by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 24, 2011 | Local
December 22, 2011-Winnipeg, Canada-The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has renewed its call for an independent review of the Canadian Human Rights Museum (CMHR) and a suspension of incremental funding by the federal government amid media reports that the museum is...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 21, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
The miracle of the oil Why do we celebrate Chanukah? “When the Yivanim entered the Bais HaMikdash, they defiled all the oil set aside for lighting the Menorah. When the Chashmonoim were victorious, they searched and were able to find only one small jug of oil...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 21, 2011 | Israel
Since the end of the Second World War, millions of refugees have left refugee camps, and refugee status, and moved to countries that accepted them–quickly or slowly–as citizens. Post-World War II Europe was an archipelago of displaced persons and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 21, 2011 | Local
The following is a letter from Elliot Leven that I received in May 1982 after arriving with h my grade 12 graduating class form Joseph Wolinsky clollegiate on Kiibbutz Ein Hanatziv. Elliot had been the editor for the JWC Eye , the now defunct school newspaper....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 20, 2011 | Local
The Winnipeg Jewish review has learned that neither the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority [WHRA] or Manitoba Health was consulted by the Simkin Centre Co-Chairs Phyllis Spigelman and Jack Litvack before they decided to renew the Contract...
