It’s for the children. The Torah meticulously records the miraculous overturning of Nature and then – even before our ancient forebears began what turned out to be their 40-year march to the Promised Land – it instructs soon-to-be-freed slaves to…

Mitchell Consky, the CJN’s education reporter, wrote a highly telling article documenting a rebounding interest, since the enrollment nadir wrought by Covid, in Jewish Sunday school education. Consky gathers UJA data that shows part-time Jewish education, though moderately attended, has…

Last week in this space, we wrote about the increasingly bold, dangerous encroachment of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel bias into the educational system of Ontario. The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) recently decided to hire Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), a…

The nature and the extent of the intimidating, anti-Jewish atmosphere in Ontario’s public schools have been studied and well chronicled by experts. The most recent report on the subject was released last summer by Deborah Lyons, then Special Envoy on…

It is a particularly weak, twisted mind and hate-heavy heart that uses firearms against a synagogue, a special place of prayer, learning and gathering. And yet, one or more such individuals did precisely that this week against Temple Emanu-El in…

As readers of this weekly update know, GAJE will be seeking leave from the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal the ruling of the Ontario Court of Appeal that allowed our application to reassess the Adler decision by the Supreme…

Two weeks ago, the Ontario’s Court of Appeal (COA) upheld a ruling by the Divisional Court not to allow GAJE to proceed with our application for fairness in educational funding. The COA had to decide whether GAJE had satisfied the…

The decision last week by Ontario’s Court of Appeal not to allow GAJE a hearing in court on the merits of our application for fairness in educational funding was devastating. Despite the court’s ruling, we admire and respect the Canadian…

CITATION: Ontario (Education) v. Grassroots for Affordable Jewish EducationInc., 2026 ONCA 70DATE: 20260204DOCKET: COA-25-CV-0298Gillese, Pepall and Roberts JJ.A.BETWEENHis Majesty the King in Right of Ontario as represented by theMinister of Education and the Minister of HealthRespondent/Moving Party/Appellant(Respondent)andGrassroots for Affordable Jewish…

King Charles was absolutely correct when he described his late friend, guide and counsellor, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, as “unmistakably one in the tradition of the greatest teachers among the Jewish people.” Rabbi Sacks’ insights have often accompanied or, more…