by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 5, 2011 | Local
Secretary of Defense Panetta addressed the Saban Forum, the annual meeting of Israeli and American journalists, officials, and former officials, on Friday evening. What he said is no mystery; why he said it is a considerable one. The transcript is here. What he said...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 5, 2011 | Local
Readers may be interested to read what Rex Murphy had to say at a recent event in Vancouver about Israel. One of my favourites of what Murphy said as quoted in the Vancouver Jewish Independent: “You ended up, when it...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 5, 2011 | Local
Rachel Browne’s new dance Radiance, dedicated to the memory of Babs Asper and composer Ann Southam, premiered on December 1 at the Rachel Browne Theatre. Browne, a ballet dancer, modern dancer, teacher and award winning choreographer (born Ray...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 5, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
“And Yaakov feared greatly, and it caused him pain, and he split the nation that was with him, the sheep, cattle, and camels into two camps.” — Bereishis 32:7 Aysav comes to kill Yaakov The word came to Yaakov that his brother Aysav was coming...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 5, 2011 | Local
I have been writing about 21st century anti-Semitism since the turn of the century. Words don’t fail me, nor has my spirit grown dim. But what is now going on is so ghastly, so omnipresent, so "over the top," that even a careful wordsmith is...
