The Joel Daner Yachad Communal Fellowship
Throughout his career Joel Daner spent time mentoring those who would follow him in Jewish communal leadership — acting as a sounding board for ideas and offering advice on dealing with particular situations. Many of today’s Jewish professional and lay leaders were mentored and guided in some way by Joel. Yachad takes great pride in […]
Read MoreYachad Is My Home, by Jonathan Spiller
To me, Inclusion means being welcomed into the group. At Yachad I feel that I am always included and not left alone during meals, at events, or at Shabbatonim. Friends and staff make an effort to talk to me and reach out if I have questions. No one judges me based on my disability or […]
Read MoreOur Way & Partners To Present Shabbaton for Jewish Deafblind
Five years ago, a unique Shabbaton sponsored by Our Way, the Orthodox Union’s program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Louise D. and Morton J. Macks Center for Jewish Education (CJE) in Baltimore, and Towson University’s Deaf Studies Program was created for the members of the Jewish community who are Deafblind, an often […]
Read More‘My Entire Family Enjoys Going To The Shabbaton’
‘My Entire Family Enjoys Going To The Shabbaton’ A first-person report on Yachad family Shabbaton 2015, in Stamford, Ct. By Brooke Baum, Kew Gardens Hills The Northeast Yachad Family Shabbaton, which was held this year in Stamford, CT, is an annual event where families with special needs members mingle. The families share information, stories and experiences with each other, while the […]
Read MoreOur Way Shabbaton in Monsey for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Our Way, the Orthodox Union program for the deaf and hard of hearing, will present a Shabbaton in Monsey the weekend of Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, Shabbat Parshat Beha’alotcha at Congregation Bais Torah, 89 West Carlton Road. Our Way is dedicated to providing resources, services, and social programming for the Jewish deaf and hard […]
Read MoreMe and My (Camp) Shadow
NORTHWOOD, N.H. — For the first time, this summer individuals with special needs will be given an opportunity for educational and social experiences with full inclusion in Camp Yavneh. Yachad, The National Jewish Council for Disabilities and Camp Yavneh, a mainstream overnight camp in Northwood, N.H., are partnering to offer a shadow program. With the […]
Read MoreSpecial Education Beyond the Big Apple
In the halls of Phoenix Hebrew Academy you may meet a young man with cerebral palsy. The 13-year old relies on a walker and wears a soft helmet on his head in case he falls, but he is perhaps best recognized by the peers around him, who offer to carry his books and assist him […]
Read MoreNAIM 2015: Reaching Beyond, Impacting More
With 25,000 members of the broad Jewish community across the United States and Canada engaged within more than 100 programs in honor of North American Inclusion Month (NAIM), the initiative to springboard and inspire awareness and sensitivity for individuals with special needs has made an impact. Acknowledged five years ago by the United States Congress, […]
Read MoreState Legislators To Special Needs Delegation: Education Tax Credit Bill Is Good For All Schools And For Public School Teachers
The Education Investment Incentives Act—also known as the Education Tax Credit—is good for both public and non-public schools: this was the message shared by many of the state legislators who met with today’s 50-person delegation, composed of individuals with special needs and mainstream high school students, who went to Albany to push for the […]
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