by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 7, 2012 | Israel
The 1967 Six Day War was the result of the renewed Arab effort to “wipe Israel off the map” – a renewal of the 1948 war that ended in a temporary cease-fire, with no interest among most Arab leaders in a long-term peace agreement with Israel. This is...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 6, 2012 | Israel
A couple of weeks ago the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed the Kirk Amendment as part of the State Department and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill for 2013. The bill requires the State Department to specify to Congress, for the first time,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 5, 2012 | Local
I’m not one of those people who sit around reminiscing about the good old days. I don’t often pull out camp pictures, and – sorry campers – I can’t remember most of my cabin songs. But for at least one night every summer I can’t...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 5, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: "In Darkness" was one of the many excellent films being shown during the Jewish International Film Festival put on by the Rady JCC and the Asper Foundation.] Well deserving of its Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 5, 2012 | Features
The May 28th 2012decision of the Australian government to increase its allocation to the United Nations Relief and Works agency, UNRWA, the agency that serves Palestinian Refugees and their descendants – by 450% – from $19 million to $90 million, with...
