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Howard Blas

Howard Blas

Howard Blas is a social worker and special-education teacher by training. He teaches Jewish studies and prepares students with a range of disabilities for b’nai mitzvah. He regularly leads Birthright Israel “classic” and service trips for people with disabilities. His publications can be viewed here.

Across Israel, doctors push aside personal loss and damaged homes to care for their patients during the war with Iran.
Canadian-Israeli philanthropist casts a wide net to help those in need.
Judaica artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren calls the stamp the “culmination of a lifelong dream.”
The forward led the national team in points, rebounds and assists at the EuroBasket tournament.
Some 11,000 students at 238 schools discreetly receive a sandwich in the morning.
First, a tough Davis Cup tie against the Czechs, then legendary player Novak Djokovic will grace the courts in Tel Aviv.
“The aim of the organization is not just to reach a Jewish audience. Our larger goal is to reach an audience of the hundreds of millions of people who haven’t made up their mind about Israel,” says group founder Daniel Posner.
“It was the moment you dream about for so long,” said the 27-year-old of being told by Marlins manager and Major League Baseball legend Don Mattingly that he was being activated. “You know you are forever a big leaguer—whether you ever pitch or not.”
“Our kids also come from a perspective culturally and educationally that they will return to the U.S. as allies and friends of the State of Israel,” said head coach Bruce Pearl.