The New Year brings new resolve. As we have written previously in this space, GAJE is moving forward with an attempt to have the law move with the times to compel the government of Ontario to partially fund the cost…
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Building a firm financial footing for day schools
As most observers have known for some time, day school affordability is the preeminent subject on the agenda of many North American Jewish communities, as it is in the GTA. From time to time, we have used this space to…
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Lower tuition means higher enrolment
The recent article in The CJN entitled More Students Applying To Jewish High School in Toronto is an appropriate springboard for diving, fully confident of mission and means, into the New Year and the new decade. The information contained in…
Tagged with: Canadian Jewish News, CHAT, jewish day school tuition, Jewish education, Jewish education tuition, Tanenbaum
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Faith-based education tends to teach tolerance of others
One of the “throw-away” statements of the Supreme Court in the Adler decision of 1996 was that extending public funding to independent denominational schools would risk tearing the multicultural fabric of our society. Madame Justice Beverley McLachlin made the remark…
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Saying: “Thank you. You mean a great deal to us” to our teachers
Teachers have always been revered and even lionized in Jewish tradition. We have understood from our first days as a people how important teachers are in fulfilling the divine instruction, across every generation, to teach our children the hallowed ways…
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The commitment that is also an inspiring vision
This week, we bring readers’ attention to yet another initiative aimed at making Jewish education more affordable from another jurisdiction in North America. Three weeks ago the Del Mar Times, in California published a story about the progress of the…
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Get involved in community-wide collaborative efforts
From time to time we bring readers’ attention to the efforts in other jurisdictions across North America to secure and perpetuate the future of Jewish education. We do so again this week. The Jewish Link, a newspaper serving parts of…
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Avi Chai Says Goodbye, But Not ‘Mission Accomplished’
Anyone in the field of formal and informal Jewish education knows of the Avi Chai Foundation. Unique among foundations oriented to Jewish life, Avi Chai, is singularly dedicated to supporting Jewish educational research and programming. It will cease operation at…
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Students with a vibrant Jewish future can help build a better world
GAJE’s mission to try to make Jewish education more affordable is based upon the premise that a Jewish education at its best, the “gold standard” of which is day school, is exceptional as well as essential. Rabbi Jethro Berkman, the…
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How other jurisdictions are reducing tuition
The JTA published an article this week, sponsored by and produced in partnership with the Avi Chai Foundation, entitled “Five innovative ways Jewish day schools are reducing tuition costs.” The article was a summary roundup. The five discrete methods that…
Grassroots for Affordable Jewish Education 