The Shpiel on Hamilton

The Shpiel on Hamilton

By Wendy SchneiderSociety & Culture
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The Shpiel on Hamilton episodes

  • Impact Makers: Amanda Katz

    The Shpiel on Hamilton speaks with Amanda Katz, the 27 year old executive director of Homeless Cars, a charity that's dedicated to helping fund and eliminate homelessness and food insecurity in Hamilton.

    13 min
  • Community Impact Makers: Laura Wolfson

    it can be difficult to believe that one person can make a difference, but in its new series, Impact Makers, The Shpiel in Hamilton will profile many individuals who are making a difference both in the Jewish community and the greater Hamilton community. Meet today's guest Laura Wolfson, who is spearheading efforts to grow Hamilton's Jewish community.

    22 min
  • Ben Caplan's Old Stock, A Refugee Love Story comes to Hamilton

    It's not every year that Federation's Annual Community Campaign Launch coincides with an outstanding theatrical event, but that's exactly what's going to happen on Tuesday, July 26 at Theatre Aquarius, when Ben Caplan, a Hamilton born and bred musician, performance artist extraordinaire and klezmer folk sensation stars in the inaugural Hamilton performance of Old stock a refugee love story.

    14 min
  • A conversation with Yair Qedar
    Israeli filmmaker, Yair Qedar, discussing his acclaimed documentary, The Fourth Window, an unflinching and multi-layered portrait of Amos Oz, Israel's most prolific and internationally read author.
    37 min
  • McMaster University's Leonard Cohen Manuscript

    The Shpiel on Hamilton interviews McMaster archivist Chris Long and Canadian Israeli journalist Matti Friedman about the Leonard Cohen manuscript in the university's McClelland and Stewart archives that became the central feature in Friedman's recently published book, Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai.

    55 min
  • The Ties That Bind
    To Hamiltonians, the late Boris Brott was a charismatic and creative iconic figure who swept into Hamilton in 1969 as the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra's brilliant new conductor and artistic director, bringing it unprecedented success, and then going on to found the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and the Brott Music Festival.What many Hamiltonians may not realize is that Boris was an equally beloved figure in Montreal, where he was a frequent collaborator of Cantor Gideon Zelermyer of Montreal's Congregation Shaar HaShomayim. Cantor Zelermyer joins the show today to share memories of Boris and reflect on the ties that bound both Brott and Leonard Cohen to their Jewish Montreal roots.
    30 min
  • The War in Ukraine

    Jewish Hamiltonians from the Former Soviet Union share their feelings and insights about the Russian invasion of Ukraine

    38 min

About The Shpiel on Hamilton

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A podcast that highlights all that Jewish Hamilton has to offer and discusses issues important to the Hamilton Jewish community