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Being Included
ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival is the largest festival of its kind in the country. We present films by and ...
Share the Word to End the Word Day
Today is Share the Word to End the Word Day. The word “retard” that is. It was once acceptable to ...
Home is Where Your Values Are: Or How Salem, Massachusetts has Come a Long Way Since 1692
When you think “Salem, Massachusetts” understanding and equality probably aren’t the first things that come to mind. My guess is ...
A Miraculous Baseball Team
“Spring training” has just opened up. America’s favorite past-time signals warm weather, longer days, family outings, the good times. T-ball, ...
23 Years of Mitzvah Corps
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. The gates of camp will open in ...
Pushing Jewish Day Schools to Be More Inclusive of Special Needs
The recent Kveller post by Benay Josselson on her son’s positive and enriching experience at Rockland Jewish Academy made me ...
Born Superstars
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. Each year the most talented dancers and ...
The Childhood Friendship That Set My Life’s Course
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. Everyone has a passion and a calling. ...
Infertility Is Not A Disease
Infertility is so difficult to talk about since it is such a personal struggle and everybody experiences it in a ...
Reflections by a Camper with Down Syndrome
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. In the fall of 2013, the Foundation ...
Let’s Get The Conversation Started: LGBT Jews and Orthodox Communities
We are a group of observant, Orthodox families from across the United States, including Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New ...
Jewish Camp Trendspotting: 10 Ways a Summer Ritual is Changing
By Julie Wiener Nostalgia about summer traditions notwithstanding, Jewish camps have changed dramatically from a generation ago. Camp’s value for ...