by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 22, 2013 | Local
Foreign Minister John Baird told the audience at the Shimon Peres's Israel Conference in Jerusalem on June 19th in answer to a question on whether he believed Netanyahu was committed to a two state solution that "I do believe profoundly and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 20, 2013 | Local
John F. Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” When I was a young lad, pervasive in the psychology of the Winnipeg Jewish Community was the feeling of regional...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 20, 2013 | Arts/Op-Eds
A.K.A. Doc Pomus Directors: Will Hechter and Peter Miller Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival The 2013 Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival featured three very different films on themes of music. The Ballad of the Weeping Spring (reviewed earlier)...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 20, 2013 | Local
Member of Parliament Joyce Bateman recently presented Morley Rypp with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal at an ceremony at Piazza De Nardi. As Bateman stated on presenting him with the medal, “Mr. Rypp is recognized for his outstanding...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jun 19, 2013 | Local
Twenty-one year old soccer player, Ezequiel Lubocki won the Jewish Athlete of the year and the Max and Idy Nusgart Memorial Award on June 13, 2013 at the Rady JCC 41st Y Sports Dinner. “I was definitely surprised to be nominated. I was not expecting it and I was...