The unequal cost of Jewish education in Canada
Alex Rose examines the cost of Jewish education in different provinces.
The new face of adult Jewish education
Organizations are innovating and experimenting with how they deliver information to mature students. In this week’s cover story, Lila Sarick reports on the changes in adult Jewish education.
From Yoni’s Desk: Take a lesson from my school mistakes
CJNeditor Yoni Goldstein reflects on his grade school days.
Busing program brings children to day schools
Steve Arnold explores busing programs in Jewish schools across Ontario.
Stepping outside the ‘Jewish bubble’
Jewish students about to start university often spend a fair bit of time thinking about the “Jewish bubble” – the cocoon of Jewish friends, summer camps, neighbourhoods and family that insulates them – and what it means to leave it. But it turns out that some students don’t leave the bubble, so much as stick one foot out, while keeping one foot firmly anchored in Jewish life.
To wear uniforms, or not to wear uniforms?
Does enforced attire encourage egalitarianism or restrict students’ self-expression?
How schools are innovating on the playground
Alex Rose explores how Jewish day schools are changing their outdoor play areas to encourage more physical activity for children.
Seriously ill kids join in back-to-school rush
Donald Berman Chai Lifeline provides emotional and practical support to seriously ill children and their families. Its staff and volunteers ease the turmoil of a child’s life-altering disease or the burden of coping with a chronic condition.
Returning to school: Less scary than raising 4 kids solo
After you’ve already done the scariest thing, become a single mother to four children, what’s a little more fear? So I went back to school, quickly learning that disavowing my identity as a mom wasn’t the way to thrive.
