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.