My recollections of childhood High Holidays in Brooklyn are suffused with images of my parents’ cerebral palsy disability, and how that impacted our celebration of the New Year. Although I [...]
This is the first post in our new series, Reflections from the Matan Institutes. We are thrilled to feature this post by Rabbi Shelley Kniaz of Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley. My son Matan [...]
How can we build this kind of trust in our classrooms? Rarely use the word “wrong” Students need to know that you won’t press a buzzer every time they make a comment or ask a question, no matter [...]
The following post originally ran on Zeh Lezeh, the blog of The Ruderman Family Foundation. By: Rabbi Charles S. Sherman For a lot of us, August is a month of transition — still trying to squeeze [...]
We are currently a few days into the Hebrew month of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year. It is traditionally a time of renewal and reflection as we look toward the High Holy Days and the [...]
The following post by Shelley Cohen originally ran on Zeh Lezeh, the blog of the Ruderman Family Foundation. “Hi.” What a significant little word. I have been saying hi to this young woman for [...]
Another version of this post originally ran on Jewish Special Needs Education: Removing the Stumbling Block. Do you know Jonathan Mooney? You need to. He’s awesome. He has been the opening [...]
Written by Rabbi Jerry Levy On Shabbat Behar, May 10, 2014, my family and I were privileged to celebrate the bat mitzvah of my granddaughter, Sydni Elyse Levy. Here is a video of the occasion. As [...]
Written by Matthew Ratz, M.Ed. Micah is a curious, out-spoken and spirited 3-½ year old boy. He is a lovable, precocious and rambunctious preschooler. In January of 2014, an assessment by an [...]
This poignant follow-up piece by Matan’s founder, Meredith Polsky, on her decision to move her daughter Lucy from their community’s Jewish day school to the local public school is [...]
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