by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2012 | Local
I was driving on road No. 6, [a toll highway] southward and I stopped for a cup of coffee. The coffee shop was staffed with reserved soldiers just like me-soliders who are parents to children, sons and husbands. These young men were heading to Israel’s border...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2012 | Local
Winnipeg is an incredible place to live. It’s a growing community, with Jewish organizations that enable connections to be forged in many different ways. We have cultivated strong and meaningful relationships with the broader community. Over the past thirty...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2012 | Local
Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer told the Winnipeg Jewish Review that "I am proud to represent Canada, a country which will not vote for the unilateral recognition of Palestine at the UN." Doer said this on November 27, 2012 a mere...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2012 | Local
Some 400 people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, attended the pro-Israel rally organized by the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg to show support for the people of Israel in the wake of Operation Pillar of Defense, an action Israel took after hundreds of rockets were launched...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 28, 2012 | Local
I read Beth Goldberg’s remarks regarding Jewish children in foster homes in your September 27 Features Section covering the CGA Campaign kickoff event with great interest. As the Program Manager of Marymound’s Treatment Foster Care Program (TFC), I...