Paradoxically, one of Jewish Hamilton’s greatest strengths and biggest challenges is its size. We are small enough to be able to pull together and accomplish incredible things. We are also small enough that individual organizational agendas can fragment the community.
Mark Morgenstern’s James Street North rotisserie restaurant invites comparisons with the iconic Chicken Roost of days past, but it’s his own family history that makes Charred an original.
Rabbi Zev Eisenstein was a towering figure who understood the “power of one.” Each person, regardless of age or position, felt ennobled in his presence.
A tribute on the occasion of Rabbi Eisenstein's retirement as Hamilton Hebrew Academy principal in 2001
At 61 years of age, Pekar is a walking miracle. Diagnosed with genetic kidney disease in her 30s, Pekar has been on dialysis for 21 years.
