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Jul 9, 2025, 11:53 AM

From ramps to good lighting, the need for accessible synagogues is clear

An accessible shul (Sora)

Here are tips to help people pray with the community, which protects their dignity, their sense of self, their religious freedom, and their sense of belonging

Jun 23, 2025, 10:16 AM

If you're wheelchair-bound, and you can't make it down the stairs to a shelter in time, the rest of us need to change that; our values demand it

Jun 17, 2025, 6:00 AM

Power in Motion: Finding Purpose After the Battle

Photo credit: Times of Israel

I’ve been an observer—and an admirer—of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for as long as I can remember. As someone who follows military affairs around the world, I have never encountered a force as committed and as consistently overburdened...

Jun 5, 2025, 8:09 PM

A Torah of Inclusive Effort – Making Jewish Spaces more Accesible

The Author At Her Bat Mitzvah, 2016

Disability inclusion in Jewish spaces shouldn’t be a seasonal topic. It shouldn’t be just a Shabbat in February or a few bullet points on a synagogue website. It should be a fundamental expression of our values, rooted in Torah...

May 28, 2025, 9:58 PM

Crisis, Conflict and the Kindest Generation

National Service volunteers at Jewish National Fund-USA affiliate ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran are all smiles while celebrating Yom Haatzmaut with residents and students with severe disabilities.

Growing up in the suburban United States during simpler times, I was largely sheltered from the storms of life. Though I marched and rallied for the freedom of fellow Jews around the world from a very young age, their trials...

Robert Huebscher

May 25, 2025, 2:40 PM

How Jay Ruderman Made Hollywood More Inclusive

The Oscar-winning film CODA (2021) marked a breakthrough for authentic disability representation: It featured three deaf actors in leading roles – including Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur (Best Supporting Actor) – and won Best Picture. Jay Ruderman’s family foundation,...

Michal Cohen-Sagi

May 19, 2025, 2:55 PM

Strong Body, Stronger Mind: The 3 Peaks Challenge

We smashed it! (Photo courtesy of Beit Issie Shapiro)

"When your body is strong, your mind gets stronger." Running a startup like Vidavii is a constant journey through peaks and valleys. There are exhilarating moments of creativity and growth - flashes of insight and progress - but also days...

May 5, 2025, 2:12 PM

Marathon of Hope

How Civil Society and Sport Can Spark a Global Wave of Peace Rabbi Jonathan Sacks once drew a profound distinction between optimism and hope. Optimism, he said, is the belief that things will improve. Hope, however, is the conviction that...

Apr 29, 2025, 11:50 AM

Fighting Discrimination: Our Independence Day Heritage

Anti-Racism Unit head Tsiki Dill with the author

I can't think of a better way to mark Independence Day than to examine what Israel’s done to fight racism and discrimination during the past year. No kidding. The plethora of government bodies combatting these societal ills provides a panoramic...

Apr 25, 2025, 12:26 AM

Autism Deserves Science, Not Soundbites

In a recent interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism. These kinds of comments aren’t just wrong. They’re dangerous. They distract from what truly matters to autistic people and their families and add...

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