Breaking Barriers with the Little Gate Crasher
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Director, Whole Community Inclusion Every year, Jewish Learning Venture’s “Whole Community Inclusion” shares a number of programs during February in recognition of Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month (JDAIM). Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month is a unified international initiative during the month of February to raise disability awareness and support efforts to foster inclusion in Jewish communities worldwide. This year, we are launching a new initiative called JDAIM Shabbat Across Philadelphia and are asking every synagogue in our area to dedicate one Shabbat service to disability inclusion issues through a D’var Torah, special speaker or simply [...]