by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 30, 2013 | Local
On Monday, November 18th, I attended the Rady JCC's Tarbut Festival to see the showing of the Israeli film "Matchmaker," which I found to be interesting, thoughtful and enjoyable. The typical Israeli-style movie tells the story of Arik, a young...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 30, 2013 | Local
[from http://www.imra.org.il] It is not clear to me why the White House and State Department websites have yet to post the actual 1,498 word English language text of the "Joint Action Plan" with Iran leaving readers to rely on the 2,192 word White House Fact...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 29, 2013 | Local
The PEW report has commentators around the world sounding alarm bells. Some of the most learned and prestigious leaders and thinkers in the Jewish world are foretelling the waning of non-Orthodox Judaism, the shrinking numbers of Jews with weakening identification,...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 27, 2013 | Local
This past, June I attended Shimon Peres's President's Conference in Jerusalem, which took place at Binyanei Hauma–the international conference centre in Jerusalem, located near the entrance to the city , just across from the central bus station....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Nov 26, 2013 | Local
David Hirsch knows how to begin a speech. He quoted a great statesman who once said, “I was asked to speak, and you are stuck in the audience. Hopefully we will finish at the same time.” Mr. Hirsch, president of the American Friends of the Israel...