by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 2, 2013 | Local
A new student group at Gray Academy has won a major human rights award. The Academy’s Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) will be presented with the Sybil Shack Human Rights Youth Award on December 10. The award is co-sponsored by the Manitoba Association of Rights and...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 2, 2013 | Local
This November, southern Israel marks one year since the IDF’s Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip. It has been the quietest year in quite awhile, with “only” 79 rockets and missiles fired at southern Israeli communities. This is the fourth...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 2, 2013 | Local
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that Israel will always be able to count on Canada for support, announcing plans to visit the Jewish state at the beginning of next year. The visit will be his first visit ever to Israel. Harper made the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 1, 2013 | Local
I started my photography career in the photojournalism industry working my way up from the University of Manitoba’s student newspaper, The Manitoban, to being published in numerous international & prestigious media, including: The New York...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 1, 2013 | Local
Most of the years I’ve known Patti Cohen (we’re not related), she has been traveling back and forth to the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago, racking up credits in various aspects of Jewish Studies. The idea of making...
