Empowering Jews With Disabilities

Home - About - News - Inspiration - Articles - Calendars - Links - Contact - Feedback



Meet Marlee Kivens

Founder and President of Empowering Jews with Disabilities
"As a Jewish female with a disability, I finally feel the joy, powerful spirit and strengthened inner-self ..."
read more

Take the Attitudes, Questions and Beliefs Survey

You can start making a difference right away by sharing your opinion through this important survey.
take the survey

Join a group today!

Join a EJWD group today and meet other Jews with Disabilities, share your story and collaborate on commonly faced issues.
join a group


  Welcome to the new Twin Cities Jewish Community Calendar!

A comprehensive list of what's happening in our Jewish community. Search for events by date, organization or category of interest.  Find Jewish holidays and candle lighting times.
view calendar

  




Our mission...

is to further promote the interests of people with disabilities in the Jewish community.

This will be accomplished by the sharing of personal stories, thoughts and everyday issues through open communication.

We, as a whole, will make a difference by expanding our reach and empowering ourselves to be the best we can possibly be.

Please look at this unique site and see if you want to become a part of this...

EMPOWERING EXPERIENCE!

SHA'ARIM 


Sha’arim
is an incredibly dynamic non-profit organization
that has been successfully empowering schools and Jewish children and young adults with special needs in the Twin Cities since 1999. Effective in providing the educational tools and opportunities for Jewish children with special needs to mainstream and succeed in a variety of supplemental and religious school settings. For more information at: www.shaarim.org

A House of Prayer for All Children


A very well written Reform Judaism Magazine article
by Jane Herman about inclusive education.
reformjudaismmag.org

Everybody Get A Turn


This is a great snapshot of the journey parents take on the way to hope. While we sometimes feel such despair, it can be the unexpected little things that give us insight and understanding. The article is written by 
Andrew Goldsmith who is director of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) and the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University.
www.thejewishweek.com

ReelAbilities: NY DisabilitiesFilm Festival 


Is dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation
of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with
different disabilities. Learn more at:
www.realabilities.org

February Jewish Disability Awareness Month 


A unified effort to raise awareness and support efforts to foster inclusion of people with disabilities and their families in Jewish communities worldwide. The mission of Jewish Disability Awareness Month is to unite Jewish communities and organizations for the purpose of raising aware­ness and supporting meaningful inclusion of people with disabilities and their families in every aspect of Jewish life.
https://www.jfcsmpls.org/inclusionorder/JDAM2010.htm

Jammin' Grooves - Paralyzed Drummer Jason Gerling

Learn the reason for his mission, read his biography, view clips of his drumming, get the latest news AND buy his debut DVD "BETWEEN THE WHEELS" a mini-doc about overcoming adversity through the healing power of music.
www.jammingrooves.com

Caryn Sullivan Scribe

Caryn Sullivan, a Minnesota mother of an adult son with Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a writer and contributing columnist to the St. Paul Pioneer Press Opinion pages. www.carynsullivanscribe.com

The American Assoication of People with Disabilities

The American Association of People with Disabilities is the largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States, dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for the more than 50 million Americans with disabilities.
jfactivist.typepad.com

Who I Am Makes A Difference

Marlee Kivens  was encouraged to watch a
short inspirational and empowering movie recommended by a good friend of hers. Consequently, she would encourage
you to take a few minutes to watch this short movie. The movie was created by Mary Robinson Reynolds and her husband Craig.
www.blueribbonmovie.com

New Blog from Empowering Jews With Disabilities!

Marlee Kivens created a blog to highlight Jewish Disability Awareness events. Please check it out!
empoweringjewswithdisabilities.blogspot.com

Home - About - News - Inspiration - Articles - Calendars - Links - Contact - Feedback

Custom Search