When I saw the news headlines announcing that Professor Dan Shechtman, an Israeli, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, I was proud. But when I read further and learned the details of his story, I knew that we just had to interview him for Babaganewz. Professor Shechtman discovered something called… Read more...
This year, the crowd got larger and the money raised grew too, at the 2nd Annual Tour de Shuls held on Father’s Day. For those unfamiliar with the term, “shul” is another word for synagogue. The fundraiser, hosted by Beth El Temple, brought out more than 100 cyclists, runners and walkers from… Read more...
I am delighted at how much press Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month has been receiving. Please see my original blog posting on Davar Acher: http://jjffeducators.blogspot.com (see the lovely comment just received). And on our Ramah New England site:… Read more...
A Modern Orthodox Jew living on the Upper East Side, she has encountered her share of frustration, especially as she looked for a Jewish day school or yeshiva with the resources that might have served her daughter, only to conclude that none did. Like the parents of many Jewish children with… Read more...
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Jewish philanthropists from the U.S., Israel, Australia and the United Kingdom will gather in New York City on Oct. 20 to tackle the issue of special needs at ADVANCE: The Ruderman Jewish Special Needs Funding Conference. Hosted by the Ruderman Family Foundation, in partnership… Read more...
Are you completely sick of me yammering about camp? Well, you’ll be glad to know that this is my last
Campers, families, counselors and others touched by Ramah’s Tikvah program for special needs youth converged Sunday at Camp Ramah New England to mark the groundbreaking initiative and four decades of impact. The Tikvah program, established at Camp Ramah New England in 1970, and now active… Read more...
Avi Friedman Matthew Bander, left, of Brighton, is a former Tikvah camper who attended the 40th anniversary celebrations at Camp Ramah New England on Sunday. He is pictured with Emily Perlmutter, a friend of his and the program. PALMER, MA — Campers, families, counselors and others touched by… Read more...
I am writing this at the close of a series of meetings with the Jim Joseph Fellows who are members of the fellowship program that I am heading up together with my colleague, Esther Feldman. The Fellows are educational leaders in a wide variety of venues who have been brought together as a group and… Read more...
Jerusalem — Conference organizers usually frown on participants who Facebook, Tweet or Google during a seminar, but no one objected when some of the 14 participants in a new fellowship program for Jewish educators did just that during a lively lecture.
Congratulations to Westville Shul member Howard Blas who is one of fourteen individuals selected from over two hundred applicants for the new Jim Joseph Foundation fellowship program created at
BRIDGEPORT - A new fellowship has been created by the Lookstein Center at
“Yasher Koach to Tikvah Director, Howard Blas, who has been chosen from among hundreds of nominees to be in the very first cohort of Jim Joseph Foundation Fellows. The Jim Joseph Foundation Fellows - Leading Educators Online is a new, prestigious,