by Cindy Leszczynski | May 14, 2012 | Local
Readers know that Dr. Adam Muller has put forward the theory in this publication that antisemitism was not the central cause of the Holocaust. See here and here In an exclusive interview with the Winnipeg Jewish Review prior to her formal talk on May 7 at the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2012 | Local
In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered UN peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded Eilat (Israel’s southern outlet to the world’s oceans), abruptly signed a military pact...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2012 | Torah Tidbits
A cow or a sheep, it and its child, do not slaughter on one day.” Vayikrah 22:28 In one of the many mitzvahs that teaches us how to deal with animals, the Torah commands us not to kill a mother and its offspring on one day. The SeferHaChinuch explains that one...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2012 | Local
Hadira is a fascinating documentary with an unusual but true story line that provokes a lot of questions. I viewed it as part of the International Jewish Film Festival, put on by the Rady JCC and the Asper Foundation in a packed theatre. By all accounts this...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: Following Dr. Adam Muller’s presentation at the Berney Theatre during Holocaust Awareness Week, The Winnipeg Jewish Review asked Dr. Alain Goldschläger,Chair, National Task Force on Holocaust Education,...
