JIAS Toronto seeks volunteers to help Yazidi refugees settle in the GTA

 

JIAS Toronto, a partner agency of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, which provides a comprehensive continuum of welcome, settlement and integration services to the thousands of Jewish immigrants who arrive to the GTA each year is, in its capacity as Sponsor Agreement Holder, working w…

My inspiration and motivation for Israel Engagement

My personal journey with Israel Engagement began seven years ago, when we hosted a ShinShin in our home. We view Israel as our home away from home so we were already an Israel engaged family. To say that the experience with the ShinShinim program had an impact on my life would be an und…

Join us in supporting Supplementary Jewish Education

UJA is proud to support supplementary Jewish school programs in Toronto. One initiative we're especially excited about is WOW! Run by UJA's Koschitzky Centre For Jewish Education (CJE), WOW! is investing in new programs designed to engage students with no formal Jewish education. With yo…

UJA Federation’s Scholarship Fund helps ensure Ethiopian students succeed

 

By William Kleinbaum-- In 2008 UJA Federation of Greater Toronto established The Scholarship Fund in support of one of its Israel Partner Communities, Bat Yam, in order to encourage and enable Ethiopian immigrants to attain higher education and/or vocational training. The Fund was base…

STEM Robotics Twinning Delegation to Israel

What is the connection between Science, technology, engineering and math and people-to-people relationships?

Could you imagine Lego robotics uniting educators, students and families across the world?

Have you ever created robotic codes for Purim Carnivals?

Have you spoken the shared langu…