In 1912, Aaron and Sarah Ladovsky, a young couple from Kielce, Poland, opened a bakery/coffee shop in downtown Toronto. Their plan was simple: to recapture the flavours of the life they’d left behind and to make a living here in Canada. They called their business The United Bakers.
Little…
At every family gathering, no matter the occasion, Jacob S. Ziegel z”l would rise to speak. People came to expect it. The words changed, but the message never did. Again and again, he returned to the same guiding principle: צדק צדק תרדוף – “justice, justice shall you pursue.” It was not a ph…
We’ve always believed that charity begins at home. It’s a simple idea, but for both of us, it has become the compass that guides our lives and the legacy we hope to pass on to our children.
We were each raised in homes where giving wasn’t something you thought about—it was simply how you l…
For the Spergel family, philanthropy is a birthright. Alan grew up watching his father, Gordon, give in a way that was both relentless and deeply personal. Each year, sorting through his personal donation receipts became an exercise in awe—dozens upon dozens of donations, many modest in size…
My maternal and paternal grandfathers both came to Canada with very little. When they arrived, having a State of Israel was just a dream. “Next year in Jerusalem” was something said at the end of Passover seders. Both worked hard, succeeded in business, and gave back to the Jewish community.…
