Should your child with special needs go to Israel for the year? It’s important to ask what value a year in Israel will bring, now and in the future, and if it's worth the challenges that come with it. Elana Goldscheider Dec. 3, 2024
$3.2m allocated to up accessibility to Rachel’s Tomb complex The comprehensive renovation plan includes expanding the access road, adding a new bus station, implementing safety solutions for pedestrians and vehicles and increasing parking spaces. Nov. 13, 2024
Meet the super doctor who treated ‘Superman’ In a new documentary on the life of Christopher Reeve, Dr. Steven Kirshblum talks tells JNS that the actor surprised him once by showing up at his shul. Alan Zeitlin Oct. 14, 2024
First-time Birthright volunteering trip for those with disabilities makes a real impact After the experience, participants asked a single question: “When can we come back and do this again?” Howard Blas Oct. 8, 2024
Elevator ‘project of kindness’ to make Western Wall more accessible “Every day, people are asking when it will be ready,” the site manager in Jerusalem told JNS. Etgar Lefkovits Sept. 25, 2024
Bar-Ilan U graduates don’t let disabilities hold them back The ability to learn in intellectually disabled people reaches its peak at around 40 to 45 years old. Amelie Botbol July 14, 2024
Becket: Sacramento ‘slamming door’ on religious children with disabilities The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Pasadena, Calif., is hearing oral arguments in “Loffman v. California Department of Education.” David Swindle and Menachem Wecker May 7, 2024
Let’s start a conversation about arranging matches for people with disabilities During Autism Acceptance Month, it’s time for us as a community to take the next giant leap and have a very open conversation about marriage. Avrohom (“Avromie”) Adler April 26, 2024
New, inclusive Haggadah aims to empower your seder The Haggadah is the brainchild of Efrat residents Leora Ashman and her husband Eitan, who developed aphasia following an ischemic stroke in 2017. Josh Hasten April 12, 2024
