By Matan Koch Jewish summer camp, when done right, is possibly the best tool that I have ever seen to help a young person with a disability learn to integrate into a larger group. I said as much over 4 years ago, when I wrote about my own meaningful Jewish camp experience as a person who uses a wheelchair. I remain as confident in this conviction as I ever was, and I am absolutely thrilled about the generous $12 million grant from The Harry … [Read more...] about Staff with Disabilities Help Camp Inclusion Soar
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How Camp Saved my Children’s Yiddishkeit
By Devorah Zlochower My husband and I are Jewish educators. Our professional lives are spent studying and teaching rabbinic texts, training rabbis and teachers so they may share their knowledge and love of Torah with all kinds of Jewish communities. Our home is filled with hundreds, if not thousands of Jewish books, we attend shul regularly and we observe Jewish law. If you peered into our living room, you would assume that our two sons … [Read more...] about How Camp Saved my Children’s Yiddishkeit
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