For our community, this time of year provides an opportunity for all of us to reflect on the year that has passed, and look ahead to our responsibilities and opportunities that lie ahead. This time of year is also marked by welcoming families back to our schools with excitement and enthusi…
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NOTE: What follows is the background thoughts of the talk I gave to the United Jewish Appeal, in Toronto, Sunday, Sept 13, 2107. What those present heard was not this; but came of out this. My remarks that evening were (mainly) an extempore rendering of the thoughts…
Facing widespread affordability challenges, more families are struggling to provide their children with an excellent Jewish Day School education than ever before.  UJA Federation and the schools are committed to ensuring the affordability and sustainability of Jewish day school educatio…
Since UJA Federation of Greater Toronto established its Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund on Monday in response to this calamity, conditions continue to become more dire for the people living on the Gulf Coast of Texas, including much of Houston’s Jewish community. “Recovery like this — it …
Across the U.S. and Canada, PJ Library® strengthens Jewish engagementÂ
A newly-released national survey commissioned by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and conducted by Informing Change, an external evaluation form, finds that PJ Library plays an important role in shaping the lives of Jew…
