• The Shpiel on Jews of Colour
    May 6 2025

    The Shpiel on Hamilton's guest host Helaine Ortmann invites Rivka Campbell, executive director of Toronto's Beth Tikvah Synagogue to reflect on her personal journey as a Jew of colour within the mainstream Jewish community.

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    42 mins
  • The Shpiel on the Hamilton Jewish Film Festival
    Mar 13 2025

    The Shpiel on Hamilton interviews members of the Hamilton Jewish Film Festival committee about the 2025 Hamilton Jewish Film Festival which will take place at the Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre from March 23 to 25, 2025.

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    49 mins
  • The Shpiel on Shylock
    Oct 26 2024

    The Shpiel on Hamilton's interview with Marvin Karon, the co-founder and executive director of Shakesperience. Marvin is an actor, an acting coach, a teacher, and the founder and executive director of Shakesperience, a non-profit organization that brings professional actors into Ontario classrooms with the goal of making Shakespeare more accessible to children. In the following episode, Marvin shares his insights on the question of whether The Merchant of Venice is antisemitic, and explains the circumstances that got him thinking about taking Shakesperience outside the classroom and into a synagogue to explore a topic that could not be more timely.

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    32 mins
  • The Shpiel on Crisis Leadership Part 2
    Jun 19 2024

    The Shpiel on Hamilton's interview with Victoria Mancinelli, director of public relations, marketing and strategic partnerships at LiUNA. Mancinelli is not Jewish, but this fearless and outspoken woman who calls herself an unapologetic Zionist, has been a constant presence on social media over the last eight months, advocating for Israel and the Jewish community.

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    26 mins
  • The Shpiel on Crisis Leadership
    Jun 18 2024

    In this two-part episode of the Shpiel on Hamilton, Wendy Schneider speaks to two outstanding leaders, one Jewish, and one from the non-Jewish community, who have risen to the challenges of crisis leadership. Today's episode features an interview with Jason Waxman

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    23 mins
  • The Shpiel on the Payadora Tango Ensemble
    May 14 2024

    The Shpiel on Hamilton interviews Rebekah Wolkstein, the multi-talented leader and founding member of the Payadora Tango Ensemble in advance of their May 22 performance at the Ancaster Memorial Arts Centre.

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    37 mins
  • Unity in Crisis
    Nov 10 2023

    The Shpiel on Hamilton interviews three doctors from the Jewish community who volunteered with Magen David Adom and an Israeli Canadian social worker/artist who is counselling traumatized Israelis in her home country

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    38 mins
  • Israel at War: Episode 2
    Oct 23 2023

    Wendy Schneider's daughters share the ways in which they're being affected by the events in Israel.

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    20 mins