by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 15, 2012 | Arts/Op-Eds
in the evening sky I caught sight of an arcing sliver of moon; I hung my hopes on that thin white ledge… With these words about the new moon which begins each Jewish month, Yossi Huttler opens Lakol Z’man: A Time For Everything,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 14, 2012 | Next Generation
[This article was first published in the Jerusalem Post] In 2009, thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest a fraudulent presidential election that restored Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. Bereft of any real external support, the demonstrators were beaten and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 11, 2012 | Local
In case you have heard a rumour that Peter Kafka may be moving to Winnipeg, it is simply not true. Naturally, Peter Kafka would like to dispel such a rumour. Peter Kafka has told the Winnipeg Jewish Review on Friday of last week that he has no intention...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 11, 2012 | Local
It’s Lucy and the football, Iran-style. After ostensibly tough talk about preventing Iran from going nuclear, the Obama administration acquiesced this week to yet another round of talks with the mullahs. This, 14 months after the last group-of-six negotiations...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 10, 2012 | Next Generation
Four and a half years ago I started my university career at the University of Winnipeg. Up until then, I had never heard the word Palestine. I wouldn’t until the bombing of Gaza in 2008 and 2009 when TV screens showed images of Palestinians running from white...
