special needs
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 ...
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 ...
The Importance of Going to a Jewish Camp
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. When I was seven years old, I ...
5 Reasons Parents Should Send Their Children With Disabilities to Jewish Camp
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. I must confess. When I first started ...
Jewish Disability Awareness Month
February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), which brings a topic that is very important to us at the Foundation ...
The What-if Moment
There’s no point pretending this blog post is going to be about camp or summer, especially summer. Montreal in February ...
We Hereby Resolve
On New Year’s Eve, my wife, Cynthia, our son, Jonah, just turned fifteen, our new puppy, Phoebe, five months old, ...
My Son, His Autism, and My New Appreciation for Hanukkah
Last August, when my son, Jonah, returned from sleepaway camp with a sunburn, an array of nasty-looking mosquito bites, and a ...
The Truth about Pink
When my 14-year-old son Jonah returned from sleep away camp this past summer it was with some surprising new interests. ...
October Blues
It’s only been a month and a half since my son Jonah returned from sleep-away camp and I’m already feeling ...