Generous donors contribute 15 million in gifts for Toronto Jewish education

 The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (TanenbaumCHAT) and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto made the announcement.

Adam Minsky, President & CEO, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and Bruce Leboff, Board Chair, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto were both amazed at the generosity of the donations and said these gifts will assist the countless parents -- for whom high cost of tuition fees had earlier been a barrier -- in pursuing education for their children.

They also hoped this philanthropic leadership would be an inspiration for others.

TanenbaumCHAT is North America’s largest Jewish community high school, offering academic excellence in both Jewish and general studies, as well as a wide range of extra-curricular activities and sports.

To resolve the issues of decreasing enrolment and enable students to have to access the broadest range of courses and extra-curricular activities, the Board of Directors of TanenbaumCHAT had decided to merge the school into a single campus in the Wilmington location effective September, 2017. 

Rabbi Lee Buckman, TanenbaumCHAT’s Head of School appreciated this decision and said it “will enhance our programming, particularly by expanding course offerings and extra-curricular opportunities for all students...ensuring students emerge with a strong, substantive, and proud Jewish identity,” JewishToronto.com reports said.

Registration for TanenbaumCHAT’s 2017/18 academic year had been re-opened with waiving of the late fees. For more detailed information about a TanenbaumCHAT education one should contact Laurie Wasser at 416-636-5984 x 291 or visit www.tanenbaumchat.org

(Reporting by Asha Bajaj, Image: jewishtoronto.com)