You are SO right. All four of my grandchildren attended Jewish Day School. None of them are "religious," but all four are strong and loving supporters of Israel. We all need to know who we are!
Great article. Instead of waiting for the funding and infrastructure, start creating learning pods and renting vacant commercial space for the kids on the waiting list now. Is homeschooling legal in Canada? Where I live, families created learning pods, hired individual teachers, and never put their kids online during the insane Covid lockdowns. Hiring Israeli teachers would be an incredible benefit.
In other communities back in the day (i.e. prior to 10/7) where Jewish Day School had been an option not chosen, Jewish summer camps also instilled a “Yiddishkeit” and Zionist mentality. That, too, is a wonderful way to instill Jewishness into children. Obvs, we are in a different environment now… but, Jewish camps are still important.
The Left Wing Liberals/NDP must be historically illiterate. Easy prediction: this will come back to bite them. The Iranian Revolution in 1979 was also a Red/Green alliance. By 1982 almost all of the Greens had been executed, imprisoned, or forced to leave the country. (Report of the UN Rapporteur, https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/iran/20240717-SR-Iran-Findings.pdf)
Jewish Schools in Toronto might solve the school issue, but the Left Wing Liberals/NDP don't want Jews in Canada anymore. Those parties have decided that the future is with Islam, and they all but shout it from the rooftops.
Beautiful. יפה. ברכה והצלחה. Spend some $ on security. Bring in Israelis to consult.
Another addition, rotate Israelis in as teachers to normalize Israel in your environment. Our day school did that.
You are SO right. All four of my grandchildren attended Jewish Day School. None of them are "religious," but all four are strong and loving supporters of Israel. We all need to know who we are!
Great article. Instead of waiting for the funding and infrastructure, start creating learning pods and renting vacant commercial space for the kids on the waiting list now. Is homeschooling legal in Canada? Where I live, families created learning pods, hired individual teachers, and never put their kids online during the insane Covid lockdowns. Hiring Israeli teachers would be an incredible benefit.
In other communities back in the day (i.e. prior to 10/7) where Jewish Day School had been an option not chosen, Jewish summer camps also instilled a “Yiddishkeit” and Zionist mentality. That, too, is a wonderful way to instill Jewishness into children. Obvs, we are in a different environment now… but, Jewish camps are still important.
A very important and critical challenge we must overcome!
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Substit6 "yeshivot" for"J,ewish day schools" and I'll agree with you,
as a CHAT alum who made aliya...I definitely concur! and I'd like to see more of that yiddishkeit education in Israeli schools too!!
The Left Wing Liberals/NDP must be historically illiterate. Easy prediction: this will come back to bite them. The Iranian Revolution in 1979 was also a Red/Green alliance. By 1982 almost all of the Greens had been executed, imprisoned, or forced to leave the country. (Report of the UN Rapporteur, https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/iran/20240717-SR-Iran-Findings.pdf)
Canada has a very strong Red/Green Alliance.
Jewish Schools in Toronto might solve the school issue, but the Left Wing Liberals/NDP don't want Jews in Canada anymore. Those parties have decided that the future is with Islam, and they all but shout it from the rooftops.