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Ava Kwinter

October 3, 2022

Ava Kwinter studied English literature at McGill University, Queen’s University, and the University of Ottawa.

Mitchell Bank, Alumnus and Dad

January 9, 2019

Mitchell Bank is a graduate of The Toronto Heschel School, CHAT, and Dalhousie University.  He is an entrepreneur and runs a leather goods company in Toronto...

Barry Bank, Father and Grandfather

January 9, 2019

Barry Bank received his PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Toronto, worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health in...

Avishai Sol and Max Abrahams

January 9, 2019

Avishai Sol and Max Abrahams graduated from The Toronto Heschel School and were Grade 11 students at the time they wrote this article.

Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl

July 17, 2018

Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl holds the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Rabbinics at Beth Tzedec Congregation. He was a student of Rabbi Heschel. He has been...

Lainie Rapp

July 17, 2018

Lainie Rapp graduated with a Master of Social Work from Wurzweiler University in New York City. She consults part time on a palliative care team at...

Edna Sharet

July 16, 2018

Edna Sharet is the Director of Junior High at The Toronto Heschel School.

Judith Leitner

July 13, 2018

Judith Leitner co-founded The Toronto Heschel School in 1996 and since then has served as the Director of Arts, team-designing and teaching the integrative Judaic arts...

Joanna Shapiro

July 13, 2018

Dr. Joanna Shapiro is past co-chair of the Board of Directors of The Toronto Heschel School.  She has three children who have attended the school.