Education

Embark on a journey of Jewish learning and discovery, exploring the depth of our Education resources, where tagged items including audio, programs, and podcast episodes await your exploration.

The Syrian Refugees and The Giving Pledge

Rabbi Jay Kelman

As Canada begins welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees, it behooves us to think of the flourishing Jewish community that once existed in Syria. The Jewish world owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to Judy Feld Carr who, at great personal risk, rescued…
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The Tuition Crisis: Leaving a Lasting Legacy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  Most Canadians in turning 71 get a monetary windfall as they begin to cash in the savings that have accumulated in their RRSP. Having had this money accumulate tax-free for forty or fifty years, and despite knowing that at some point tax…
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The 5% Tuition Solution

Rabbi Jay Kelman

  With the busy Yom Tov season, I would not be surprised if many missed what is potentially the most significant Jewish news story of the year. I am referring to the announcement that four Jewish day schools in New Jersey will be capping…
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Torah in Motion Presents the MaTaN Mother & Daughter Bat Mitzvah Program

A Bat Mitzvah is an opportunity for a girl to prepare for her entry into Jewish adulthood by exploring what it means to be a Jewish woman. The aim of the Matan Bat Mitzvah program, Jewish Women Through the Ages, is to see how we, as Jewish women,…
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A Family Cap

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Summer is the time for vacation, especially for students who look forward to such activities as camp, sleep, travel, and plain old fun. School is the furthest thing from their minds. But their parents don’t enjoy a similar luxury. They…
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New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva, Part 3

Dr. Elliott Malamet

On one level, one could not help but be impressed by the intensity and earnestness at Aish Hatorah, circa 1983, of young people devoting themselves to the mission of revitalizing their own spiritual lives and attempting to persuade others to do the…
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New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva, Part 2

Dr. Elliott Malamet

In early 1982, I began to study something called "The 48 Ways of Wisdom" one night a week. This was a series of classes based on the last chapter of Pirkei Avot, Ethics of Our Fathers, at a home study group organized by…
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Torah in Motion Presents the MaTaN Mother & Daughter Bat Mitzvah Program

Shira Cantor Katchen

A Bat Mitzvah is an opportunity for a girl to prepare for her entry into Jewish adulthood by exploring what it means to be a Jewish woman. The aim of the Matan Bat Mitzvah program, Jewish Women Through the Ages, is to see how we, as Jewish women,…
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May G-d Comfort...

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For most of the world, the year 1492 marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America. Yet for Jews, the year 1492 is a year of tragedy, a date in Jewish history etched in infamy. It marked the end of perhaps the greatest…
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The Four Questions of Jewish Education

Rabbi Jay Kelman

I write these words just days before Pesach, the holiday that, more than any other, focuses on children. We are mandated to ensure that every child—the wise and the wicked, the simple and the ignoramus—be given an education, each…
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