Inclusion Awareness Month

Learn

Read the Tachlis of Inclusion by Shelly Christensen (pdf download), co-creator of the national Jewish Disabilities Awareness Month and founder and CEO of Inclusion Innovations, LLC.

Bring conversations about inclusion into your school or synagogue with the help of the Board of Rabbis list of resources for use in planning sermons, Torah study, prayer services, special programs, and both formal and informal education.

Discover organizations and programs in LA that can help you and your family with the help of the HaMercaz Resource Guide (pdf download).

Need some inspiration? Take a look at our 29 tips for how to make inclusion a part of your everyday life.

Learn about how Federation addresses issues concerning people with special needs through our work with
HaMercaz.

Participate in JDAM Reads! (pdf download), a month-long book club event for adults and children.

Access American Sign Language videos that bring Judaism to deaf people everywhere from everything from the weekly parsha to kosher cooking demonstrations.

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On Shabbt Shekalim, we asked rabbis and educators throughout Los Angeles to discuss inclusion in a sermon, dvar Torah, study group or classroom. See who has signed up in our community (list in formation):

  • Rabbi Jonathan Bernhard, Adat Ari El
  • Rabbi Amy Bernstein, Kehillat Israel
  • Rabbi Baruch Cohon, Independent Rabbi
  • Rabbi Morley T. Feinstein, University Synagogue
  • Rabbi Jason Fruithandler, Sinai Temple
  • Rabbi Laura Geller, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills
  • Rabbi Nicole Guzik, Sinai Temple
  • Rabbi Judith HaLevy, Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue
  • Rabbi Jon Hanish, Kol Tikvah
  • Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky, B'nai David-Judea
  • Rabbi Paul Kipnes, Congregation Or Ami
  • Rabbi Howard O. Laibson, Congregation Shir Chadash
  • Rabbi Susan Leider, Temple Beth Am
  • Rabbi Naomi Levy, Nashuva
  • Rabbi Janice Mehring, Congregation Ohr Tzafon
  • Rabbi Josh Samuels, Temple Beth Hillel
  • Rabbi Ahud Sela, Temple Ramat Zion
  • Rabbi Zachary Shapiro, Temple Akiba
  • Rabbi Kalman Topp, Beth Jacob Congregation
  • Rabbi Stewart Vogel, Temple Aliyah
  • Rabbi Julia Weisz, Congregation Or Ami
  • Rabbi Jill Zimmerman, Jewish Mindfulness Network