The Bigger Picture

Written by Meredith Polsky, Matan co-founder It has been a challenging week in the world of Jewish Special Education, as news of a blind camper asked to leave Camp Ramah in Canada spread at [...]

Special Needs and the Jewish Community

Written by Leah Krakinowski Originally published as the cover story in the New Jersey Jewish Standard, February 17, 2012 More than 13.5 million children under the age of 18 in the United States [...]

Cause for Celebration

This letter, written by Matan Executive Director Dori Frumin Kirshner, appeared in the Washington Jewish Week on June 16, 2010. “The news of the planned collaboration between Yeshiva [...]

Inclusion and Parshat Ki Tisa

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 [...]

I Am a Person Just Like You

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 [...]

The Future of Jewish Education

What a week in New Orleans!  At the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, otherwise known as the GA, I had the opportunity to attend the first ever Jewish Futures [...]