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UJA's Working on a Dream Concert Party Rocks Toronto’s Opera House

UJA’s Working on a Dream concert party - featuring Don Denaburg and The River Street Band – took to the stage at Toronto’s Opera House on Saturday night, and whether they were fans of “The Boss”, or merely there to have a good time with friends, the crowd of more than 300 had a…

Concert to support Jews living in poverty

TORONTO — Working on a Dream is not only the album title by rock icon Bruce Springsteen, but it also describes United Jewish Appeal’s (UJA) mandate to assist members of the Jewish community who need support.

Some 800 music enthusiasts will help that dream along at a fundraising concert …

Memorial for Paris Victims of Terrorist Attacks

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), together with UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, will hold a memorial for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris.

Federation Expresses Support for the People of France

In the wake of the tragic events that took place in Paris this week that saw 12 innocent people murdered in the office of Charlie Hebdo magazine on Wednesday, culminating with the death of at least four individuals at a Jewish kosher supermarket today, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto exten…

Tenth anniversary of Dinner of Miracles carries on the legacy of Holocaust

By Shayla Schipper - United by a shared history, Holocaust survivors and young professionals came together for the 10th anniversary of the Dinner of Miracles. The Petah Tikva Anshe Castilla Congregation played host to over 45 survivors in their eighties and nineties and 250 young professiona…