by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 6, 2013 | Local
Rabbi Shais Taub delivered an inspiring and at times very humourous talk on Jewish spirituality and recovery from addictions last month before at a well attended dinner dedicated to the memory of Hart Peikoff z”l. Taub's...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 6, 2013 | Local
[Editor’s note :Something tells me we are going to be hearing more and more about the issue of Palestinian refugees in the future in the context of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. And I can’t help but wonder whether as time goes on the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 6, 2013 | Local
Elie Wiesel, the well-known author and Holocaust survivor, described hunger in his book Night, saying, “Bread, soup—these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 5, 2013 | Local
National Council of Jewish Women, Winnipeg Section members and volunteers bakedhamentaschen for shalach manot packages for Jewish Child and Family Services clients National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, established in 1897, is a volunteer organization...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Mar 5, 2013 | Local
[Editor’s note: Next week I will be publishing an article I have written on Rabbi Shais Taub’s presentation on addictions sponsored by JCFS, JACS and Chabad, which was an evening dedicated to the memory of Hart Piekoff. This article...