by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 3, 2012 | Local
“Limmud’s promise: wherever you find yourself Limmud will take you one step further on your Jewish journey.” Winnipeg’s Limmud 2012, a weekend of Jewish learning, built on the success of last year’s debut and the tradition of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 2, 2012 | Arts/Op-Eds
Los Angeles based actor and artist Benson Simmonds has been acting, singing, teaching, directing, writing and painting for most of his life. Recently, Simmonds combined many of his talents and much of his life experience into an unique and exciting business venture...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 2, 2012 | Arts/Op-Eds
Comedy singer Al Simmons gave a very special concert at the Park Theatre on February 18. Like many Winnipegers, especially those who have raised or taught young kids (I’ve done both), I’ve seen Al Simmons perform in many festivals, usually outside or in a...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 2, 2012 | Local
The holiday of Purim. A reminder that King Ahasuers of Persia, the precursor tomodern Iran, plotted to destroy the Jewish people. Today another tyrant, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, has announced his intention to do the same. B’nai Brith welcomes...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 2, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s Note: The Saturday night headliner at this year’s Limmud Conference was Binyamin Cohen. When I first saw the name I thought it was the Binyamin Cohen that I know, the son of Faye Rosenberg Cohen ( an organizer of Limmud and...
