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

Inclusion Innovations

Inclusion Innovations LLC is a consulting firm specializing in inclusion of people with
disabilities in sacred communities. Shelly Christensen founded Inclusion Innovations LLC to expand her capacity to work in a broad spectrum of sacred communities. As CEO of this new venture, Shelly can share her experience andpassion for empowering faith communities to open the doors to the sacred moments of life for all people.
http://www.inclusioninnovations.com

Film Festival Focuses on Disabilities. With Jewish Groups' Help, 'ReelAbilities' Goes National

Festival organizers say that they aim to make ReelAbilities screenings and other programming accessible to the widest possible audience. Screening venues are all accessible for people with disabilities.
http://www.forward.com.

Jewish Disability Awareness Month

JDAM is a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to use common programs to raiseawareness and foster inclusion of people with disabilities, their families, and those who love them.  Established in 2009, JDAM is observed during February. 

JDAM's mission is:

  • Elevate Jewish awareness of the way people with disabilities have been regarded by society.
  • Encourage Jews around the world to become more empathetic toward people with disabilities.
  • Urge Jews to welcome people with disabilities into their communities and personal lives.
  • Unite Jewish communities to raise awareness and champion inclusion of people with disabilities.

Empowering Jews With Disabilities Blog

Marlee Kivens created a blog to highlight Jewish Disability Awareness events. If you have any ideas, or want to be a guest blogger please join the conversation!
http://empoweringjewswithdisabilities.blogspot.com

The Child Who Does Not Know

A moving article by Sharon Rosenberg-Scholl of TCJewfork. com. As we unpack the Passover boxes, Sharon knows there will be items she will find herself holding in wistful silence. And she will shed more than a few tears preparing for another Passover without him.
http://tcjewfolk.com/child-who-does-not-know/

D'var Torah, Tazria/M'tzora: Broken Pieces Of G-d's World

Very powerful and inspirational D'var Torah about Matan Koch, an attorney and senior federal official who uses a wheelchair by Billy Dreskin.
http://blogs.rj.org/blog/2012/04/25/dvar-torah-tazriamtzora-broken-pieces-of-gods-world/

A Part or Apart? Disability and Inclusion in the Faith Community - Photographs and Discussion Material by Jane Strauss

The images upon which these books are based all were captured in the Jewish community in a particular locale and moment in time. Disability is no respecter of belief, so the additional materials provided in this Discussion Guide span the three major faith communities in the United States – Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. Jane Strauss researched the materials with the assistance of members of all three communities, because she strongly believes that the images presented here speak to, and will be useful for, a wide range of institutions and organizations, not just those following Jewish life pathways. Jane Strauss attempted to provide enough materials that the coordinators/leaders may pick and choose those most appropriate to their situations, or perhaps use them all, as an additional means of teaching participants about diversity as represented in the 21st Century
http://www.a-part-or-apart.com

Famous People With Spina Bifida

There is no single cause of Spina Bifida nor any known way to prevent it entirely. However, dietary supplementation with folic acid has been shown to be helpful in preventing Spina Bifida. Read more about Spina Bifida and well known people both past and present who were born with it.
 www.disabled-world.com


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