by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 19, 2012 | Local
[Editor’s note: Mr. Javanpour is a Senior Partner at Cyrus Echo a public policy, and international relations consulting firm in Ottawa and also the President of Jewish National Fund in Ottawa, he publishes a bi-Weekly column on JNF related projects and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 19, 2012 | Local
Winnipegger Maxim Berent received the Leading Light Award in recognition of his leadership in promotion of Jewish identity and Israel advocacy at “The State of Our People” benefit hosted by Aish Campus Canada on December 4, 2012 in Toronto. “I...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 19, 2012 | Israel
As a journalist in Israel for the past 26 years, I have met hundreds of polticians from around the world who visit Israel and laud the Jewish state with superlatives of support. There is only one visiting politician whom I ever met who had tears in his eyes as he...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 18, 2012 | Local
In the dying days of 2012 I was reading Winnipeg Jewish Review on my computer. I chanced on the page of obituaries and the list of Jewish Winnipeggers who died in August of this year. I was shocked to read of the passing of a number of my contemporaries that I...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 14, 2012 | Local
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