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Jewish Arts Centre Gets $20-million Donation

Long-time Toronto philanthropists Murray and Marvelle Koffler are donating $20-million toward the $40-million construction costs of a new Jewish contemporary arts centre in northwest Toronto.

Announcement of the gift was made Wednesday by or... Read More

Ekstein Gift A Lesson In Love, Loss And Looking To The Future

When Frank Ekstein (z”l) gave the initial gift to create the Anita Ekstein Holocaust Resource Collection, it came as quite a surprise to his wife.

“I did not know anything about it until just before the name went up,” expl... Read More

Jewish Metropolis

Employees and volunteers at the United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Toronto have a message for those who see them as a small, ethno-centric community organization: This isn't your Bubbie's UJA anymore.

On Monday, Toronto Mayor David M... Read More

Vaughan Liberal Article - Centre For Conservative Jewish Life

This article was originally published in the Vaughan Liberal 
By: Caroline Grech
The fundraising campaign for The Centre for Conservative Jewish Life kicked off today and it has many in the community looking forward to the future. ... Read More

Vaughan Today Article - Centre Set For Construction

This article was originally published in Vaughan Today.
By Alexis Dobranowski

Work is underway at the site of the future Centre for Conservative Jewish Life. The centre will be located at the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Community Campus on... Read More

Cynamon And Sokolowski Families Team Up For Major Gift

Two visionary and generous philanthropic families have come together to share their love of sports through UJA’s Tomorrow Campaign, and Toronto’s Jewish community – and the community at large – will never be the same.

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Premier Mcguinty Visits Sherman Campus

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty was joined by local MPPs Monte Kwinter and Greg Sorbara for a special visit to Sherman Campus on Thursday, September 10, to accept thanks on behalf of the Government of Ontario for the $15-million grant by the provi... Read More

Construction Begins At Sherman Campus

A new chapter in Jewish life was ushered in on Sunday, October 14, 2007, as the groundbreaking for the Sherman Campus, a unique centre of community services located on 27.5 acres adjacent to the Don Valley Ravine on Bathurst Street, north of Shepp... Read More

Sherman Campus Construction Update | November 4, 2008

The six-storey Lipa Green building is elevated on stilts towering 2 storeys high. This unique architecture offers an opportunity to “fill in” the first two levels of the building, thus providing additional space for UJA’s Jewish ... Read More

A Decade Of Dreams Realized At Official Opening

Years of planning, building and dreaming came to fruition on Wednesday afternoon with the opening celebration of the first phase of Sherman Campus. The highly-anticipated event marked the official opening of the Prosserman JCC at the new Donald Ga... Read More

Doors Open To Prosserman Jcc's Fitness And Health Centre

The Prosserman JCC’s Fitness and Health Centre on Sherman Campus opened its doors on October 5 to a group of enthusiastic, fitness-minded folk.

Featuring high-tech, interactive workout machines, the centre is an ultra-modern facility ... Read More

Lipa Green Expansion, New Prosserman Jcc Underway

Since its creation in 1983, the Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services, located on Bathurst Street, just north of Sheppard Avenue, has proudly served the needs of Toronto’s Jewish community.  Today, as that community continue... Read More

Toronto Family Donates $10 Million To New Central Jewish Campus
Martin Prosserman, the founder and CEO of Moore’s the Suit People, and his family, have donated $10 million to help fund the redevelopment of the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre (Bathurst, north of Sheppard) as part of UJA Federation’s T... Read More
The Wolfond Centre For Jewish Campus Life Celebrates Official Groundbreaking Ceremonies

The bulldozers and shovels were recently out in full force as an era of improved Jewish life for 4,500 students at the University of Toronto became closer to reality.

The occasion was the official groundbreaking for the new Wolfond Cent... Read More

Groundbreaking At Spadina @ Bloor Ushers In A New Era For Jewish Toronto

For almost 50 years, Toronto’s Bloor Jewish Community Centre (BJCC) has been the heart of Jewish life in downtown Toronto.

Now, as part of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto's ambitious Jewish Toronto Tomorrow (JTT) initiative, the... Read More