by Cindy Leszczynski | Jan 30, 2013 | Israel
Amid all the furor over the Palestinian “upgrade” vote and other mindless criticism of Israel, one story almost “sneaked by”, until noticed by this reporter: Theodor Meron, a Polish-born Israeli-American jurist, was recently appointed (or, more...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jan 30, 2013 | Local
So, my next birthday takes me to seventy-nine. Almost eighty. To me that is astounding. My Dad died peacefully (I hope) in his sleep at the age of sixty-seven. That’s all that I expected, (hoped for,) if I were lucky. Yet, here I am. And I AM lucky. I...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jan 29, 2013 | Israel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/egyptian-president-reportedly-not-as-conciliatory-to-israel-as-he-appears-a-880111.html
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jan 28, 2013 | Local
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2013, an event called “Flickers of Light” was held to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The Freeman Family Holocaust Education Centre of the Jewish Heritage Centre of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jan 27, 2013 | Israel
After coming to Israel in the midst of a storm to find damage to my apartment due to the winds and rains then losing my telephone and internet connection, and then water stoppages, I thought that I had had enough excitement for one trip. But I was...
