The Canadian Jewish News (CJN) recently reported that the Torah Day School of Ottawa (TDSO) is offering families up to $100,000 to relocate to Ottawa.
According to The CJN the family receiving the funds must use them as part of a down payment on a house in Ottawa. The family must also commit to remain in Ottawa for a minimum of five years and to enrol their children in the TDSO. Families are eligible for the full $100,000 if they have two children attending Torah Day School in grades 1 to 8; $50,000 if they have one child in grades 1-8, and $25,000 for a child in kindergarten. Families must move to Ottawa between August 2023 and July 2024.
The hope of the originators and funders of the program is to further catalyse the growth of Ottawa’s Jewish community.
Kudos and full plaudits to the school and to the community’s leaders. The initiative is an innovative, generous, out-of-the-box effort by Torah Day School of Ottawa and indeed, the community’s leaders to grow their community.
But the key to the initiative and the reason we draw readers’ attention to it, is because of its reliance on the desire among so many young families to be able to provide an intense Jewish education to their children. Jewish education is the keystone holding firmly in place the arc of Jewish life. The initiative understands that Jewish education is the best guarantor of meaningful, engaged, inclusive, fulfilling Jewish life. In addition, it understands that Jewish education is a key to building community
Community-based measures aimed at making Jewish education more affordable for young families must be widely shared.
To learn more about the TDSO initiative go to:
https://www.torahday.ca/move-to-ottawa-100k-incentive-program
The CJN story is available at:
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Grassroots for Affordable Jewish Education (GAJE)
June 9, 2023
Grassroots for Affordable Jewish Education 