Treasure Trove: David Matlow recalls the famous German rabbi, Leo Baeck, on his 150th birthday
Leo Baeck (1873-1956) was a Reform rabbi who was the spiritual leader of German Jewry during the Nazi period. In his book This People Israel: The Meaning of Jewish Existence he expanded on his idea that ethics is the core of Judaism, and that man-made ritual law creates a framework for the realization of the ethical. This […]
Rosensweig: Out of the ashes of Kristallnacht, a shul is born
The praiseworthy, meritorious character of our people, the thing that nobody can cheat us out of us, is our inimitable spirit – the one that “falls down seven times and gets up,” as King Solomon put it. The Nazis came and those ruffians, void of any godliness, pillaged our shtetlach and stole and murdered our […]
Leo Baeck Day School to close northern campus
The Leo Baeck Day School is closing its northern campus at the end of the 2018-19 school year. It’s the latest in a string of Jewish day schools to leave Toronto’s northern suburbs.
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.
After year of upheaval, Toronto day schools making fresh start?
Enrolment at TanenbaumCHAT was projected at about 850 students, but the head of school says admission figures are “in flux” until mid-September.
Zareinu buys Leo Baeck building on Atkinson
Zareinu Educational Centre has purchased the school building on Atkinson Avenue in Thornhill, where it rents classroom space from Leo Baeck Day School.
