steinberg has taken issue with the presence of Canada on a recent short list to help Jordan construct a nuclear reactor to generate energy for civilian purposes. Canada is one of three suppliers that have been shortlisted by Jordan to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 23, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the new Jewish Year. Why of all days, do we observe New Years on this particular day? Jewish history began when the Jews left Egypt in the spring. Does it not make sense that the Jewish New Year should have been observed six months...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 23, 2011 | Local
[Editor’s note: I have run this story because John Greyson was a speaker at both University of Manitoba and Winnipeg campuses during Israel Apartheid Week last year.] Robert Lantos, one of Canada’s most renowned filmmakers, whose movies have...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Sep 23, 2011 | Local
Why not support the unilateral declaration of an independent (UDI) Palestinian state? The 18 years of negotiations since Oslo, have yielded nothing but a stalemate in the diplomatic arena and fatigue in the public domain. So, if we can’t achieve a two-state...
