Here’s to 5776: A year of new beginnings and new opportunities

As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Jews across the globe reflect on the year that was, while looking to the year ahead with hope and optimism.
 
It is a time to celebrate the strength and vitality of our Jewish Homeland, the State of Israel – the only democracy in the Middle East - which contin…

UJA Federation, CIJA hold community security training session

In advance of the High Holidays and with students returning to school, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) recently held a comprehensive security training session for staff and volunteers in the Jewish community who have security-related resp…

March of the Living offers trips for youth and adults

March of the Living is one the most established travel programs in the Jewish community. Held annually in the spring, it allows Canadians of all ages to travel for two weeks to Poland and Israel to pay tribute to victims of the Shoah. 

“The way to get the most meaningful experience is to…

Book Talks: Authors Speaking about Their Books

In a small room off a banquet hall in Montreal, Lily Kramer sat in silence with her new husband.  It was summer and the room was hot.  There were no windows and no door, only a curtain beyond which the guests – almost none of who she knew – washed down sponge cake and herring with shot…

The “Rosh is On” and UJA Federation’s PJ Library is part of it

By Dan Horowitz--Toronto’s Beth Torah Congregation, led by senior Rabbi Yossi Sapirman, has something very special on its Rosh Hashanah plate.

Reaching out to families as well as to some of Jewish Toronto’s less-affiliated citizens, the shul is offering a two-part community service led …