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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, we are helping Leket Israel.

Meet an incredibly talented violinist and learn about how Jewish Free Loan Toronto, with a multi-year donation from the Azrieli Foundation, is helping Daniel Temnik achieve his dream.

Jewish Free Loan Toronto was founded in 1924 with the sole purpose of helping people help themselves.  JFLT provides 0% interest loans to help individuals in need navigate trying times, reach academic goals and actualize their dreams. Today, they have more than 800 loans worth over 3 million dollars circulating in the community.

Leket Israel is a national organization that takes a common sense approach to hunger, by rescuing donations of fresh, surplus food and redistributing it to people in need. The Azrieli Foundation has been supporting Leket since 2010.

Ometz (the Hebrew word for “courage”) is an organization that merged three best-in-class agencies in Montreal (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Jewish Employment Montreal, Jewish Family Services) into one, reaching more than 13,000 people annually.

However, hundreds of vulnerable young Quebecers were slipping through the cracks; “aging out” of the public system without coordinated community support.

In March 2019, Ometz announced a new centre, with lead funding by the Azrieli Foundation, which will offer comprehensive services and programming in an inclusive and community-based environment.

The centre will encourage 16 – 35 year olds to connect and form supportive relationships as well as provide advocacy, training, education, employment and empowerment opportunities. At Ometz, many of the young people who seek help have complex backgrounds that include poverty, undiagnosed learning and intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, low literacy levels, mental illness, loss of a parent, poor parenting, lack of positive adult role models, physical and/or sexual abuse, and time spent in Youth Protection Services.



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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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Inclusion
“Every individual should have the opportunity to participate fully in their community.” -Naomi Azrieli As humans, we need to belong. To one another, to our friends and families, to our culture and country, to our world. Belonging is primal; fundamental to our sense of happiness and well-being. The Azrieli Foundation supports a multitude of programs […]
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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 […]
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Helping Holocaust Survivors in Need
More than 10,000 Holocaust survivors currently live in Canada; many live in poverty. Since September 2015, the Azrieli Foundation has provided financial support for Holocaust survivors through the Emergency Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP support addresses one-time, short-term needs for emergency situations that arise in the lives of this vulnerable population. In Canada, funding from […]

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The Azrieli Foundation
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The Azrieli Foundation is strictly apolitical. As a registered charity, the Azrieli Foundation does not engage in or fund any partisan political activities.

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