We are posting links to articles about the Jewish day school affordability issue in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area).
- Mida: 2018 Survey of Jews in Canada: Is the Picture That Rosy? by Israel Mida (CJN, April 17, 2019)
- Few Choices Left for Day School Parents in York Region, by Lila Sarick (CJN, December 12, 2018)
- The Leo Baeck Day School announces closure of its North Campus (October 30, 2018)
- Making Jewish Education Affordable, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (The Lehrhaus, September 26, 2018)
- The medium is the message in Jewish education, by Pamela Medjuck-Stein (CJN, September 19, 2018)
- Toronto’s Eitz Chaim Schools to close one campus, by Ron Csillag (CJN, June 29, 2018)
- Why is non-Orthodox Jewry vanishing? by Mordechai Ben-Dat (CJN< June 21, 2018)
- Why Orthodox schools are thriving while others are not, by Rabbi Asher Vale (CJN, June 20, 2018)
- Can Jewish schools take a lesson from a tomato company? by David Hillel Rapp (CJN, June 13, 2018)
- Why I Made The Heartwrenching Decision To Pull My Son Out Of Yeshiva, by David Weitzner (The Forward, June 4, 2018)
- The public funding of Catholic schools in Ontario is unstable and unprincipled, by Richard Moon (CBC News, May 28. 2018)
- Crowdfunding campaign raises $3 million for Toronto day schools, by Lila Sarick (CJN, April 19, 2018)
- Separate school funding foes gear up for election battle, by Andrea Gordon (Toronto Star, April 19, 2018)
- Parents want, and deserve, educational options, by Beth Green and Deani Van Pelt (Toronto Star, March 13, 2018)
- Time to eliminate publicly funded Catholic schooling in Ontario, by Kelly Gallagher-Mackay (Toronto Star, March 12, 2018)
- A Better Education for Half the Price, by Hillel Rapp (BAS [Bnai Akiva Schools] Voices, Feb. 28, 2018)
- Why Ontario needs its religious schools, by Deani Van Pelt (Ottawa Citizen, February 26, 2018)
- Catholic-school enrolment numbers should be monitored by Ontario government, French-language group says, by Caroline Alphonso (The Globe and Mail, February 14, 2018)
- Ontario school boards intensify spending war to lure students, maintain funding, by Caroline Alphonso (The Globe and Mail, February 13, 2018)
- In push for funding, Ontario’s Catholic school boards enrolling more non-Catholics, by Caroline Alphonso (The Globe and Mail, February 12, 2018)
- Time to reopen SCC case on equal school funding: lawyers, by Lila Sarick (CJN, January 18, 2018)
- TanenbaumCHAT day school sees increased enrolment after tuition cut, by Lila Sarick (CJN, December 20, 2017)
- Activists who want to cut off religious school funding out of step with majority, by Dr. Beth Green (National Post, December 14, 2017)
- Recent events show UJA failing to heed decades-old warning, by Mordechai Ben-Dat (CJN, November 2, 2017)
- Associated Hebrew Schools to consolidate into two campuses, by Lila Sarick (CJN, October 19, 2017)
- Associated Hebrew Schools announces new location of Kamin branch (Associated Hebrew Schools press release, October 18, 2017)
- It’s time to talk openly about special needs, by Daniel Held (CJN, September 13, 2017)
- Why a Jewish education matters, by Jimmy Bitton (Jerusalem Post, September 12, 2017)
- If Wynne’s Liberals were committed to equality, they’d help fund independent schools, by Maria Ahmed and Mustafa Jilani (National Post, September 12, 2017)
- We need Jewish schools to preserve Jewish identity, by Mordechai Ben-Dat (CJN, September 7, 2017)
- After year of upheaval, Toronto day schools making fresh start? by Lila Sarick (CJN, September 5, 2017)
- Thinking outside the box on education, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, July 1, 2017)
- Taking stock of our educational priorities, by Mordechai Ben-Dat (CJN, June 30, 2017)
- Crowdfunding campaign raises nearly $2 million for day schools, by Lila Sarick (CJN, June 21, 2017)
- Don’t axe funding for Catholic schools, by Ben Eisen (Toronto Sun, June, 20, 2017)
- It’s not all bad news for day schools in York Region, by Lila Sarick (CJN, June 19, 2017)
- 4 takeways from UJA listening tour on day school crisis, by Daniel Held (CJN, June 12, 2017)
- Toronto needs a single, secular school system, by Marcus Gee (Globe and Mail, June 9, 2017)
- Grassroots group plans legal challenge against separate school funding, by Andrea Gordon (Toronto Star, June 5, 2017)
- To save Jewish education, community’s gotta put money where its mouth is, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, May 30, 2017)
- Why bother having Jewish high schools in the first place? by Shawn Zelig-Aster (CJN, May 29, 2017)
- Day school closings reveal troubling pattern, by Mordechai Ben-Dat (CJN, May 23, 2017)
- Associated Hebrew School plans to sell Kamin building in Thornhill, by Simone Joseph (YorkRegion.com, May 19, 2017)
- Associated to sell Atkinson street building, by Paul Lungen (CJN, May 18, 2017)
- Associated Hebrew Schools’ Board of Directors Makes Difficult Decision to Sell its Atkinson Building (AHS blog, May 18, 2017)
- ‘The Big Mo’ in Jewish education comes after CHAT developments, by Daniel Held (CJN, May 9, 2017)
- Chris Selley: Saskatchewan ruling on Catholic schools could be historic — if it holds up (National Post, May 4, 2017)
- After CHAT tuition cut, Orthodox high school offers own tuition relief, by Lila Sarick (CJN, April 24, 2017)
- Letter from school leaders: Change is hard, but community will benefit from CHAT merger, by Ray Rubin and Rabbi Lee Buckman (CJN, April 6, 2017)
- Students and parents rally to ‘Save Our School’, by Ron Csillag (CJN, April 6, 2017)
- Letter from school leaders: Change is hard, but community will benefit from CHAT merger, by Ray Rubin and Rabbi Lee Buckman (CJN, April 6, 2017)
- Ontario funding policies threaten Jewish education, by Mordechai Ben-Dat (CJN, April 5, 2017)
- Busting open the door to lower day school tuition, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, April 4, 2017)
- Layoffs for 30 teachers announced in TanenbaumCHAT merger, by Lila Sarick (CJN, March 31, 2017)
- Jewish school crisis could be just the shake-up the community needs, by Sara Dobner (CJN, March 30, 2017)
- TanenbaumCHAT tuition cut important first step, by Adam Minsky (CJN, March 29, 2017)
- CHAT board rejects plan to keep northern campus open, by Lila Sarick (CJN, March 27, 2017)
- Zareinu buys Leo Baeck building on Atkinson, by Lila Sarick (CJN, March 27, 2017)
- CHAT board sends parents apology letter, by CJN Staff (CJN, March 17, 2017)
- Musings on a shuttered Jewish high school, by Zev Steinfeld and Daniel Held (CJN, March 9, 2017)
- TanenbaumCHAT closes northern campus and slashes tuition, by Lila Sarick (CJN, March 7, 2017)
- Dwindling affordability puts day schools at crossroads, by Lila Sarick (CJN, February 1, 2017)
- How to lower tuition, by Rabbi Lee Buckman, Head of School, TanenbaumCHAT (December 9, 2016)
- The day school tuition crisis is reaching a tipping point, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, December 8, 2016)
- Leo Baeck tenants sit tight as buyer sought for building, by Lila Sarick (CJN, December 6, 2016)
- Leo Baeck and TanenbaumCHAT to share space, by Lila Sarick (CJN, November 15, 2016)
- Tuition support: Is it a matter of ethics? by Pamela Medjuck Stein (CJN, Sept. 8, 2016)
- UJA president vows to take “bold moves” to help parents cope with tuition fee, by Jonathan D. Halevi (CIJnews, September 7, 2016)
- Day 2: Sharon’s story — How UJA helps (UJA Federation, Sept. 6, 2016)
- This isn’t your Bubbie’s Cheder anymore, by Jodie Shupac (CJN, September 1, 2016)
- Grassroots group seeking to reduce cost of day school, by Sheri Shefa (CJN, September 1, 2016)
- Copying for the sake of Jewish education, by Daniel Held (CJN, July 31, 2016)
- We have the ability but do we have the will? by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, July 22, 2016)
- Zareinu to move into Leo Baeck’s Thornhill classrooms, by Paul Lungen (CJN, July 6, 2016)
- What it’s like to be Jewish and middle class, by Jodie Shupac (CJN, June 23, 2016)
- Tuition cap offered in day school pilot program, by Paul Lungen (CJN, June 17, 2016)
- When it comes to enrolling kids in Jewish programs, parents more likely to say ‘maybe’ than ‘yes’, by Daniel Held (CJN, May 30, 2016)
- Solving the day school tuition crisis a question of will, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, May 25, 2016)
- It takes a community to be happy, by Sara Dobner (CJN, May 20, 2016)
- Grandparents should help out with day school tuition, by Jeffrey Stutz (CJN, April 28, 2016)
- Why a Jewish education matters, by Jimmy Bitton (CIJnews.com, April 28, 2016)
- Survey of York Region Jews Aims to boost engagement, by Jodie Shupac (CJN, April 4, 2016)
- We must make day school affordable for the middle class, by Daniel Held (CJN, March 31, 2016)
- If the price for Jewish day school were lower, would they come? by Daniel Held (CJN, March 4, 2016)
- Finding strength through leadership, by Daniel Held (CJN, February 5, 2016)
- Jewish day school tuition a burden? What one school is doing about it, by Cayla Solomon (The Times of Israel, February 4, 2016)
- If we all give, it will be like winning the lottery, by Rabbi Jay Kelman, (CJN, January 28, 2016)
- How to leave a lasting legacy for Jewish education, by Rabbi Jay Kelman, (CJN, November 26, 2015)
- CHAT offers parents tuition discount for taking classes, by Lila Sarick (CJN, November 21, 2015)
- Increased school choice in Ontario ‘long overdue’ as province is ‘falling behind’: report (National Post, November 19, 2015)
- CIJA renews effort to alleviate school funding squeeze, by Sheri Shefa (CJN, November 17, 2015)
- Private school enrolment surge led by Saskatchewan, Alberta (CBC News, October 6, 2015)
- The five percent day school solution, by Rabbi Jay Kelman (CJN, September 30, 2015)
- Jewish group says it’s found solution to funding issue, by Sheri Shefa (CJN, September 2, 2015)
- New group aims to solve day school tuition problem, by Sheri Shefa (CJN, May 19, 2015)
- The future of Jewish education, Editorial (CJN, September 8, 2014)
- The humiliating process of the tuition subsidy application, by Zev Steinfeld (CJN, September 2, 2014)
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