by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 12, 2012 | Arts/Op-Eds
The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler published by Harper Collins, 2012 While wedding guests, most of whom she has never met, drink schnapps and eat herring in the banquet hall, Lily and her new husband sit alone in a small, hot room, “on either end...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 12, 2012 | Arts/Op-Eds
Warmth and enthusiasm flow from internationally beloved violinist Itzhak Perlman as he tells the story of his new CD Eternal Echoes, Songs and Dances for the Soul. Through word of mouth, he had heard of an amazing cantor, Yitzchak Meir Helfgot. One day when Perlman...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 12, 2012 | Arts/Op-Eds
Starring Susan Claassen in her O! Nominated Role NOVEMBER 9 – DECEMBER 1 SPECIAL GUEST PRODUCTION AT THE CARRIE HAMILTON THEATRE AT THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE “Susan Claassen is simply amazing as Edith Head! It’s as if I picked up the phone,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 10, 2012 | Local
This is a sequel to my story Nancy Klein and Cheryl Hechter Raphaeli stay at Ein Gedi Youth Hostel: A Night to Remember. A friend of mine was organizing a group trip for a group of Winnipeggers who were having their children bar and bat mitzvahed in...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Oct 10, 2012 | Local
When Jacob (Kovi) Smolack returned to Winnipeg after more than a decade in New York, it wasn’t just the weather or his father Cantor Smolack calling him back. Kovi, his wife Iris Rosenfeld and their two young children moved to Winnipeg for the sense of...
