Hamilton, Ont.’s Jewish Film Festival was postponed over ‘security concerns’ according to the theatre—but there’s more to the story
UPDATE (3/25/24): The city-owned Ancaster Arts Memorial Centre will now host the Hamilton Jewish Film Festival. Playhouse Cinema decided against hosting the 2024 Hamilton Jewish Film Festival as scheduled due to “security and safety related phone calls, emails and social media messages,” according to its statement issued on March 19. “Our decision to postpone this […]
Yvonne Singer, a Toronto artist who was saved by Wallenberg as an infant, is still on a voyage of self-discovery
As an artist herself, Yvonne Singer can well appreciate the esthetic merits of the open-air monument to Swedish Second World War hero Raoul Wallenberg that was unveiled over the summer at Churchill Park in Hamilton, Ont. Though she had not, as of this writing, personally viewed the installation, dubbed “Be:longings,” Singer spoke admiringly of the […]
Two men were sentenced for hate crimes after leaving antisemitic graffiti outside Beth Jacob synagogue in Hamilton, Ont.
House arrest, probation and community service are the price two Hamilton men will pay for scrawling antisemitic graffiti on the parking lot of a local synagogue. The sentence was handed down Nov. 9, more than two years after Blake Trautman and Liam Greaves decided it would amuse their friends to chalk some Jew-hatred onto the […]
Dispatches: Hamilton synagogues reluctantly curb in-person High Holiday services
Most Jews in the cities and suburbs west of Toronto will gather around their computers, cellphones and tablets to mark the High Holidays for the second consecutive year. The two Reform and two Conservative congregations in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara regions will rely on technology to observe most of the Days of Awe while allowing […]
Swastikas and Confederate flags are to be banned from public property in Hamilton, Ont.
Ban is part of a city strategy to combat hate crimes.
Hamilton Police starting new unit to address hate crimes
“The public wants action, and they criticize us when they think we are just saying the words.”
Longtime head of Hamiton’s Jewish Family Services remembered for her compassion
Carol Krames died May 29, after a long battle with cancer.
Two men found guilty of hate crimes in Hamilton
Pair drew anti-Semitic and racist graffiti on parking lot and sidewalks.
Hamilton Jewish community hosts its first LGBTQ+ festival
Event features film screening and panel discussion of personal experiences.
Charges laid after two pro-Palestinian protests in Hamilton, Ont.
A 17-year-old boy was charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle.
