Tomorrow evening, community members will gather to begin celebrating Purim. While gifts of food, creative costumes, and festive parties all characterize the holiday, the centrepiece of Purim is the reading of Megillat Esther, the Book of Esther.
As we hear the remarkable account of the…
We were excited to gather with Jewish early childhood education (ECE) professionals for a morning of professional development. More than 30 educators, supervisors, and directors from 14 centres joined us for a session focused on classroom management and dysregulation.
Campus Ready in Toronto UJA Israel Engagement was proud to host Campus Ready, presented by Makom, an initiative of The Jewish Agency For Israel. This important program offers parents, students, and Jewish professionals practical workshops to help prepare high school students to navigate toda…
More than two hundred community members gathered this week for a special 25th anniversary screening of award-winning film Sunshine. The event also featured a Q&A with the film’s producer Robert Lantos.
The film tells the story of three generations of a Jewish Hungarian family, as they ri…
January 1-February 28, 2025 donations eligible to be claimed on 2024 tax return
At the end of last year, the federal government announced it would introduce legislation so that charitable donations made in early 2025 would be eligible to be claimed on your 2024 tax return. The CRA has confi…
