From farm to bimah – the long journey of Hamilton’s newest cantor
Music and a love of teaching have taken Paula Baruch from a rural dairy farm, to the mountains of Colombia, to her new role as cantor.
It will take a village to remodel seniors home
In just over six years, Shalom Village’s 127-bed long-term care unit will be completely remodelled as part of a provincial drive to make old age home facilities feel more like homes than institutions.
Canada’s Yonah Lavery-Yisraeli is one of the few women who has written a Torah
Lavery-Yisraeli is one of only a handful of women around the world who work as a soferet, the scribes who painstakingly produce the ritual documents of Jewish life.
Anti-poverty activist laments the loss of Ontario’s basic income program
Anger, tempered by Jewish values, drive anti-poverty activist Laura Cattari, and both attributes have been exercised heavily in recent weeks, as her movement has gained an important federal victory and suffered a heart-breaking provincial betrayal.
Philip Glass to receive Kennedy Center honor
Philip Glass, Cher, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Reba McEntire among those to be feted at the Kennedy Center honors in December.
White nationalist Paul Fromm running for mayor of Hamilton, Ont.
A former teacher who was driven from the profession for expressing racist and white nationalist sentiments wants to be the next mayor of Hamilton, Ont.
A community at a loss – prominent rabbi from Hamilton, Ont., dies
Rabbi Mordechai Green, who served as the spiritual leader of Adas Israel congregation for 60 years (44 years in the pulpit and another 16 as rabbi emeritus), died in Israel.
Hamilton, Ont. to get a new Jewish community centre
Hamilton, Ont., is getting something it hasn’t had for three years: a Jewish community centre.
Antique stained glass depiction of Moses donated to Hamilton, Ont., shul
A century-old stained glass depiction of Moses has found a new home in a synagogue in Hamilton, Ont., after surviving a devastating fire and decades in the barns and back rooms of antique dealers.
Ben Caplan moved by Romani, cantorial melodies
Hamilton-born singer-songwriter Ben Caplan was deeply influenced by Romani melodies, which reminded him of cantorial music he’d heard as a child in synagogue.
