Guest Bloggers

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. [...]

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 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 [...]

Written by Daniel Olson, 2012 Waterfront Director, Camp Ramah, Wisconsin This post originally appeared on the Zeh Lezeh Blog It’s a rainy Friday night in July at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. The [...]

Last March, Rabbi Artson and his son, Jacob Artson, kicked off our inaugural Matan Institute for Education Directors with a remarkable keynote address. For a glimpse of why Rabbi Artson was the [...]

Written by Benay & Steve Josselson We are the proud parents of a kind, lovable, curious and intelligent five year-old with a diagnosis of PDD NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not [...]

Jacob Artson is a young adult who communicates by typing.  He has been a keynote speaker at Jewish community inclusion conferences across the United States and has also published articles about [...]

Written by Jason Lieberman As a new father, I know there is nothing scarier than your child’s first doctor’s appointment with a specialist.  Unlike visits with the pediatrician, which [...]