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Learning through Experience

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Summer Camp Magic

Summer overnight camps are packed with fun activities, not to mention the independence that kids feel when they’re away from home.

Jewish camps incorporate Jewish values, culture, and traditions into the activities, using experiential learning to teach what makes this religion and culture unique.

The impact of Jewish camp is immeasurable. Campers return home connected to a community and friends that will last them a lifetime. Children with Jewish camp experiences are more likely to become adults who value their Jewish heritage, support Jewish causes, and take on leadership roles in their communities.

Camp George participants fully embrace the Jewish experience at summer camps.
Camp George
Letter from a camper at Camp Ramah.
Camp Ramah students reading, learning about the Jewish culture is part of their experience.
Camp Ramah
Camp Kinneret-Biluim

The Beauty of Birthright

Birthright Israel is one of the most exciting, innovative, and successful initiatives in Jewish communal life, providing a gift of a peer educational trip to Israel for Jewish young adults.

Birthright operates with a vision of ensuring the future of the Jewish people by strengthening Jewish identity, Jewish communities and connection with Israel, and a mission to give every Jewish young adult around the world, especially the unaffiliated, the opportunity to visit Israel on an educational trip.

A letter from a Birthright Israel leader, outlining her experience with the program.

Let the games begin…

While competition is at the forefront of the Maccabiah Games, Canadian Junior athletes arrive in Israel one week prior to the Opening Ceremonies to participate in the Israel Experience: a five-day comprehensive tour of Israel.

“For many of these junior athletes, the Maccabiah Games marks their first trip to Israel and it’s very important that they have an opportunity to tour, learn and appreciate the country, its history and culture,” said Lee Mes, Executive Director of Maccabi Canada.”

The Azrieli Israel Experience is aimed at strengthening the athlete’s connection to their Jewish roots and to Israel, through their passion for sports.

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Building Bridges
“This is my vision: to be able to use the tangible rewards of my career… to create a legacy… in both of my two homelands.” – David J. Azrieli, 2007 The Azrieli Foundation continues to honour the late David Azrieli’s legacy by building bridges between Canada and Israel. Two of these areas are in Science […]
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Nurturing and Nourishing our Community
What’s the common denominator between providing food, funds and a community centre? Each provides an individual with dignity. The Azrieli Foundation has been helping strengthen communities in Canada and Israel since the foundation began. In Toronto, one of our community recipients is Jewish Free Loan Toronto. In Montreal, we proudly support Ometz, and in Israel, […]
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Sharing the Joy of Reading
Sharing Jewish traditions, cultures and values through books Reading to children is vitally important: study after study has shown its impact on a child’s development. Even the mere presence of books in a home increases the level of education they can reach. But finding the right books and making the time to read as a […]
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Teach your children well
Why education? The late David Azrieli firmly believed that education was the most important gift he could give to anyone. Learn why education mattered so much to David Azrieli, and continues to provide a thread through all of the Azrieli Foundation’s activities. Yeshiva University became the first – and is now the longest standing – […]

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