by Cindy Leszczynski | May 30, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: Law Professor Bryan Schwartz has conceived of and initiated a very successful exchange program for law students at the University of Manitoba to study for several weeks in Israel at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This is the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 30, 2012 | Local
Good Evening. Thank you, Adam, for your kind introduction. It is an honor and a privilege to stand here tonight and accept this award. I would like to thank the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg for this honor as well as the Nathanson family. My family, the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 29, 2012 | Local
It’s almost summer, which means I’m nostalgic for camp. Though I’m nostalgic for camp even in winter – and spring and fall. In fact, I was nostalgic for camp even during the 10 summers I spent at Camp Massad on 20 flat prairie acres...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 29, 2012 | Local
The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or "settlements." Rather, it concerns the so-called Palestine refugees. So called because of the nearly 5 million official refugees served...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 29, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: The follwing remarks were delivered by President of the Jewish Federaion of Winnipeg in Memory of Rcihard Tapper Z’L who at the community Kavod Awards evening on May 23, 2012 at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue. The Winnipeg Jewish...