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Summer is the time for vacation, especially for students who look forward to such activities as camp, sleep, travel, and plain old fun. School…
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There has been much written – including a cover story in this newspaper (Canadian Jewish News) two weeks ago – regarding the placing of…
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What is it about leaders that so many of them seem to be embroiled in ethical controversy? We in Ontario have a gas-plant scandal that won’t go…
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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…
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Between the time of my writing my last article on making Jewish high school free and its appearance in the paper, I was thrilled to see the…
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The recently released Pew report on American Jewry has generated anguished discussion on the future of American Jewry. Some of its key findings…
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Once again, the issue of day school tuition is in the news. The Leo Baeck Day School (North Campus) has announced plans for grants up to $5,000 per…
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Once again we are in the midst of election fever. The upcoming (recently past when this is read) US election is one with two distinct visions for…
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No one likes to pay taxes. Yet taxes are the lifeblood of our society, paying for our security, health, public education and the thousands of other…
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Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney recently called on Canadian corporations to start spending the over 500 billion dollars of cash, “dead…
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In the past few months three long time Jewish establishments, who combined have served the community for close to 150 years have closed down. The…
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No article I have written has received the response that my recent article, in which I demonstrated how tuition fees can substantially and easily be…
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As summer approaches, day school parents will soon be getting notifications regarding tuition fees for next year. Undoubtedly, fees will—as…
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Rarely has an op-ed piece (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html) generated as much discussion as Greg Smith’…
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“And to the city of Jerusalem I will return in mercy”. We waited for close to 1,900 years to regain sovereignty over G-d’s chosen land. It took…
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As summer approaches, day school parents will soon be getting notifications regarding tuition fees for next year. Undoubtedly, fees will—as they do…
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“Poor” Jim Balsillie. Over the past year or so he has watched as the company he led and grew into an international success story has made misstep…
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The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation would like to add a casino in Toronto and make lottery tickets and slot machines more readily available,…
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Otta van Bismark, 19th century Chancellor of Germany, in introducing a social insurance program, set the rather arbitrary age of retirement of 65.…
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The mention of Nortel Networks makes many a Canadian cringe. Once the darling of the tech world and the most heavily weighted stock in the Toronto…
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Tragically, natural disasters are a relatively common occurrence. The scene is relatively familiar: pictures of destruction and death, with pale-…
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Portugal, Greece, Italy. Who might be next? As Europe and the world fret over the possible collapse of the euro, finance ministers, economists and…
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One must be ‘thankful’ when the news coming out of Israel is the high price of cottage cheese. As is so often the case it is a relatively minor…
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The saintly sage Rav Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chafetz Chaim, 1838-1933) once commented that every technological innovation carries within it a moral…