On Sunday, May 29, more than 12,000 men, women, and children braved the weather and headed to Coronation Park in Toronto for United Jewish Appeal’s annual Walk With Israel. The walk, culminating in a festival at Ontario Place, raised nearly $500,000 for UJA’s charitable projects in Israel.
UJA’s Walk With Israel is Toronto’s largest single Jewish community event and one of the biggest Israeli solidarity events in the world.
For the past 28 years, Rabbi Chai Cohen of Oholei Yoseph Yitzchak Congregation has been attending the event, and now attends with his son Rabbi Yirmi Cohen, and the two offer participants the opportunity to put on Tefillin. Attendees were very glad to see them, with many people standing in line for a turn to do the Mitzvah.
Go Yirmy ! keep up the good work