True strength through nurtured inner life. Rabbi Marc D. Angel, the founder and head of the New York-based Institute of Jewish Ideas and Ideals offers reflections on the rather florid description in this week’s parsha, Shemot, of how the Israelites…

Day School education a proven secret In a wide-ranging exchange of worry and resolve last April in Mosaic Magazine with Daniel Gordis, Martin Kramer and Jack Wertheimer concerning the future of the American Jewish community, former American diplomat Eliott Abrams…

Warning ahead: Take note! The annual Limmud Conference in Toronto will take place on March 19. As it did last year, GAJE plans to participate in the conference this year as well. An interesting – if provocative though not necessarily…

Looking back. Looking forward. As calendar 2016 draws to its close, we must truthfully admit that we cannot yet point to the progress for which we had hoped at this stage in our efforts to make Jewish education more affordable.…

Parents provide positive feedback: Report on focus groups GAJE recently conducted three focus groups over a short period involving twenty families of parents of school-aged children. The purpose of the focus groups was to raise and discuss potential funding alternatives…

Affordability is a community-wide concern GAJE’s efforts are aimed with laser-like focus on helping make Jewish education affordable for every family that seeks it for its children. Many components contribute to the very high cost of tuition. They must all…

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) recently convened its second GTA Assembly in which it consulted with various community agencies, organizations and institutions. GAJE asked Madi Murariu, Associate Director, Ontario Government Relations and Public Affairs, to report upon…

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) Task Force on Affordable Jewish Education convened a conference call of its members last Friday. GAJE asked Noah Shack, CIJA Director of Policy, to provide an update of the task force’s progress.…

Our cause – in meaningful variation – is joined in Detroit Earlier this month, Steve Freedman, the Head of Hillel Day School in Detroit urged his community leaders to make the beginning years of day school education free. In an…

The single most effective response that all the challenges beg From time to time, articles appear that attempt to scan the Jewish horizon. One such article, “The challenges facing American Jewry”, appeared last week in the Jerusalem Post. It seeded…