Thinking outside the box on education
Bringing together our diverse community to ensure that Jewish education becomes both affordable and sustainable would send a powerful message.
Taking stock of our educational priorities
Perhaps we should ask ourselves how successful we are, as a community, at providing our children with a Jewish future.
Crowdfunding campaign raises nearly $2 million for day schools
A 24-hour crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for nine Toronto day schools raised $1.9 million.
Your daily spiel for Tuesday, June 20
In today’s spiel: Thousands mourn death of 23-year-old Israeli Border Police officer; Drake at the MMVAs; Jewish-Palestinian tensions in Chile; Gal Gadot’s husband’s t-shirt.
It’s not all bad news for day schools in York Region
Two Jewish day schools, at opposite ends of the denominational spectrum, are, in fact, thriving.
To save Jewish education, community’s gotta put money where its mouth is
Even with a day school tuition bar lowered to $18,500, the system is collapsing. Many who can’t afford $29,000 – and that’s most of us – can’t afford $18,500. It’s inexcusable that a community of our wealth doesn’t provide affordable (and sustainable) Jewish education to all those who seek it.
‘The Big Mo’ in Jewish education comes after CHAT developments
New inquiries and applicants, increased activism, decreased attrition and increased philanthropic investments are signs of ‘The Big Mo’ – a term coined by a The West Wing character – in day school education.
A letter from a pained student on CHAT north’s closure
Kayla Saul, a Grade 11 student at the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto’s Kimel campus in Vaughan, delivered these remarks at a town hall meeting March 14.
