by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 16, 2013 | Local
Should I weep in the fifth month [Av], separating myself, as I have done these so many years? Zechariah 7:3 Now that the heat of the summer has set in, it’s time to take stock of this past winter. It’s been a hard winter. It started with a war. More than...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 15, 2013 | Local
Good People Bad Things Winnipeg Fringe Festival 2013 Wednesday July 17 – Sunday July 28 8:30 pm Award-winning playwright Daniel Thau-Eleff spoke with me recently about his one-person play Good People Bad Things. The reworked show will travel to the prestigious...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 15, 2013 | Local
The High Holiday season begins with the inception of the month of Elul. Forty days before the festival of Rosh Hashanah we begin with our preparations. What makes the month of Elul so special? The “Tur” in his compendium of Jewish law (OH 581) explains...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 15, 2013 | Local
Congregation Etz Chayim is searching for a creative, detail-oriented professional to fill the part-time position of COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR The ideal candidate will have experience in graphic design, document layout, writing/editing, web...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Jul 15, 2013 | Local
As the Jewish year comes to a close, I want to wish you a very happy and healthy New Year. May you all be inscribed in the book of good life. One of the themes we are encouraged to explore during Rosh Hashanah is self-renewal. We all enter the New Year with a long...
