Year in Review
2015 in Review January The ABLE Act Becomes Law Camps Promote Inclusion, Job Skills with Burgeoning Vocational Programs Yachad Comes To Great Neck With Adult Day Program; Meets At Beth Hadassah Synagogue Yachad’s 30th Anniversary Dinner February Yachad Conference for Parents and Educators on “Ensuring Every Child Belongs,” in Teaneck, February 8-9 OU’s Our […]
Read MoreYACHAD Volunteers Bring Joyful Smiles To Baltimore's Tudor Heights Residents
By BJLife/Isaac Draiman Baltimore, MD – Dec. 22, 2015 – Preparation for Shabbos began early this week for the leaders and members of Yachad and the residents at Peregrine’s Landing at Tudor Heights.Yachad, The National Jewish Council for Disabilities is a thriving global organization dedicated to addressing the needs of all Jewish individuals with disabilities and ensuring […]
Read MoreMy Yachad Shabbaton Experience
By Hannah Kirsch, JKHA Eighth Grader My first encounter with children from Yachad was one I will never forget. I was quite nervous at first, as was my entire grade of eighth graders attending from JKHA at this past Shabbat’s Junior Yachad Shabbaton at Congregation Ohr Torah in West Orange. At first, we had no […]
Read MoreYachad’s Continuing Education Conference for Disability Professionals Recap
Yachad’s Continuing Education Conference for Disability Professionals was held on Thursday, November 19, at IVDU Boys School in Brooklyn, coordinated by Michelle Mintz, LCSW, Clinical Director of Jewish Union Foundation. Forty six professionals comprised of Medicaid Service Coordinators, Supervisors and Social Workers from different agencies across the New York Area were in attendance. Topics Included: […]
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Yachad Israel Brings Joy (And Pizza) To Army Bases Across Israel
Read MoreYachad Israel Brings Joy (and Pizza) to Army Bases Across Israel
On November 10, members of an Israeli army base came face-to-face with people they were protecting in Israel. And their grateful visitors even brought them pizza. The visit was organized and planned by Yachad Israel, the Israeli arm of Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities. Yachad is an agency of the Orthodox Union. Twenty […]
Read MoreHelp Yachad Deliver “Pizza4Soldiers” For IDF
Yachad Israel is showing its support for the Israel Defense Forces and for Israel as a whole with its newly announced “pizza4soldiers” project. In the program, Yachad members, together with their typically developing peers, will be making and delivering pizzas to IDF soldiers. Yachad, a program of the Orthodox Union, is dedicated to providing unique […]
Read MoreThat’s Life with Miriam L. Wallach – October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015 Episode: With Eli Hagler, Associate Director of YACHAD and Tobey Karpel, Coordinator of Middlesex County Chapter of Yachad/NJCD on the new Sesame Street character, Julia. Click here to listen.
Read MoreDisabled workers paid just pennies an hour – and it's legal
BY ANNA SCHECTER, PRODUCER, NBC NEWS One of the nation’s best-known charities is paying disabled workers as little as 22 cents an hour, thanks to a 75-year-old legal loophole that critics say needs to be closed. Goodwill Industries, a multibillion-dollar company whose executives make six-figure salaries, is among the nonprofit groups permitted to pay thousands […]
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