Grant allows more GTA families to benefit from UJA Federation’s PJ Library

GTA area families raising Jewish children will now have more opportunities to participate in Jewish life, thanks to a grant recently awarded by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. The foundation created PJ Library, which offers Jewish books and programs to families around the globe.  

UJA Fed…

Compelling travelling exhibition makes a stop in Toronto

The Ukrainian Jewish Encounter (UJE) travelling exhibition, “A Journey through the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter: from Antiquity to 1914”, had its Toronto opening in conjunction with the Ukrainian Museum of Canadian History on Wednesday, July 8, 2015.

UJA Federation's STEM initiative takes Sderot students to Science Camp

Close to 60 high school students from Sderot – a UJA Federation partner community - recently took part in a three-day residential science camp in Be’er Sheva.

The students – boy and girls – study at local religious high schools in Sderot.

“We conducted all kinds of experiments an…

Community gathers to Celebrate UJA’s Women’s Philanthropy

Each year our community comes together to acknowledge and celebrate the efforts of two very special women; women committed to the future of Jewish life in Toronto, Israel and across the Jewish world.

This year, May 27th was no exception as Alison Himel, the outgoing Chair of UJA’s Women�…

UJA Federation Campaign Chairs Visit Eilat-Eilot

Last month, UJA Federation volunteers and campaign canvassers visited Toronto’s partnership communities of Eilat and Eilot, as part of United Jewish Appeal’s week long Campaign Chairs’ Journey to Israel.