Multifaith vigil to call for fair wages, poverty reduction
Faith groups, including representatives from the Jewish community, will gather at Queen’s Park Oct. 6 to pray, and press for poverty reduction and fair wages. The annual prayer vigil, to begin at 11 a.m., is presented by the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC), a provincial network of faith groups working together “for greater social […]
Israeli organization helps young Ethiopians, soldiers in poverty
JobKatif gives Ethiopians “a basket of support services,” including a stipend, access to tutorials (rarely used) and monthly workshops to discuss their progress
Once a penny-pincher, always a penny-pincher
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, even if you buy that hound a fancier collar
A giving pledge for Toronto
I call upon the Canadian Jewish community to implement our own form of the Giving Pledge, writes Avrum Rosensweig
Soon there will be no one left to apologize to
When it comes to Holocaust victims living in poverty, Israel fumbles and frets, fighting demons of inertia, writes Dov Harris
Long-term solutions to poverty complex, agencies say
The results of a year-long study commissioned to understand the challenges facing Toronto’s Jewish poor could leave service providers with “more questions than answers,” said Sandi Pelly
