by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 11, 2012 | Local
[The following are Mel Lazareck’s remarks on receiving the Sol Kanee Distinguished Community Service Medal on May 23, at the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s Kavod Awards evening at the Shaarey Zedek synagogue]. My participation and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 11, 2012 | Local
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of Prof. Bryan Schwartz’s my reports on Mishpatim II, where law school students learn att he Hebrew University of Jerusalem for three weeks. Schwartz’s first installment can be...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 11, 2012 | Israel
As before, Hamas’s chances of taking over the West Bank are high after the failure of Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction to implement significant reforms or combat rampant corruption. Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak believes that Israel should...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 10, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: Mazel Tov to Gail Asper this year’s Honouree for the Rady JCC Y Sports Dinner, June 19 from the Winnipeg Jewish Review]. This telephone interview with Gail Asper takes place [on June 7] while Gail is in the airport on route to Israel,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 10, 2012 | Israel
Former Arafat advisor reveals that he has all necessary documents to prove existence of account with $39 million. Yasser Arafat’s former financial advisor, Mohammed Rashid, revealed over the weekend that Fatah has a secret bank account in Jordan with $39...
