special needs
Camp Turned My Son into a Teenager
A few weeks ago, in a parking lot in Montreal, with hip-hop music blaring from oversized speakers, and lanes delineated ...
Dairy Queen
Sometimes the most challenging part of being a committed Reform Jew is seeking ways to incorporate Judaism into our home ...
It Takes a Village, Like It or Not
After my son, Jonah, was born, our family – Jonah, my wife, Cynthia, and I – became a self-sufficient little ...
It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…
Jon Adam Ross is a widely acclaimed theater artist, founding company member of Storahtelling and the Northwoods Ramah Theater Company. ...
Saying Yes
Joel Yanofsky is the author of Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism. We figured we were all set. ...
Spicing Up Your Seder
As a rabbi who also happens to be a mother of small kids, I am often asked for creative ideas ...
Conflicted
Passover is coming and, as always, it is causing a certain amount of anxiety for certain members of the family. ...
Autism, Camp, and the Power of Friendship
Rabbi Isaac Saposnik is the director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.Two summers ago, I met David for the ...
The Plain Old Normal
Joel Yanofsky is a writer and author of “Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism.” The letter my son, ...