by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 11, 2013 | Local
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle-east/2013/02/10/rabbi-david-hartman-dies/R1jOLAwGYZojubCA0GFDPJ/story.html People who encountered Rabbi David Hartman often came away with a seminal experience that touched them for life. Forty years ago, I met Rabbi...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 11, 2013 | Local
Why Is Obama Going to Israel? Posted on February 6, 2013 by Brent Sasley 1 Yesterday I tweeted that I was pre-empting speculation and that no, Obama’s coming trip to Israel wasn’t about Iran. It was a response to the conventional wisdom that seems to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 11, 2013 | Local
About 60 students attended the second annual Western Canada Hillel Conference entitled "Shabbat Shabang" held in Winnipeg on January 25-27, 2013 at the Asper Jewish Community Campus. Some Fourty students were Winnipeggers with about 20 ...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 11, 2013 | Israel
Whenever I speak in support of Israel or in criticism of its enemies, the dogs of defamation are unleashed against me. The attacks, all from the hard left, seemed coordinated, focusing on common ad hominem themes. They accuse me of being a plagiarist, a supporter of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 9, 2013 | Israel
The recent Women in Green Conference, at the Guest House in Bayit VeGan, was packed with information and ideas, but that’s not all. As people arrived refreshments were served in the foyer, of a variety and quantity that would have done credit to the synagogues...