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Remains of Dachau victims come to rest: Son of US Army soldier hands ashes hidden for seven decades over to Jewish community for burial

by Cindy Leszczynski | May 26, 2014 | Local

http://www.timesofisrael.com/dachau-human-remains-come-to-rest-in-north-carolina/

Mira Sucharov: Values, Ethics, Community: Loved ones of dementia patients must learn to enter their reality-Rabbi Rose interviewed

by Cindy Leszczynski | May 23, 2014 | Local

There is an elderly gentleman at a long-term care facility in Ottawa. I have not met him, but I have seen his photograph. At 99, he still has a spark in his eye. He looks much more robust than his biological age would suggest and his features retain the handsomeness I...

Fort Garry Hotel Co-Owner Ida Albo at Jewish Foundation’s Luncheon: A Story of Entrepreneurship,Philanthropy, Community Service and Jewish Heritage-Albo is a Sephardic Jewish name

by Cindy Leszczynski | May 22, 2014 | Local

*Editor's note: This is the text of Ida Albo's remarks at the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba's Women's Endowemnt Fund luncheon May 8, 2014. In the later part of the speech (approx 13 paragraphs from the end) Albo reveals that she is likely of Jewish...

Stealth Anti-Semitism in Middle School

by Cindy Leszczynski | May 18, 2014 | Local

By this week, the Rialto Unified School District school board outside of Los Angeles was in full damage control, fending off universal opprobrium over a third-quarter English Language Arts argumentative writing/research project given to 2,000 eighth-graders. The...