by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 10, 2020 | Local
In the Ten Commandments, number 9 states – “ Thou shalt not Lie.” I was raised to be a truth teller and to embrace that sentiment in life. My father was such a righteous soul and witnessed evil in his day, but still maintained the makings of a fine...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 9, 2020 | Local
TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has filed a criminal complaint with Toronto Police after a local Polish-language newspaper twice blamed the COVID-19 pandemic on a sinister Jewish plot. The hateful article, entitled...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 9, 2020 | Local
Working as an artist is almost always a solo act, so, in some ways, the pandemic hasn’t changed that. By late spring, though, anxiety about the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic had seeped into many aspects of life, necessitating changes in everyone’s social...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 8, 2020 | Local
Below is a list of courses that the Judaic Studies Program will be hosting this year at the University of Manitoba. All courses that begin in September will continue to be on-line this year. It is not known yet if the courses that begin in...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Aug 5, 2020 | Local
[Abe Simkin passed away at Del Mar, California on July 22, 2020 at the age of 98. He was the last surviving member of his generation of the Simkin family. Below is an excerpt from Abe Simkin’s life story as it was written in 2012 in the Jewish...
