by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 12, 2018 | Local
How cool would it have been to have fled Egypt in cars that drive themselves – equipped with GPS and likely carrying drones to take out the enemy closing in on foot. Huh? The parting of the sea might not have appeared so miraculous by comparison....
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 12, 2018 | Local
In the spirit of Tu Bi’Shevat, the Jewish National Fund invited the community to join in a celebration at Desserts Plus on Saturday, February 3 with entertainment by Ron Paley and Keith Macpherson. Though Tu Bi’Shevat comes during the heart...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 7, 2018 | Local
Adas Yeshurun Herzlia is proud to announce that Dara Horn will be the featured lecturer at the first annual Adas Yeshurun Presents event on May 6th. Dara was born in New Jersey in 1977 and received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University in...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 5, 2018 | Local
Rabbi Micah Buck Yael from St Louis spoke at Limmud Winnipeg 2018 on the topics of "Sacred Language for Diversity and Inclusion" and "Gender diversity in Jewish Texts." Rabbi Buck Yael says that" We are a people who value different...
by Cindy Leszczynski | Feb 1, 2018 | Local
Reprinted from Times of Israel Several of my students have recently asked me if there were Polish death camps. And I have explained to them: no, there were no Polish death camps. There were six death camps built by Nazi Germany and they were all located in...