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One of the best aspects of having Jonathan Mooney offer the keynote to launch a Matan Institute is the way in which he helps us to reframe our thinking about inclusion and what it means to have a [...]

There’s an important blog post making its rounds on the internet. Maybe you’ve seen it. It’s called “For All the Parents Whose Kid Won’t Get an Award” and it [...]

This is one of those torah portions that you hope you don’t draw for your bat mitzvah. Yes, of course, I know there is no “bad” parsha. But nonetheless, when we reach tazria-m’tzora as we do this [...]

Why is the fourth child unable to ask a question at the Seder? I want to approach this question by first telling you a story about what took place on a recent Sunday morning at Beth Shalom, when [...]

Written by Shira Hochheimer, a version of this post appeared on the blog of Yeshiva University and the author’s personal blog, Chinuch ENERGY! As a child, I was fortunate to attend a day [...]

The following post originally ran on Zeh Lezeh, the blog of the Ruderman Family Foundation. My son, Benji, was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at the age of two and a half. One of the [...]

The Purim costumes are hardly off our children. The smell of cotton candy and popcorn lingers in the air. We can still hear the melodies of favorite songs used in schpiel parodies. And it might [...]

The following article originally ran on The New Normal, a blog of the NY Jewish Week. We are proud to share this piece here as the author has also been a mentor in our Matan Institutes. The [...]

Written by Lisa Friedman, Matan’s Manager of Social Media and Alumni NetworksJewish Disability Awareness Month may be behind us, but we at Matan know that inclusion is not just a month of [...]

Written by Dori Frumin Kirshner, Matan’s Executive Director Do you trust your GPS? Have you ever relied on its navigational advice only to find yourself nowhere near your intended destination? [...]