From the end of summer days in early September to the beginning of summer days in late June, our youngsters and their teachers have engaged in what the late Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks called “the passion of study and the…

After this update was written, on June 16, Kaelen Sherman, the daughter of the late Honey and Barry Sherman, announced the donation of $25 million to TanenbaumCHAT for the creation of the Honey and Barry Sherman Education Foundation. Speaking to…

The school year is winding down. Our children suppress no smiles anticipating their summer vacation. Nor do their teachers, principals, and administrators. They all share the same smile. Students of pedagogy, academics and teaching instructors, however, have compiled their observations,…

In prime tv time this week, from the chapel of the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto, Prime Minister Carney delivered a major policy address on fighting antisemitism in our country. Not surprisingly, the speech received mixed reactions: Critical, not enough…

Last year at this time, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) reported upon a “surge” of higher levels among Jews seeking more engagement with fellow Jews and participation in Jewish communal life. At that time, JFNA research showed that…

Last month, GAJE filed its application in the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal the decision in February of this year by Ontario’s Court Appeal that upheld the Divisional Court decision in September, 2024 overturning Judge Eugenia Papageorgiou’s…

Last week, we reported the direct, forthright messages from scholars and writers Haviv Rettig Gur and Prof. Coleman Hughes to campus-aged youngsters and their parents on how to confront the “social contagion” of brute antisemitism at universities and colleges today.…

It has always been true that “there is strength in numbers”. The phrase is used so often that it has become a cliché. Except as it pertains to the Jewish people. We have simply never had the numbers. Indeed, our…

Jews, as well as law-respecting and democracy-cherishing individuals throughout the western world were not surprised by the fact of the anti-Israel-pro-Hamas demonstrations on October 8, 2023. We were, however, surprised and increasingly appalled at the nature of those demonstrations, how…

As readers of this weekly update know, the Court of Appeal, in February, decided that GAJE’s case did not warrant proceeding in court to a full hearing on its merits. The Court agreed with the Government of Ontario that the…