by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 16, 2011 | Local
Rather unbelievably, liberal writers are bashing a former AIPAC spokesman for keeping a tally of their obnoxious anti-Israel comments. A blogosphere spat is revealing an important fracture in the Democratic Party and liberal institutions. The spat erupted nearly a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 16, 2011 | Local
Winnipeg B’nai Brith Yachad Couples Unit 5056 is looking forward to hosting their third annual Chanukah celebrationat the Saul & Claribel Simkin Centre. The program will be on Dec. 21st at 2:00 at Shirley Brown, a very talented Winnipegsinger, whose...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 16, 2011 | Local
Thank you to a reader for sending me an article published recently in Embassy magazine in Ottawa. Iran wants Canada to let it open consulates across the country, something that a Canadian policy currently blocks. Apparently, some Iranian diaspora members...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 15, 2011 | Local
Occasionally critics of the government of Israel and of its American supporters put aside polite talk and bare their souls, and that can be an edifying if deeply unattractive moment. Such a moment arose today in the New York Times, where its columnist Thomas Friedman...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 15, 2011 | Local
Two Grade 10 students at Oak Park High School in Charleswood are now facing assault and hate charges as a result of threatening a Jewish teen at the school with a lighter and singing her hair. According to a report by Myron Love in the Canadian Jewish News, Winnipeg...