In the urgent though quite frustrating debate about the future of Jewish Day School education, an argument is occasionally raised that the key factor for declining enrollments is not the cost of tuition, but rather the conclusion by many parents…

Earlier this week, the government of Saskatchewan invoked the rarely used notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to overturn a ruling of the Court of Queen’s Bench that held it was unconstitutional for the Saskatchewan government to…

The government of Ontario delivered its new budget statement this week announcing its plans to spend some $130 billion in fiscal 2017-2018. The two key policy areas the government highlighted with specially boosted spending were health and education. According to…

With the extensive Pesach holiday period behind us this year, GAJE is moving forward with initiatives in funding and in public advocacy. The funding committee has held encouraging introductory meetings with federation officials aimed at incorporating reimagined methods for brining…

To replace the actual eating of the paschal lamb that took place on the very first Passover night in Goshen, our Sages over the years devised the Seder. It is the paradigmatic teaching moment. Deliberately so. They wanted to convey…

Fight for moderation, balance, compassion and inclusiveness. We have celebrated the recent dramatic reduction in next year’s tuition at TanenbaumCHAT because it is evidence of the seriousness with which the community is responding to the crisis of educational affordability. But…

Passover is less than three weeks away. The centerpiece of the holiday’s ritual, the Seder, was designed as the paradigmatic instrument of education for our children. It is not too soon, therefore, as we prepare for the holiday to think…

An article written by Shawn Evenhaim, a successful businessman, philanthropist and Jewish school activist in California, entitled “Tuition Revolution”, appeared last week on the eJewish Philanthropy website (http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/jewish-day-schools-its-time-for-a-tuition-revolution/). Evenhaim issues a clarion call to the Jews of North America. “We…

The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (TanenbaumCHAT) and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto this week jointly announced a reduction in next year’s annual tuition from its present level of nearly $28,000 to $18,500, beginning in the…

Important Reminders Let CIJA Know We continue to urge interested individuals to make their opinions known to the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) that the affordability crisis in Jewish education is the pre-eminent and most pressing concern of…