What Constitutes Success?
Written by Jason Lieberman, board member of Matan. With JDAM 2014 in the books, I thought I’d reflect on what I, a member of the Jewish community with a disability, and witness to the evolution [...]
Ki Tisa – Do You Hear What I Hear?
Written by Rabbi William Plevan, Congregation Shaare Zedek, New York, NY. In recognition of Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month, Rabbi Plevan is the fifth contributor to our weekly D’var Torah [...]
A Bar Mitzvah Boy, Anne Frank, and Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month
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 [...]
Adele – Rolling in the Deep and Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month
Written by Dori Frumin Kirshner, Executive Director, Matan I just returned from a FLAME concert. What is FLAME, you might ask? FLAME is a collection of talented souls who don’t let any [...]
What “The King’s Speech” Can Teach Us About Disabilities and Leadership
Written by Matan Executive Director Dori Frumin Kirshner, this article was originally published in the New Jersey Jewish Standard. If you have not yet seen the film “The King’s Speech,” don’t [...]
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