Guest Bloggers

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 [...]

Written by Jason Lieberman, board member of Matan. With JDAM 2014 in the books, I thought I’d reflect on what I, a member of the Jewish community with a disability, and witness to the evolution [...]

As part of our month-long series with Kveller during Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Elaine Hall writes about raising a son with severe autism and carving a space for him in the Jewish [...]

Gena Rosenzweig is a special education teacher by trade, working for the past 4 years in the area of Inclusion in the Jewish supplemental schools.  She currently lives in the Atlanta, GA area. [...]

Written by Lenore Layman, Director of Educational Support Services, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, llayman@cesjds.org The sun was shining brightly on a warm July morning as I spoke on the [...]

Written by Rabbi Daniel Grossman, Adath Israel Congregation, Lawrenceville, NJ In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Grossman provides this week’s D’var Torah (word [...]

As part of Matan and Kveller’s month-long series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month, Lisa Friedman, a Jewish Special educator and advocate for inclusion,  shares her guiding [...]

Guila Franklin Siegel is a guest blogger for Matan.  An attorney by training, she worked for over a decade in the areas of Jewish social change and Jewish philanthropy.  She lives in the [...]

Written by Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham, Congregation Sons of Israel, Upper Nyack, NY. In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Abraham is the first contributor to our weekly D’var [...]

Reflections on Al Pi Darko: National Ramah Symposium on Special Needs Programs On October 13 at The Jewish Theological Seminary, more than 120 Ramah camp directors, alumni, staff, staff alumni, [...]