Israel

Hamiltonians in Israel - Shifra and Keith Alleson

In the summer of 2011, the Hamilton Jewish News spent three weeks in Israel conducting a series of interviews with a small cross-section of the estimated dozens of former Hamiltonians living in Israel. The conversations with these olim - the Hebrew word for immigrants - provided a glimpse…

Hamiltonians in Israel - Beit Shemesh Group

An excerpt from a lively discussion that took place in the summer of 2011 by a group of former Hamiltonians who gathered at the home of Susan Fisch (née Yaffe) in Beit Shemesh.

Hamiltonians in Israel - Faydra Shapiro

Faydra Shapiro, who teaches Modern Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, made aliyah with her family in August of 2008.

Hamiltonians in Israel - Shari Wright Pilo

Shari Wright Pilo was among the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who took to the streets this summer in protest of the high cost of living and other social and economic inequities facing Israeli society

Leadership in action

For a group of 25 aspiring leaders the dream of peace between Israel and the Muslim world is more than just a utopian fantasy