by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 31, 2013 | Local
Most people, it’s probably fair to say, strive to be the best at what they do, or at least fantasize about what it would feel like if they were. Perhaps an unlikely category of profession, in recent years, American rabbis have joined baseball players, gourmet...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 30, 2013 | Local
Sid Bernstein, the producer and promoter who started the British invasion to America with the Rolling Stones, Beatles and Herman’s Hermits, told me how he was introduced to the world of music. His parents, Israel and Ida, came from a shtetl near Kiev, Ukraine....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 29, 2013 | Local
In Jerusalem on July 29th, I met with Colonel Mordachi Ba-Ron now 84, to discover the roots of the Arab refugee issue. Mr Ba-Ron was a platoon and company commander in the Givatti Brigade during the war of independence in 1948. I was told to speak with him...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 29, 2013 | Arts/Op-Eds
Accept Iran For What It Is RIGHT from the beginning, even before you open GOING TO TEHRAN you know where the authors are taking you. The subtitle tells it all: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran. This from a couple of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 28, 2013 | Local
We are pleased to announce that Daniel J. Goldhagen will deliver CISA’s 2014 Shindleman Family Lecture on May 12, 2014 at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg. Dr. Goldhagen is a former Harvard Professor of Political Science and award winning author, whose major...
