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The court reserved its decision

The appeal by the Government of Ontario of Judge Eugenia Papageorgiou’s refusal last summer to throw out GAJE’s application for fairness in educational funding, was heard earlier this week by a panel of three judges. The court reserved its decision.

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In court to resist Ontario’s appeal

Next week on Tuesday, June 11, the Divisional Court will hear the appeal by the Government of Ontario from the decision last August of Judge Eugenia Papageorgiou refusing to throw out GAJE’s application for fairness in educational funding before it

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Judging our leaders by their actions

The shooting at Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School last weekend in Toronto was of a piece with the intimidation, and bullying that has been directed for the last seven months at the Jewish community by haters of Jews and haters

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A new moment in time

(This update is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Barry Cutler. By his knowledge, experience, skill and deep goodness of character, he ministered to the many, various needs of all humanity. In doing so, he also ministered to the singular

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Jews are seeking greater connection to the community

The fallout from October 7 has been shocking and unsettling. Here and on streets across North America, the removal of the inhibitions that formerly prevented the haters of Israel and of Jews from publicly celebrating their hatred has been swift.

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They shall not erase the Jewish people

These are momentous times. The next few days are momentous days. Yom Hazikaron falls on Sunday night and Yom Ha’atzma’ut, the very next evening. Less than a week ago, we commemorated Yom Hashoah V’hagvurah. Together, these three dates of remembrance,

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Yom Hashoah V’hagvurah as backdrop for renewed calls to ‘Gas the Jews’

Dr. Dan Diker is the president of the JCPA (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) and an expert in hybrid warfare and in combating anti-semitism. He wrote an op-ed this week entitled Hamas’ Education of the Ivy League that appeared in

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What this uneasy hour in history calls for

In the update last week, we pointed to the soundness of professional and moral judgment by Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, in directing the Peel District School Board to reverse its decision to mark “Nakba Day of Remembrance” day in

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What this uneasy hour in history calls for

In the update last week, we pointed to the soundness of professional and moral judgment by Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, in directing the Peel District School Board to reverse its decision to mark “Nakba Day of Remembrance” day in

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The Seder will be different this year

Recounting the Exodus from Egypt some 3,600 years ago, will be more difficult this year than in any year since World War II and perhaps 1948. Sitting around the Seder table with people we love and who love us, some

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