This is a very sweet time of year for most of our children. The end of this week marks the end of the school year for most children attending Jewish schools. At whatever stage in their school careers and to…

Tuition Cap Pilot Project Launched We wish to draw GAJE members’ attention to an important announcement made this week by the UJA Federation’s Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Education. The centre has introduced a pilot program for the 2016-17 school year…

On Saturday night, seven weeks will have elapsed from the holiday of Pesach. That means, of course, the arrival and celebration of the festival of Shavuot. Assembled at the foot of Mount Sinai, the Children of Israel – an undisciplined,…

In February of 1996 – 20 years and four months ago – the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto published the report of its Commission on Jewish Education. The commission had been struck some four years earlier in March 1992. It…

The Funding Committee is working on a set of newly imagined funding proposals. It is hoped that the target date for presenting them to the public will be in the early autumn. ••• In his column this month in The…

The CIJA Task Force on the Affordability of Jewish Education met last week. As a member of the task force, GAJE tries to contribute to its work and monitor the task force’s progress. The following is a brief summary of…

As reported last week, the GAJE committees are continuing with their respective tasks. The CIJA Task Force on the Affordability of Jewish Education met today. As you know, GAJE is a member of the CIJA committee. Next week we will…

Back to work. The Funding committee is refining and organizing a series of new funding options to present to the public. The Marketing committee is working on the details of a community event to be held, it is hoped, in…

  The Sedarim of 2016 are past. Their magical moments will now become new entries into our respective memory banks of all holidays past. ••• At this juncture in our effort, one year after we began, it is important to…

The next eight days provide somewhat of a lull in our work. After Pesach however, committees will resume their work, with lingering images of poignant Seder moments freshly inspiring us to do so. ••• Eight days ago a sophisticated blogger…