Jewish Values and People With Disabilities—Appreciating the Variety of Life
This compilation of quotes from various text sources conveys Jewish values regarding people with special needs.
Type: Text Compilation
Special Education
Proposal for a Reconstructionist Day School
Rabbi Shira Stutman (RRC '07) conceived of this model for a Reconstructionist high school that she named Lab Yeshiva. She proposes block scheduling, integrated secular and Jewish studies, and service-learning to Jewishly educate students who are not well served by traditional college-prep academies.
Topics: Education, Congregational Development, Curriculum Development, School Administration, Special Education, Teaching Reconstructionism
Type: Program Description
Special Education Policy—Adat Shalom (Bethesda, MD)
This is Adat Shalom's special needs policy. In 2001 this document was developed by the education board under education director Mary Meyerson. The policy balances the desire to be inclusive with the need to be practical about what the congregation can actually promise to provide.
Type: Policy