During the summer, GAJE reported in our weekly update, upon a two-day inter-denominational conference in Toronto sponsored by the Simeon Initiative, a partnership of Cardus and CIJA. The conference was convened specifically to discuss the alarming rise of antisemitism in…

Since early in the month, GAJE has called attention to the emotional and other forms of preparation by our children and by the men and women who comprise the widely diverse Jewish educational system for the return to school. We…

This time next week, the Jewish new year 5786, will be 4 days old. Our prayers and aspirations for the new year will still be fresh and hopeful at this time next week. But, they will be expressed in words…

At a major conference, this past summer in New York, on the future of American Jewry, several of the Jewish leaders in attendance were reported to have said that “making Jewish education more accessible is the key to many of…

Jewish education is not easily available – if at all – for the children of families who do not reside in larger cities. This is in addition, of course, to the children of families who do reside in larger cities…

The return of the new school year is merely days away. As anyone who has ever gone to school knows, one can never be totally ready to switch from summer days to school days. It takes a bit of time.…

Discussion and debate about the suitability of Ontario’s educational policies for our day and age, continues unabated by scholars in the field. Joanna Dejong VanHof, Program Director, Education, at Cardus, a non-partisan, independent think tank, has written an important essay…

The unfairness of Ontario’s educational funding policies has long been noted by educational and social planning scholars. So too has the head-scratching, self-defeating aspect of those policies. Many experts observe that educational outcomes are better in provinces that increase educational…

Last week’s update noted that the recent UJA Federation of Greater Toronto biweekly social action newsletter pronounced that education is the key to fighting antisemitism. The statement, however, specifically related to a federal report commissioned for Ambassador Deborah Lyons that…

Every two weeks, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto emails Activist Update’ newsletter, The Catalyst. The newsletter highlights three current policy issues pressing upon local concern, inviting community members to get involved, to take action seeking official accountability in relation to…