Leo Baeck tenants sit tight as buyer sought for building
Zareinu moved into Leo Baeck’s Atkinson Avenue campus last year and would like to spearhead a campaign to buy the building with other groups
CHAT students head to Ecuador on social justice trip
Twelve students from grades 9 to 12, travelled over eight-days, to Ecuador’s capital, Quito, Chimborazo, and a rural area in the Andes
Patience required as yeshiva relocates to portables
There’s an old rabbinic saying that goes like this: “To be patient is sometimes better than to have much wealth.” Well, parents of children at Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah have certainly been asked to be patient recently, as the school year kicked off with their kids studying in various locations near the school, but not in […]
Hebrew Academy names first head of school
Veteran American Jewish educator Kalman Stein has been appointed Hebrew Academy’s first head of school in its 48-year history
Tuition support: is it a matter of ethics?
Evidence is overwhelming that good Jewish education is valuable to the Jewish future – regrettably, economics can distract from this fact.
This isn’t your bubbie’s cheder anymore
Innovative, affordable Jewish supplementary education programs are gaining traction. How will they affect the future of day schools?
Grassroots group seeking to reduce cost of day school
Although UJA Federation of Greater Toronto provides more than $10 million in Jewish day school tuition assistance each year, many families are being priced out
Making Jewish living – and education – convenient
Convenience is king, and it needs to be. Jewish living needs to be more convenient, writes Daniel Held
Youth protection drops inquiry into Montreal chassidic school
Quebec’s Youth Protection Department (YPD) has closed the file on a Montreal chassidic educational institution that was the focus of a dramatic police intervention in June after finding insufficient evidence of negligence of its students. The Vizhnitz community, which runs the boys’ religious school on Park Avenue, near Beaubien Street, says the report it received […]
Donors help Gan Yeladim daycare avoid closure
Rosh Hashanah is not yet upon us, but those who were planning to pray for a long life for the Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre may just have had their prayers answered in advance. Last week, a spokesperson for the centre announced that the facility avoided closing its doors permanently at the end of July, […]
