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UJA: Making Jewish day school more accessible to GTA families

This time last year, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and TanenbaumCHAT announced a new affordability initiative, reducing tuition by nearly $10,000. Since then, enrollment and applications to TanenbaumCHAT have increased significantly. Take a look at how the affordability initiative has ma…

Neighbours Who Have Never Met

On Sunday March 4th, a delegation called “Sparks of Change” arrived in Toronto. Sparks of Change is a non-profit organization, facilitated by Oranim Teachers College in Israel and supported by the Sparks of Change Foundation in the United States. The delegation was comprised of Arab and…

You've helped us fund March of the Living trips for 12,000+ participants!

March of the Living is a unique educational experience for Jewish high school students, young adults and adults. Now in its 30th year, March of the Living offers participants the opportunity to travel to Poland, where they learn about the atrocities of the Holocaust, up close and in person,…

Exploring Jewish Peoplehood first hand

Learning about Diaspora Israel relations is one thing, experiencing it for 10 days while hosting an Israeli fellow in your house is another.

One of the core experiences of the Diller Teen Fellows Program is Peoplehood; the awareness in unity, belonging to the tribe of the Jewish people. In M…

Gaining Lifetime Skills in Diller Teen Fellows

Recently my cohort and I went on our leadership Shabbaton at Mansfield conservation area. This Shabbaton was run and planned completely by all the fellows. The planning process helped us with countless skills. Each person was put into a group that had a certain responsibility and it helped w…