Hamilton Jewish News SERVING HAMILTON WENTWORTH AND AREA SEPTEMBER 2009 VOL 24:1/ TISHREI 5770 AGreemeNT #40007180 to encourage McMaster graduate Jewish Social students to remain in Hamilton Services after graduation. More UJA dollars UJA Campaign 2010 would support the creation of a JSS is our community’s front “Grow Jewish Hamilton” project line agency serving vulnerable THE AGENCY CASE FOR GIVING right on campus. populations. The ongoing financial crisis has hit the Hamilton Jewish community hard. More and United Jewish Appeal is proud to HHA & Kehila more people are turning to JSS for assistance in finding new announce the launch of Campaign Both of our Jewish day schools jobs, meeting mortgage and rent seriously struggle to make ends payments and for crisis financial 2010, its annual campaign to support meet. More UJA dollars directed assistance after their unemployment the operational budgets of its for bursaries would attract more runs out. More UJA dollars would students into the schools and go a long way toward providing the beneficiary agencies. Because we want help to retain those already safety net that our most vulnerable enrolled. More UJA dollars require…especially those with every member of our community to would also provide support for young children. students with special needs and understand why support of the United provide substantial professional development for teachers. Beth Tikvah Jewish Appeal Annual Campaign is so Foundation vital to our community, we asked our Beth Tikvah Foundation provides 24 beneficiaries to answer the question Beth Jacob and hour residential care for individuals Temple with developmental disabilities. of what they could do with additional Supplementary Beth Tikvah is seriously Schools understaffed. More UJA dollars UJA dollars raised. Here’s what some would strengthen administrative Our Jewish afternoon schools support and allow the agency of them had to say: provide the the building blocks to bring on the specialized staff for meaningful Jewish lives. More required to assist residents to get UJA dollars will strengthen the out more and participate in the life new High school program that has of the Jewish community. There been cooperatively established by may be others in Hamilton and the the Temple and the Synagogue. surrounding community that would More UJA dollars will allow for benefit from Beth Tikvah services. the replacement of very out of More UJA dollars would provide the date textbooks. More UJA dollars support required to conduct a needs would support programs designed assessment to determine if it can ... to strengthen the love of Israel in expand its client base. live every child. Your increased gift can make all McMaster Jewish Students of this possible… When your Midrasha Association The Midrasha Hamilton Hebrew High School program offers many Everyone is aware that McMaster volunteer UJA canvasser asks credit courses and sustains the University has emerged as a “front- Jewish Culture Club at Highland line” campus in the struggle for you to consider an increased Secondary School. The Midrasha Israel advocacy. More UJA dollars budget also provides support to would result in better pro-Israel families transporting their children programs delivered with greater gift, please consider what your to Toronto Jewish High Schools. frequency. McMaster University More UJA dollars would offset has generated an impressive list of increased gift can accomplish… transportation costs, encouraging Jewish alumni. More UJA dollars more families to remain in would support the creation of a Hamilton rather than move to McMaster JSA alumni program. for all of us. Toronto for their children’s Jewish The most direct way to grow the education. Hamilton Jewish community is Attend this year’s UJA Campaign opening for a chance to win 2 tickets to the City of Gold (see page 12 for details) uja campaigN 2010 Jewish Community antisemitism and anti-Israel invective In Canada. They Centre UJA Campaign 2010 exist entirely on UJA dollars. The Institute for National Every successful JCC has programs THE AGENCY CASE FOR GIVING Jewish Campus Life is the built around teenagers and one organization working on young adults. More UJA dollars (cont’d) campuses across the country to would provide support for the strengthen Jewish identity and establishment of a teen leadership to advocate for Israel. There program that would include young are never enough UJA dollars people from across the entire to meet these needs. More UJA community. More UJA dollars And don’t forget those dollars devoted to these matters would provide support for the makes Canada a better place for establishment of outreach programs everyone. to university and post university vulnerable Jewish populations. UJA Federation communities around the Israel and Global Needs The success of the communal world that depend on UJA enterprise is carried primarily Our traditional support for Israel on the shoulders of our valued has rescued more people in volunteers. More UJA dollars would support. Medical clinics in danger, reunited more families allow us to establish a sustainable and breathed new hope into more leadership development program lives than any other initiative in for the benefit of every agency Addis Ababa, soup kitchens the history of the world. More in the community. More UJA than 3,000 new immigrants from dollars would allow us to devote Ethiopia, the entire remnant of more resources to Israel advocacy in Kiev, Jewish schools in the Jewish community in Yemen and Holocaust education. More and thousands more from the UJA dollars would allow us to FSU, France and South America replace our old and unserviceable Baku, community centers in are moving to Israel this year. computers with up to date More UJA dollars means more technology. support for immigration and Moldova and beyond have absorption, more dollars for education and job training, better housing and medical care, better National Agencies only one source of support support to victims of terrorism. More UJA dollars also mean better Canada Israel Committee and intervention into the lives of the Canadian Jewish Congress are to turn to... and that’s us – vulnerable, better education and the front line agencies addressing social services, greater safety and a the serious problems of growing through your UJA dollars. stronger Jewish state. ... generously Live generously www.jewishhamilton.org Wishing you Shana Tova HAMILTON JEWISH NEWS • SEPTEMBER 2009 2 uja fEderation INSIDE hjN SEPTEMBER 2009 Phil Leon insurance broker inc. Est. 1965 David A. Leon, FCIP Vice President 21 Hunter Street East, Suite #103 Bus: 905.525.0001 P.O. Box 1053 1.800.734.6362 Hamilton, ON Fax: 905.525.1690 L8N 3R4 [email protected] “Discount rates available for B’nai Brith members. 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