by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 17, 2011 | Local
Chana, a self-appointed monitor of the Shul’s morals (Yenta), kept sticking her nose into other people’s business. Several members did not approve of her extracurricular activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 17, 2011 | Local
Zach Raizman, a second year Sciences student at the University of Winnipeg, experienced Israel for the first time on a Birthright trip this past July. Even though he grew up in a very Zionistic home and was very connected from afar, the country was even more awesome...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 17, 2011 | Local
[Editor’s note: Thank you to several readers for asking me to write an article on this subject several months ago. I have a tremendous backlog and though the incident discussed herein occurred last February, the discussion is still relevant today] According to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 16, 2011 | Local
At a luncheon at the Fort Gary Hotel last week put on by the Jewish National Fund here to thank its supporters Rob Berkowits, JNF’s new enthusiastic Executive Director for the Manitoba-Saskatchewan region, said that he was pleased to announce that JNF would be...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 15, 2011 | Local
The Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun Synagogue is pleased to announce that Rabbi Yossi Benarroch, one of Winnipeg’s favourite sons, will be in town for the annual Fall Scholar in Residence Shabbaton on November 25th and 26th, 2011. Rabbi Benarroch, a JWC Raider...
