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Seeing One Another As We Truly Are – Parashat Ki Tisa
By Rabbi Avraham Bronstein
In Dvar Torah
Posted March 15, 2017

Seeing One Another As We Truly Are – Parashat Ki Tisa

Last year, the Washington Post listed fourteen common suggestions from people with disabilities collected from a popular Reddit thread. First on the list was, “Don’t tell someone with a [...]

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Making Sense of Behavior
By MeredithPolsky
In Original Articles
Posted October 31, 2016

Making Sense of Behavior

When we run Matan Institute inclusion training sessions for educators and synagogue professionals, we are frequently asked to provide specific ways to help classroom teachers recognize the [...]

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By Rabbi Ilana C. Garber
In Dvar Torah
Posted March 30, 2016

Eating With Intention – Parashat Shemini

You may have heard a joke that goes something like this: God: Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk. (first found in Exodus 23:19) Moses: OK, God, so keep all meat food away from all dairy food? [...]

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Ability and Disability Coexist; We Need To See Both
By Ruti Regan
In Original Articles
Posted January 18, 2016

Ability and Disability Coexist; We Need To See Both

When God told Moses to lead the people out of Egypt, Moses was reluctant. He tried to refuse, saying “I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your [...]

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By Rabbi Paul Kipnes
In Dvar Torah
Posted December 16, 2015

Moving from Hiddenness to Wholeness – Parashat Vayigash

Joseph, as Pharaoh’s right-hand man, lived as a prince in Egypt, managing the Pharaoh’s response to the all-pervasive famine. He commanded legions of Egyptian workers, oversaw the storehouses and [...]

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Seeing the Whole Person – Parashat Miketz
By Rabbi Daniel T. Grossman
In Dvar Torah
Posted December 9, 2015

Seeing the Whole Person – Parashat Miketz

In this week’s Torah portion, Miketz, Joseph, who has risen to the role of Viceroy of Egypt, meets his brothers after many years of separation. The brothers last saw Joseph when they left him in [...]

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Seeing the Ones Who Are Not There
By Ruti Regan
In Original Articles
Posted December 7, 2015

Seeing the Ones Who Are Not There

An old disability joke goes: A wheelchair user goes to buy stamps at the post office. She can’t get in because there’s no ramp. She calls to complain. The postmaster says, “That’s ridiculous. We [...]

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Did Joseph Have a Disability? – Parashat Vayeshev
By Rabbi Ami Hersh
In Dvar Torah
Posted December 2, 2015

Did Joseph Have a Disability? – Parashat Vayeshev

Could it be that Joseph was a young man who was misunderstood because of some sort of disability that challenged him? We hear stories all too often of those with disabilities who perplex their [...]

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Everyone Has Something to Learn, Everyone Has Something to Teach
By Ruti Regan
In Original Articles
Posted November 16, 2015

Everyone Has Something to Learn, Everyone Has Something to Teach

In Pirkei Avot Ben Zoma said: “Who is wise? One who learns from every person.” This is a central Jewish value. Everyone has something to learn, and everyone has something to teach. Some people [...]

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Bison Have Inclusive Instincts
By DoriKirshner
In From Matan's Executive Director
Posted October 26, 2015

Bison Have Inclusive Instincts

  This summer, my family took an eight-hour tour of Yellowstone National Park. We saw flora and fauna, smelled sulfur coming from geysers, got rained on, took many photos and heard more [...]

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