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 [...]
by Steve Freedman When you ask your child to think of a story about a character taking off shoes, what do you want the association to be? Cinderella, or Moses [...]
