by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 24, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
Friday night we were eating our Shabbat meal and the Challah bread was particularly crusty. I thought of the Midrash that Moshe told the Israelites that everyday Manna would fall, but since none would fall on Shabbat, a double portion would fall on Friday. Datan and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 23, 2011 | Local
Neire Mercer and Sara Raymond, a lesbian couple who are involved in Anakhnu, Winnipeg’s Jewish GLBT group ,are looking forward to their upcoming joint Bat-Mitzvah celebration which will be officiated by Rabbi Karen Soria at Temple Shalom Synagogue in November....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 23, 2011 | Local
The National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Section fielded a team at the Run for the Cure this September. The Run for the Cure, in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is a"natural fit" for NCJW, and this is the second year we have...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 23, 2011 | Local
In 1960 when Martin Luther King Jr. ended up in a Birmingham jail, it was a bold phone call from the then President of the United States that ended up being a key reason why most African-Americans have, from that day until present, shifted their vote from Republican...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 23, 2011 | Local
[Editor’s note: Journalist and author Thanassis Cambanis, was in Winnipeg to speak on November 2, at the Etz Chaim Synagogue about the Middle East and Arab Spring ] CAIRO, Egypt — Mina Daniel’s...
