Jewish Disability Awareness Month

By Jewish Learning Venture Staff|2018-12-28T19:20:43-04:00January 23rd, 2015|Building Community, Empowering Institutions, Engaging Families|

By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Director, Whole Community Inclusion On Wednesday, the Jewish Special Needs Consortium of Greater Philadelphia met to finalize plans for Jewish Disability Awareness Month (JDAM), which takes place in February. While all of the Consortium members agree that creating a more inclusive Jewish ...Read More

jkidphilly Made a Big Difference on MLK Day of Service!

By Jewish Learning Venture Staff|2018-08-25T13:35:07-04:00January 21st, 2015|Building Community, Engaging Families|

By Lori Rubin, Director, Family Engagement; and Danya Shapiro, jkidphilly Specialist / In the week leading up to and on MLK day, jkidphilly had a number of Little Hands Make a Big Difference programs to honor the day, which all made an incredible impact in our community. ...Read More

Happiness Comes From Doing Something Kind For Someone Else

By Jewish Learning Venture Staff|2019-01-04T17:13:20-04:00January 19th, 2015|Building Community, Engaging Families|

By Dr. Robyn Cohen, Director, PJ Library Philadelphia and jteenphilly / One of my favorite Psychology studies is the pencil experiment. You can try this one at home. Hold a pencil in your mouth- hold it first with just your lips holding the pencil, and next with just your teeth gripping it. ...Read More