Twice a year the Ramah Camping Network offers Tikvah Family Shabbaton for families with children with disabilities, cosponsored by Camp Ramah in New England and Reshet Ramah: Alumni and Community [...]
There’s a terrific image on Pinterest for teaching diversity: photo credit: KidsActivitiesBlog.com It speaks for itself, right? Here is an activity based on the above image that will not only [...]
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 Michael Levy, this post was originally published in the New York Jewish Week’s New Normal, February 13, 2014. The New Normal is a blog dedicated to issues of inclusion in [...]
Five Federations Selected for Groundbreaking Disability Employment Initiative January 28, 2014 After years of working to promote inclusion of people with disabilities in the community and [...]
Written by Meredith Englander Polsky, this post originally appeared on The Jewish Week’s The New Normal: Blogging Disability, May 24, 2013. In 19 days, my daughter will complete her last [...]
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 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 [...]
I’ve had the privilege of being involved with Matan since 2001. Since that time, the organization has changed its tagline multiple times. It began as Matan: the Gift of Jewish learning for [...]
My name is Jacob Artson and I am a person just like you. I am part of a wonderful Jewish family, I go to our local public high school where I am in regular English and social studies classes, I [...]
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