by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 31, 2012 | Israel
Khaled Abu Toameh has written the most insightful articles analysing the recent protests in the West Bank that I have read recently. In a September 14 article "A Palestinian Spring: A Renewed bid to Remove Fayyad (which is worth a full...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 31, 2012 | Local
Dear Readers, The following essay is the second in a four-part exploration into a pre-High Holidays relationship with G-d, so that we are not surprised when September comes and someone says ‘wow…is it that time of year again for...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 31, 2012 | Local
The Jewish National Fund has a very special relationship with Israel’s Defence Forces. For the 2012 High Holiday Appeal, JNF is committed to building a 5-acre park called Meeting Point Park for IDF Soldiers and their families. This park will allow...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 30, 2012 | Local
[This article first appeared in the Jerusalem Post magazine last Friday August 23, 2012] ‘From my father I got my hands,” says sculptor Udi Dayan, the 70-year-old son of the late general Moshe Dayan and Ruth Dayan. The sculptor’s artistic...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 30, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: The following is a press release I received a couple of days ago which was issued jointly by NCJW, The Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre, and the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg. There are a couple of questions that arise out of the release sent...