There is strength in numbers, in shared experiences and in the remarkable self-supporting structure of community. Since October 7, we know this and we feel it deeply. That is one of the key reasons that community professionals here and in…

It is – or should be – incontrovertible that Jewish education is one of the essential tools for creating Jews who will be knowledgeable about their heritage, proud to belong to their ancient/modern people, secure and joyful in expressing their…

The disbelief, shock and anger felt by Jews, as a result of the very public and very brazen manifestations of anti-Jewish, anti-Israel hatred, have generated consultations and group discussions in Jewish homes, synagogues, schools and office boardrooms at home and…

The times weigh heavily upon us. Constant and unabating are our worries for the State of Israel and for our co-religionists wherever their habitations, including here, in our own community. As these words were written, the bloodlusting cries from the…

Earlier this month, Lisa Popik Coll and Gail Norry, board chair and vice chair, respectively, of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools cast a challenge to the wide Jewish community of North America of high Richter scale magnitude and potential…

GAJE champions Jewish education because Jewish education provides the best odds of raising young Jewish children to become strongly identifying, committed Jews as adults. Thus, GAJE’s singular mission is to try to help such education be truly affordable for young…

Blatant discrimination is entrenched in Ontario’s educational system. For, as we all know, only one religious group in the province receives funding for the education of its children. That this differentiation continues and persists in the year 2024 is an…

Last week in this space, we noted that one of the ways we protect civil, decent democratic society in Ontario/Canada is by protecting and enhancing Jewish community life. That means, of course, we must raise our children to know who…

In three days, we celebrate Canada Day, the 157th anniversary of the establishment of the (then) Dominion of Canada. True north, strong and free. We cherish our country and the bedrock values that anchor the foundation of the freedoms and…

Embedded into the infrastructure of Jewish values is the deep decency of acknowledging the good that others do for you. In Hebrew, this mentschlichkeit is known as hakarat hatov – literally, recognizing the goodness. Few moments are as sweet as…