by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 31, 2015 | Local
King Abdullah II of Jordan was the first Middle Eastern leader this month to meet with President Donald Trump and warned him against moving the Israeli embassy from Jerusalem to Tel-Aviv. Reports seem to indicate that Abdullah told Trump that moving the...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 31, 2015 | Local
The Negev Gala has honoured outstanding leaders in the Winnipeg community since 1953. The Jewish National Fund of Canada – Manitoba/Saskatchewan Regional Branch is proud to announce that Peter Leipsic will be the 2016 Negev Gala honouree. The Gala...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 29, 2015 | Local
It was absolutely fascinating to visit Amman's Royal Automobile Museum, which the current King Abdullah II opened in memory of his father King Hussein. The Museum contains an extraordinary collection of cars actually used by successive Kings of Jordan's...
by admin | Dec 23, 2015 | Local
I awoke suddenly in the middle of the night to the sound of a blaring mezzuin calling men to prayer. The sound was so loud that it felt like my bed was vibrating, as if someone had placed a huge ghetto blaster right under it, which emitted a pulsating...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Dec 20, 2015 | Local
There's a beautiful shop in East Jerusalem that I have frequented over the years, which is run by a Palestinian man Mahmoud (not his real name) who was born in East Jerusalem but has spent many years in America and speaks English. He is well...
