Features

Jewish trustee was a guiding moral force in Hamilton

Principled and passionate, Dr. Harry Paikin served several terms as public board of education chair in the 1970s and 80s.

A family’s emotional return to the Czech Republic

Three generations of Hamilton’s Loewith family returned to their ancestral villages to celebrate a family Bar Mitzvah.

Bohemian Beirut a welcome addition to the Dundas restaurant scene

Lebanese restaurateur Maro Al Chamaa wants to build authentic connections with his Jewish customers.

Wealth, loss and restitution: Story of a looted painting

Dundas resident’s family awarded portion of proceeds from sale of Monet painting stolen by Nazis from his German Jewish ancestors.

Oppenheimer’s McMaster connection

In the voluminous archives of McMaster University, there are a significant number of archival records related to Oppenheimer, particularly his life following the 1954 security hearings and his relationships with members of the anti-nuclear movement formed in reaction to his life’s work.