In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Ami Hersh is the first contributor to our weekly D’var Torah (word of Torah) where guest bloggers will link the week’s Torah portion [...]
Written by Meredith Polsky, National Director of Institutes and Training As February begins, so, too, does Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month. For those of us in the field of Jewish Special [...]
The Jewish community recognizes Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM) for the seventh consecutive February. JDAM has inspired so many Jewish communities and organizations to participate in [...]
Written by Lisa Friedman, Matan’s Manager of Social Media and Alumni Networks To be honest, I’m not usually one for resolutions. I think they tend to become wishful thinking pretty quickly. Maybe [...]
As part of our month-long series with Kveller during Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Elaine Hall writes about raising a son with severe autism and carving a space for him in the Jewish [...]
As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Lisa Friedman, a Jewish Special educator and advocate for inclusion, shares her guiding [...]
As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Sally shares how a Jewish Day Camp diligently worked to make sure her daughter with special needs [...]
As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Benay shares her success at mainstreaming her son on the autism spectrum into a Jewish day [...]
Written by Kveller, originally published on Kveller.com, February 6, 2014 February is officially Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), and we’re happy to partner again with Matan to run a [...]
Written by Lisa Friedman February 1, 2014 will mark the beginning of the sixth annual Jewish Disability Awareness Month (#JDAM14). JDAM is designed to be a unified initiative to raise disability [...]