This has been a “heavy” week. Wednesday (October 7) was a particularly heavy day. The past three years have been heavy, almost beyond imagining. The norms of social civility, the shared beliefs in democracy’s pre-eminence, and the paramountcy of morality…

It has been more than three months that the Supreme Court of Canada has had on its desk GAJE’s application pleading that the court set aside the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision dismissing our case. We hope the extent of…

GAJE exists to try to help make Jewish education affordable or more affordable to young Jewish families. That has been our purpose for more than a decade, since the inception of the group. As readers of this weekly update know,…

It is a unique, self-directed, personal assessment and then, re-calibration if or as required, that the Torah established for us at the start of the seventh month of the Jewish calendar year. The first day of the month: Rosh Hashana.…

This evening, after the third star appears in the sky, as the sun retreats further west, we can look to a new horizon: the Jewish calendar year 5787. Rosh Hashana will have arrived. We hope and pray the year will…

This update is the last of calendar year 5786. The next one arrives on the eve of Rosh Hashana 5787. The numbers are real, yet also, almost abstract, like very high floating clouds. We understand the science, but we cannot…

Not surprisingly, the imminent end of summer vacation and the return to school, have elicited pundits’ pleas to the government of Ontario to re-consider and revise the delivery of education in our province. Earlier this week, for example, Matthew Lau…

Last week we referred to renowned French philosopher, Bernard-Henri Lévy’s advice to Jews the world over regarding the rising tide of antisemitism. We did so specifically in reference to the report published by the Federal Government, Campus Antisemitism and Student…

The Association for Canadian Studies was commissioned recently by the federal government’s former envoy against antisemitism, “to survey Jewish students on their lived experiences of antisemitism on campus, as well as to survey the broader student population on attitudes toward…

Since the beginning of time, it is fair to say, the overarching hopes and aspirations of parents have been to keep their children safe from harm. However, since the beginning of time, it is equally fair to say, parents have…