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UJA Welcomes Provincial Investment in Holocaust Education

For Immediate Release
April 21, 2022

Vaughan, ON – Today, the Government of Ontario’s announced an investment of $282,000 in Holocaust awareness and antisemitism education through UJA’s Sarah & Chaim Neuberger Centre for Holocaust Education.

“We applaud the Government of Ontario’…

A Special Update from Poland on the Ukraine Crisis

As you receive this note, we are aboard a plane on our way home to Toronto from Poland. For the past two days, we have been here as part of a Jewish Federations of North America leadership mission—meeting with Jewish refugees who have fled the war in Ukraine, as well as our partner organiz…

Israeli Schulich Leader Passionate about Tech-for-Good

It wasn’t necessarily Dese Bazonach’s strong math abilities that allowed him to enroll in an advanced math program at his local high school. During his entrance exam, Dese asked the supervising teacher about a question that he couldn’t quite figure out. The teacher saw that Dese was …