Anticipating increased needs, Hamilton Jewish Federation takes proactive approach.
Hamilton’s Jewish community will be asked to raise $150,000 in an emergency campaign this year. That’s in addition to the $1.3 million being sought in the main annual campaign. The special drive is being driven by the need to help community agencies deal with extra demands because of COVID-19.
In 1965, Hamilton rabbi Eugene Weiner organized a small group of local clergy to fly to Selma, Alabama, to march with Martin Luther King Jr.
It all started in 1999 in the basement of a run-down hotel in Kiev.
Life at Shalom Village is certainly much different in light of COVID-19, but good spirits and optimism still abound.
