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Jewish tradition says that when G-d gave us the 10 commandments and the Torah at Sinai, ALL the Jews were present – including Jews with disabilities. This is key because it showed that when it comes to prayer and a relationship with our faith, all are equal.
Ben Rosloff, a talented filmmaker on the Autism spectrum who serves as a Jewish Inclusion Fellow in RespectAbility’s National Leadership Program, created an unprecedented mini-series of one-on-one interviews with Jews with disabilities. The series features deep insights and fabulous emotion as people answer the very personal question, “What do you pray for?”
Ruderman foundation, main donor to Jewish inclusion efforts, ends its disability giving
March 5, 2021
(JTA) To many in the Jewish world, the Ruderman Family Foundation is synonymous with efforts to increase inclusion for Jews with disabilities.
Based in Boston, but active across the United States and in Israel, the foundation has doled out some $75 million over the past 18 years to support inclusion. Just this month Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month the foundation is credited with sponsoring a virtual reading of a children’s book with Chabad and collaborating with Boston’s Jewish federation to make synagogues more welcoming to people with disabiliti.
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CEO of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) David M. Schizer at the Spivack gymnasium in Ramat Gan, playing basketball as part of the Israel Unlimited partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation and Israeli government to empower Israelis with disabilities, February 2018. (JDC)
JTA To many in the Jewish world, the Ruderman Family Foundation is synonymous with efforts to increase inclusion for Jews with disabilities.
Based in Boston, but active across the United States and in Israel, the foundation has doled out some $75 million over the past 18 years to support inclusion. Just this month Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month the foundation is credited with sponsoring a virtual reading of a children’s book with Chabad and collaborating with Boston’s Jewish federation to make synagogues more welcoming to people with disabilities.
February 23, 2021 9:56 am Jay Ruderman, left, and CJ Jones attend the Media Access Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 14, 2019. (Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for Media Access Awards)
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(JTA) To many in the Jewish world, the Ruderman Family Foundation is synonymous with efforts to increase inclusion for Jews with disabilities.
Based in Boston, but active across the United States and in Israel, the foundation has doled out some $75 million over the past 18 years to support inclusion. Just this month Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month the foundation is credited with sponsoring a virtual reading of a children’s book with Chabad and collaborating with Boston’s Jewish federation to make synagogues more welcoming to people with disabilities.