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UJA Federation – Supporting a Jewish renaissance in Ukraine

 

UJA Federation of Greater Toronto is proud to support the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the world's leading Jewish humanitarian aid group. JDC works to alleviate hunger and hardship in Jewish communities in 70 countries, including Ukraine. Home to the world's fift…

Zach Hyman selects UJA as a beneficiary for golf tournament

 

This week, Zach Hyman of the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that UJA Federation of Greater Toronto has been selected as a beneficiary of the 2019 Zach Hyman Celebrity Golf Classic. The annual tournament, now in its second year, will be taking place on July 29, 2019 at the Oakdale Golf a…

Jewish Foundation’s Book of Life recognizes Jodie Kaufman Davis

 

Jodie Kaufman Davis is an inspiring young leader determined to engage the next generation in philanthropy and community involvement. Last year, Jodie was recognized at the Jewish Foundation's annual Book of Life Celebration and invited to share her story with the "Book of Life", a prog…

Operation Exodus

 

Since Israel gained its independence in 1948, Toronto’s Jewish community has repeatedly answered the call to help Jews from around the world settle in the land of Israel. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, through Operation Exodus, UJA Federation, with Jewish communities all…

Israel Engagement

 

A great focus of UJA Federation’s partnership with Israel, especially over the past decade, has been strengthening our vision of building a lasting two-way relationship between the Jewish community in Toronto and the people of Israel. UJA Federation, through programs like UJA’s Shi…