Human Rights - We All Have the Same Rights February 16  1:00 – 2:30 pm via Zoom Part of the JCS Institute for Professional Development Become knowledgeable about the rights of individuals with disabilities. Professionals can earn 1.5 CEUs View flyer. Register Here

Including All Students: Attention and Regulation Strategies Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Virtual Join Dr. Alanna Raffel, OTD, OTR/L, for an evening of learning about ways to support students around attention and regulation. Students with attention and regulation issues often need extra support in a classroom. This program seeks to … Continued

Helping Our Adult Children with Disabilities Navigate Intimate Relationships February 21 Two opportunities to attend. 10:30 – 11:30 am @ Weinberg Park Heights JCC  7:00 – 8:00 pm via Zoom Learn how to support adults with disabilities as they explore intimacy, romance, and sex. We will discuss the importance of privacy and boundaries between parent and … Continued

Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: A Discussion with Inventor, Entrepreneur, and Author Sanford Greenberg Tuesday, February 21 | 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Virtual Join JFCS and Jewish Learning Venture for an intimate and engaging discussion with inventor, author, public servant and philanthropist, Dr. Sanford D. Greenberg. At the age of 19, Sanford lost his … Continued

The Torah of Disability Access with Rabbi Elliot Kukla In this talk we will look at the writing of contemporary disabled activists like Mia Mingus, Alice Wong, and Leah Lakshmi Piepezna-Samarsinha on the topic of disability access. We will use this lens to uncover a new Jewish spirituality of accessibility and survival, for this era … Continued

Want to make your workplace more inclusive but don’t know where to start? As JCCs continue to uphold value of inclusion and work to make their communities more inclusive of people with disabilities, it is also vital to look inwards and consider what is being done to ensure that the workplace is accessible and inclusive … Continued

INCLUSION SHABBAT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 9:00 AM Celebrate our congregation’s commitment to inclusion of all community members. Our guest speaker is Donna Meltzer, CEO of the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD). 9:00 AM Inclusion Shabbat with guest speaker, Donna Meltzer, “From Inclusion to Belonging – Bringing our Unique Gifts to the Synagogue”  … Continued

Union County JDAIM Havdalah with Don’t Hide It Flaunt it Saturday, February 25 • 6:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel, 18 Shalom Way, Scotch Plains Join together with the Jewish communities of Union County for a special musical service marking the end of Shabbat and recognizing Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month. We’ll have … Continued

Special Needs Resource Fair Sunday, February 26, 2023 • 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. FREE and open to the community!            In honor of Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) in February, the JCC of Central NJ is hosting a Special Needs Resource Fair and publishing its 3rd annual … Continued

Join the JCC Opening the Doors Program (Detroit) celebration of JDAIM with comedian and disability activist Pamela Rae Schuller February 28 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. Click here to register: https://www.jccdet.org/jdaim-2023?fbclid=IwAR1GD_0DIl9zUQ9VvH32Ixnz62QMI0omPiXM4-ddSjNdsEjyRW3DyTgs5Nc

JDAIM Movie Night February 2, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Macks Center for Jewish Education invites you to a screening of How Jack Became Black for Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month. This groundbreaking documentary features the challenge of Eli Steele, a Deaf man born to a black father and a Jewish … Continued