by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 29, 2013 | Local
Outside the Hotel Deutcher Kaiser in Nuremberg, where Adolf Hitler used to stand on the balcony and inspect the passing Nazi troops and wave to adoring fans, I took a stroll down the street to a nearby artisan area. There a store that sold toys and other...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 24, 2013 | Local
Dead! Gay was dead! And she died back there so many years ago, and he had not known. Allen sat himself down on the parapet that marked the end of the low wall running along the walkway from the entrance to the Old Folks Home to the street. The building was set back,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 24, 2013 | Local
Mama said that every educated person had to learn how to play a musical instrument. It was a natural part of a person’s education. Money was always tight, but what was more important than a proper education? If we had to scrimp a little more, so be it. We...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 24, 2013 | Local
As a recent convert to Judaism, I’ve celebrated Chanukah, Passover and Shabbat dinners with friends. One Jewish activity I thought I’d never experience was camp, so I was very excited to attend the recent Hillel Jews, Brews, and Canoes weekend at BB camp...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 23, 2013 | Arts/Op-Eds
Former Winnipeg Allan Blye was a fantastic choice to entertain at the Winnipeg Mameloshen Festival of Yiddish Entertainment and Culture. He told a bevy of jokes about Winnipeg and encouraged the audience to sing along to classic Hebrew and Yiddish tunes. Accompanied...
