UJA Federation's Affiliated Jewish Day Schools

Associated Hebrew Schools

Associated Hebrew Schools (AHS) is a community day school rooted in traditional Jewish values that offers a world-class education in Jewish Studies, mathematics, science and technology, the humanities, social studies, and the arts for every Jewish child. We are fortunate to welcome families from across the Jewish religious spectrum and from a wide range of cultures and socio-economic backgrounds – each of whom enriches our kehillah. 

AHS teachers are dedicated to helping every student pursue their own path to growth and success. Our priority is to build a warm learning environment that cultivates a life-long commitment to Jewish tradition and values and instills love for Torah, Israel, and the Hebrew language in our children. We are empowering the next generation of leaders to contribute their unique abilities to the world as proud, caring, and learned Jews.

Website: associatedhebrewschools.com

Bialik Hebrew Day School

Bialik students learn in a warm and nurturing, non-denominational Jewish environment at our two branches — located in Vaughan and midtown Toronto. We foster a strong Jewish identity, with students learning experientially about their Jewish heritage and values as well as developing a deep connection to Israel.

Our modern facilities and state-of-the-art technology infrastructure provide an environment filled with wonderful opportunities for hands-on, active learning, guided by our excellent teaching faculty. Within our unique STEM approach to learning in both General and Jewish Studies, students are encouraged to be independent, critical thinkers.

Website: https://bialik.ca/

Eitz Chaim Schools

Having served the Toronto community for over 100 years, Yeshivas Eitz Chaim understands that the path to greatness as an adult starts with a strong foundation – or in Eitz Chaim parlance – with strong and healthy roots. As such, the goal of our school is ensure that each and every Rebbe, Morah, teacher, and staff member is eminently qualified to help bring out the tremendous potential latent in each child. Be it in limudei kodesh or in general studies, we provide a strong foundation for each child to succeed in all areas.

We work together with parents to develop and nurture Middos Tovos, Ahavas Yisroel, and confidence in every child so that he or she may grow up and flourish as a learned and respected member of the community, and among Klal Yisroel as a whole.

Website: eitzchaim.com

The Joe Dwek Ohr HaEmet Sephardic School

Students at The Joe Dwek Ohr HaEmet Sephardic School are infused with a love for and commitment to Jewish learning and Torah observance. Our mission is to help students acquire the knowledge, proficiency, and attitude to become responsible members of the Jewish community, as well as to become enthusiastic, lifelong, independent seekers of Torah and general knowledge.

Uniquely, through enriched and interactive programs, The Joe Dwek Ohr HaEmet Sephardic School students are imbued with a special appreciation of their Sephardic traditions and heritage throughout their education. In order to help safeguard our inheritance, The Joe Dwek Ohr HaEmet Sephardic School students actively learn about Sephardic laws and customs.

In everything we do, learning comes alive at The Joe Dwek Ohr HaEmet Sephardic School.

Website: jdohss.org

Leo Baeck Day School

Leo Baeck, a nurturing and inclusive Reform Jewish day school, provides International Baccalaureate academics, paired with a modern approach to Judaism, honouring tradition and encouraging individual choice. We inspire students to be creative and critical thinkers who understand themselves and their responsibility to the world around them.

The Leo Baeck Day School nurtures each child academically, spiritually, physically, and artistically, while providing a modern and meaningful Jewish educational experience.

A Leo Baeck education offers your child the best of all worlds: a Jewish education that is at once progressive and embraces tradition, paired with a powerful academic program that engages with the world.

Website leobaeck.ca

Montessori Jewish Day School

Inclusive, pluralistic and egalitarian; Montessori Jewish Day School is dedicated to instilling respect for the individual and for the community. We introduce our children to their rich heritage – providing an engaging Jewish educational experience that embraces the diversity of Jewish practice, integrates Hebrew, and responds to a child’s natural search for spiritual and intellectual growth. Our children are educated to become knowledgeable and committed citizens who love Judaism, Jewish culture and Israel.

MJDS children are curious, motivated, enthusiastic learners. Their natural love of learning is nurtured while fostering their self-respect. Our teachers are guides and facilitators who support each child’s journey of self-discovery. Going hand in hand with strong academics, children gain a sense of self-confidence, independence, and resilience: skills that equip them for their future. Our graduates are critical thinkers and lifelong learners who have respect for themselves, for the community and for the world.

Website: https://www.mjds.ca/

Netivot HaTorah Day School

Netivot HaTorah is a co-educational Modern Orthodox elementary Jewish day school, which offers an outstanding General Studies and Jewish Studies program. Netivot creates an environment that enriches your child and your home, creates lively Shabbat tables, a passion for our yidishkeit, a commitment to our religion, and a deep connection to Eretz Israel. At Netivot HaTorah, personalities emerge, individuality develops, friendships form, and your child thrives. That is our commitment.

Website: Netivot.com

Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School

Paul Penna DJDS is a vibrant SK to Grade 8 Jewish day school committed to exceptional academics in a dynamic environment. The school’s distinct program integrates Judaic and General Studies while encouraging artistic expression as a tool for learning. Committed to social justice and Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World), we nurture responsible citizens and compassionate, confident human beings.  Embracing the values of diversity and equality, the school welcomes students of all Jewish backgrounds.

Visit us and find out what makes our unique integrated curriculum so exceptional.

Website: djds.ca

Robbins Hebrew Academy

As a progressive Jewish learning academy (Nursery – Grade 8), RHA equips students with the skills to think critically, the imagination to think beyond, and the discipline that builds character. Through a personalized approach to learning, RHA encourages students to take ownership of their learning goals, be supported by world-class faculty who are there every step of the way, resulting in graduates who are inspired to explore, discover, debate and imagine with the core competencies that will equip them to make a difference in the world. 

Website: rhacademy.ca

The Toronto Heschel School

At The Toronto Heschel School, education is transformative and holistic. Learning goes beyond memorizing facts — it’s about students asking thoughtful questions, investigating big ideas, and discovering meaning through exploration. We welcome families from diverse Jewish backgrounds and traditions into a community rooted in pluralism and egalitarianism.

From Preschool to Grade 8, General and Judaic Studies are seamlessly integrated, taught in harmony to shape curious thinkers, compassionate leaders, and engaged Jewish citizens.

Through inquiry-based, arts-enriched learning, students see how ideas connect across disciplines and how their learning relates to the world around them. Grounded in rigorous academics, STEM, and environmental stewardship — and anchored in Heschel’s 5 Cs: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Compassion, and Community — our graduates enter high school as confident, capable, and values-driven young people, ready to make a difference.

Website: torontoheschel.org

Bnei Akiva Schools of Toronto

The mission of Yeshivat Or Chaim and Ulpanat Orot is to inculcate within our students an appreciation for and a commitment to Torah observances and values. Yeshivat Or Chaim (founded in 1973) and Ulpanat Orot (founded in 1975) were established in Toronto with several specific goals in mind: To create a Yeshiva environment where religiously committed Jewish boys and girls will be able to grow intellectually, socially, emotionally, and religiously in a vibrant Jewish setting; to offer a dual curriculum of Jewish and general studies that will arm our students with the methodological tools needed to become self-reliant in classical Jewish texts and give them a broad-based secular grounding in the classical world disciplines; to deepen and strengthen the centrality of Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael as a fundamental element of our Torah beliefs and, to this end, stress the importance of Lashon Hakodesh as a manner of achieving these goals; and to encourage and fervently support the notion of our students continuing their Judaic studies at Yeshivot in Eretz Yisrael and in other institutions of higher Jewish learning.

Website: bastoronto.org

TanenbaumCHAT

As the GTA’s community Jewish high school, TanenbaumCHAT fulfills a unique role. Through rigorous general and Jewish studies curricula and extensive extra-curricular programming, we provide an exciting and extensive educational experience. Guided by our Jewish values, we develop students’ intellectual curiosity, challenge them to live lives of high moral character, connect them to their Jewish roots, the Jewish community and the State of Israel, and help them discover a meaningful way to contribute to the world around them.

We embrace the diverse backgrounds of our families and are committed to creating an environment in which all our students have the opportunity to thrive.  We welcome students from Jewish day schools and from many public and independent schools. For decades, our tailor-made New Stream program has also offered an opportunity to those with little to no previous Jewish education to engage in Jewish learning. We prepare students to attend the finest post-secondary institutions and to succeed in whatever their chosen path may be. Our graduates join a distinguished network of more than 8,000 alumni who are making an impact in Toronto and across the globe.

Website: https://www.tanenbaumchat.org/

Tiferes Bais Yaakov

Tiferes Bais Yaakov equips each graduate to succeed in her role as the Akeres haBayis, while pursuing professional excellence through a unique, joyful high school experience, blending rigorous Limudei Kodesh and secular studies, Torah-true hashkafa, and character-driven student activities.

Website: tiferesbaisyaakov.com

Yeshiva Darchei Torah

Yeshiva Darchei Torah is a wonderful Yeshiva that provides excellence in Limudai Kodesh and Limudai Chol. We offer a low student-to-rebbi ratio. We strive to meet the needs of every Talmid who attends our school. Over 95% of our graduates have been accepted into universities. All of our alumni have deferred their acceptance to universities to continue their learning in Yeshivas in Israel. Following Yeshiva learning, our alumni are continuing their learning in Yeshivas in North America and pursue medical, law, and business degrees at universities.
 

Website: darchei.ca