by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 19, 2012 | Local
It was the involvement of one Egyptian freedom fighter, a young man that forced Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton to personally step foot on Tahrir Squrare; it was the camera footages of young Iranian side walkers in Tehran that caused Neda to be instantly viewed on...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 19, 2012 | Local
Statement by the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Issues (A Division of the Zoryan Institute) on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights TORONTO — The International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (A Division of the Zoryan...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 19, 2012 | Local
This lecture was delivered at Herzlia Synagogue in Winnipeg on February 11, 2012. In the following presentation, I will attempt to explain the history and purpose of Israeli Apartheid Week (or IAW) and its connection to a much larger global political strategy...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 19, 2012 | Torah Tidbits
This past Shabbat I participated in Vancouver’s first “Occupy Shabbat.” The thirty of us crammed into Occupy Vancouver’s meditation tent weren’t the only ones celebrating this way. In cities across North America, Jews of all types are...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 18, 2012 | Local
This Tuesday, 21 Shvat, marks the 15th Yaertzheit of Shira Waldman, Koby’[Tanzer’s] mom. Her name lives on through our eldest daughter, and her spirit endures in a collection of articles she wrote over the years, mostly about her boys. The one below...
