Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto

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Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
TanenbaumCHAT.svg
Address
Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto
200 Wilmington Avenue

Toronto
,
Ontario
,
M3H 5J8

Canada
Coordinates 43°45′43″N79°27′34″W / 43.7620279°N 79.4593324°W / 43.7620279; -79.4593324
Information
Type Private Jewish day school
Religious affiliation(s) Judaism
Founded1960;65 years ago (1960)
PrincipalRenee Cohen
Head of schoolDr. Jonathan Levy
Grades 9-12
Enrollment1093 (2020)
Language English, Hebrew, French
Colour(s)Blue and White   
Website tanenbaumchat.org

The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (Hebrew : האקדמיה העברית ע״ש טננבאום), also known as CHAT or TanenbaumCHAT, is a private Jewish high school in Toronto, Ontario, established in 1960. As of 2012, it was the largest private high school in Canada. [1] A second campus of TanenbaumCHAT existed from 2000 to 2017 in the York Region, known as the Kimel Family Education Centre. [2]

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History

The Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto was founded in 1960 by the Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, in whose building CHAT was initially housed. [3] [4] CHAT moved to the former Wilmington Public School facility owned by the Toronto District School Board in 1979. [5]

In September 2000, a second campus, called CHAT Richmond Hill, was opened on Wright Street in Richmond Hill to serve students living north of Steeles Avenue. In June 2006, it was announced that the school would be renamed the Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (TanenbaumCHAT), in honour of a large gift from the estate of Dr. Anne Tanenbaum. TanenbaumCHAT's north campus moved in September 2007 to the Lebovic Jewish Community Campus on Bathurst Street in Vaughan. [1] The Wilmington Avenue location was renamed the TanenbaumCHAT Wallenberg Campus after Raoul Wallenberg in May 2008, after a school-wide vote, but that name was dropped after the amalgamation of the two campuses in September 2017.

On March 6, 2017, it was announced that the northern campus would close and consolidate with the Wallenberg Campus at the beginning of the September 2017 school year. [5]

In 2023, amid the Israel–Hamas war, the school received two bomb threats, and three people were arrested outside the school after threatening students. [6] [7]

Feeder patterns

Jewish day schools that feed into TanenbaumCHAT include Associated Hebrew Schools, Bialik Hebrew Day School, The Toronto Heschel School, The Leo Baeck Day School, Robbins Hebrew Academy, and Netivot HaTorah Day School. TanenbaumCHAT offers a New Stream program for students who have come from the public school system or who did not otherwise previously attend a Jewish elementary school.

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ Sarick, Lila (7 March 2017). "TanenbaumCHAT closes northern campus and slashes tuition". The Canadian Jewish News . Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. ↑ James, Royson (3 March 1988). "School must Keep 'Jewish Character': Principal". Toronto Star . Toronto. p. A7.
  4. ↑ Diamond, Etan (2000). And I Will Dwell in Their Midst: Orthodox Jews in Suburbia. University of North Carolina Press. p. 107. ISBN   0-8078-4889-1. Archived from the original on 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  5. 1 2 "CHAT north location definitely closing, says head of school". YorkRegion.com. 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  6. ↑ Sarick, Lila (12 October 2023). "Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw is among many expressing concern and increasing vigilance after Hamas calls for a day of violence". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Sarick, Lila (8 December 2023). "Toronto high school TanenbaumCHAT was targeted by a bomb threat for the second time in three weeks, which led to an evening evacuation of cleaning staff—but classes resumed the next morning". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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