Inclusion from Camp Ramah to Israel
The participants and staff at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem! By Howard Blas The Ramah Camping Movement is gearing up to celebrate our 50th summer (in 2019) of Tikvah, offering [...]
The participants and staff at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem! By Howard Blas The Ramah Camping Movement is gearing up to celebrate our 50th summer (in 2019) of Tikvah, offering [...]
By Janet Harris and Denise Moyes-Schnur Ten years ago, the Early Childhood and Family Engagement (ECFE) Initiative (formerly known as Early Childhood Education Initiative) of the Jewish Community Federation of [...]
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer The last thirteen years have been a journey for my husband Fred and me into a world that we knew nothing about before: the world of autism. [...]
by Meredith Polsky As the month of February continues, so, too, does Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month (#JDAIM18). For those of us in the field of Jewish Inclusion, this [...]
Children at a Celebrations! event on Purim. By the Covenant Foundation Advocates of inclusion practices often speak of the need for holistic inclusion—looking at not just one aspect of a [...]
By Dan Finkel Rebbi says: Do not look at the jug but rather at what is in it. For there are new jugs full of old [wine], and old that [...]
From JECEI Site by Dr. Gabe Goldman Many Jewish early childhood educators and schools have adopted a type of early childhood education called Reggio Emilia (named after the location in [...]
by Dawne Bear Novicoff and Seth Linden Retaining and training early childhood educators is a serious and major challenge, and funders are beginning to be creative about their investment models to increase professional development and [...]
By Rebecca Weisman I’m no prophet. I don’t read palms or interpret tea leaves. When I was the middle school principal at a large, pluralistic Jewish day school, I regularly [...]
Photo credit: Lloyd Wolf By Amanda Herring I have the pleasure and honor of working as an intern for Operation Understanding DC (OUDC), a 23-year old organization working to build [...]
By Dr. Sarah Levy, Mark Parmet and Elana Shapiro While the holiday may be over for 5778, when you think of Chanukah, what comes to mind? Lighting the chanukiah and [...]
By Bree Kessler Programs where Jewish teens learn the “Jewish response” to social issues like hunger or homelessness are far from new. In fact, I can remember clearly as a [...]