by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 27, 2011 | Local
Thirty-one new names were added this year to the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba’s Endowment Book of life, at a signing ceremony that was attended by over 325 people held at the Shaarey Zedek synagogue. The thirty one signers made a promise to leave a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 27, 2011 | Local
It is my respectful opinion that the Board of the Simkin Centre desperately and urgently needs to reform, or else I fear that the institution will suffer more harm and damage than it already has. Let me be clear. I am not at all pleased that Harvey Berkal has taken...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 26, 2011 | Israel
In the long-standing debate regarding the Palestinian political strategy and the prospects of reaching a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, some argue that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will ultimately relinquish its demand for the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 25, 2011 | Local
I was going to write about Debbie and Jerry Maslowsky’s performance at the Jewish Foundation’s Endowment Book of Life evening at the Shaarey Zedek on September 21 as part of one article about the event but have decided that the concert–a nostalgic...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 25, 2011 | Local
How is it that we never seem to love our kids enough, be smart enough, good enough, handsome or pretty enough, accomplished enough, rich enough or lucky enough? We are oftentimes compelled to stretch ourselves beyond, many times beyond what we could genuinely...