Winter is now fully upon us. Cold winds blow across the wide, climatic landscape of 2025, causing us to buckle up against the chill. They also blow cold societally, causing Jews in particular, to do the same against a chill…

The fact that Chanukah is an eight-day festival allows us, in this weekly “update”, to convey an additional holiday-related reflection to that in the update last week. And because of the massacre at Bondi Beach, it is important not to…

As we have occasionally noted in this space, the various assaults against Jews and Jewish sensibilities since “October 7” have ignited new interest among many parents throughout North America to provide Jewish education for their children. At the same time,…

Adam Hummel is a thoughtful, articulate, bold firebrand on behalf of the Jewish people and just causes. He writes a regular column, Catch, on Substack. We have occasionally brought his ideas to the attention of readers of this weekly update.…

Last week, the Court of Appeal heard GAJE’s appeal of the September 2024 decision of the Divisional Court that threw our case out of court, reversing the decision of Judge Eugenia Papageorgiou the year before in August 2023, that had…

When this update is posted today online or arrives in readers’ email inboxes, GAJE’s legal team will be in the Court of Appeal attempting to convince the court to allow GAJE to proceed with our application. Our lawyers, Jillian Siskind…

World Jewish Congress President, Ronald Lauder, this week offered a two-pronged approach to standing up to and responding to the rising tide of antisemitism. He told some 250 attendees of the World Jewish Congress’ annual gala dinner in New York…

Joanna DeJong VanHof, education director with Cardus, a non-partisan, faith-based, think tank with offices in Hamilton and Ottawa, whose expertise and resources GAJE has often relied upon, was recently asked by National Post reporter, Donna Kennedy-Glans, to comment on the…

Eszter Neuman, the chair of the school board of Sinai Akiba Academy in Los Angeles, has written a rhapsodic tribute to successful day school education. “We’ll always have day school” was published this week by eJP. Neuman explores the connection…

It is very satisfying as well as a public service to bring news of increasing enrollments at Jewish schools across the country. Thus, we bring to readers’ attention an article that appeared recently in the Winnipeg Jewish Post and News…