by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2019 | Local
I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow. —William Blake, “The Poison Tree” (qtd. in Telushkin Words 92) Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s inspiring presentation,...
by admin | May 8, 2019 | Local
David Harris, CEO and Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, who delivered the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism`s 2019 Shindleman Lecture, was asked in the question period of his talk whether anti-Zionism equals antisemitism. Harris...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 8, 2019 | Local
Ottawa, Ontario – May 8, 2019 The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day: “Tonight at sundown, we join Israelis, Jewish communities, and others in Canada and around the world to...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 8, 2019 | Local
The Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) hosted its 2019 Shindleman Family Lecture featuring David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), on the subject “The Rise of Global Antisemitism: A Front Line View." The lecture...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 6, 2019 | Local
Winnipeg Friends of Israel and Temple Shalom’s presentation “Antisemitism Here and Now,” a lecture by Shelley Faintuch (former Community Relations Director of the Jewish Federation and former representative of the Centre for Israel and Jewish...
