Two years ago, in July 2021, we wrote how “Ontario’s anachronistic, unfair, discriminatory educational funding policies” were attracting the attention of scholars and students at home and abroad. Specifically, we pointed to an essay by Prof. Randal F. Schnoor of…

It is that thankfully, annually recurring time of the year when most of our youngsters can contemplate a break from the grind and the routine of school. Summertime looms imminently for most children with the sweet promise of freer roaming…

This update is dedicated to the memory of Mira Koschitzky. Mira devoted so many of her prodigious abilities and talents to enhancing the possibility of Jewish education for children near and far. Her passing last week has diminished our world.…

The Canadian Jewish News (CJN) recently reported that the Torah Day School of Ottawa (TDSO) is offering families up to $100,000 to relocate to Ottawa. According to The CJN the family receiving the funds must use them as part of…

Andres Spokoiny, the president and CEO of Jewish Funders Network, is an insightful, creative thinker. He embraces broad ideas and looks thoughtfully to the horizons of Jewish life to anticipate coming storms and to sound the sheltering clarion. In the…

Three weeks ago, in his Dvar Torah for parshat Emor, Rabbi Jarrod Grover of Congregation Beth Tikvah spoke on the subject of rethinking public education. His presentation was substantive and timely and worthy of sharing with GAJE supporters and followers.…

In November of 2022, Cardus – the public policy think tank – published a research paper entitled Naturally Diverse: The Landscape of Independent Schools in Ontario. The study provides current, detailed information on Ontario’s independent schools. GAJE brought this important…

Last week, we drew readers’ attention to an essay entitled The Case for Free Jewish Day School, published in early April in Tablet magazine. Its author, Mark Oppenheimer, a senior editor at Tablet and the host of the podcast, Unorthodox,…

Last month, Tablet magazine published an essay entitled The Case for Free Jewish Day School.It was written by Mark Oppenheimer, a senior editor at Tablet and the host of the podcast,Unorthodox.The piece is compelling for a number of reasons. It…

Readers of this weekly update know that Ontario Superior Court Justice Eugenia Papageorgiou reserved her judgment last week on the motion brought by the Attorneys General of Ontario and Canada to strike GAJE’s application for fairness in funding education in…