by Cindy Leszczynski | May 13, 2019 | Local
Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (CABGU), Manitoba chapter, is delighted to announce a Gala Dinner honouring Hope and Howard Morry and featuring Guest Speaker Professor Alan Dershowitz. With the support of Co-chairs Benjamin Hecht, Jeff Norton...
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
For the week or so before Yom HaAzmaut – Israel’s Independence Day – the skies over Beer Sheva are filled with military aircraft practicing for the air show, an annual highly looked-forward-to event. My house is a seven-minute car ride from...
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...
