Written by Jason Lieberman, Matan Board Member In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Jason is the third contributor to our weekly D’var Torah (word of Torah) blog post, where [...]

Written by Benay Josselson, February 13, 2013, this post originally appeared on Kveller.com as part of a joint series with Kveller & Matan during February’s Jewish Disability Awareness Month. [...]

Top 5 Tips For Religious School Educators February is recognized as Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, and therefore time for us to remember that our students with disabilities need tools and [...]

Written by Neal Katz I can not speak.  For whatever reason, G-d has intended for me to be mute.  Many people might believe that I can not think, but despite their thinking, I can.  What’s [...]

Written by Dori Frumin Kirshner, Executive Director, Matan Recently, a young man in my community, Sam Singer, became a Bar Mitzvah and used his rite of passage to teach all of us an invaluable [...]

Written by Rabbi David Englander, B’nai Torah Congregation, Boca Raton, Florida. In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Englander is the second contributor to our [...]

Written by Meredith Polsky, Matan’s Director of Training and Advocacy This post originally appeared on Kveller.com, February 6, 2013 When your child has special learning needs–or any kind [...]

Social Stories are short stories written to help an individual understand and behave appropriately in social situations.  The goal of a Social Story is not to change an individual’s behavior but [...]

Written by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner, Temple Emanu-El, Closter, New Jersey In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Kirshner is the first contributor to our weekly D’var [...]

Originally published in the New York Jewish Week Written by Julie Wiener, January 15, 2013 Ilana Ruskay-Kidd was tired of kvetching. As director of the JCC in Manhattan’s nursery school, which [...]