Register Today for the URJ-Ruderman High Holidays Inclusion Learning Series!

The URJ is pleased to announce a new Learning Series focused on Disabilities Inclusion during the High Holidays!  Is your congregation looking for ways to increase inclusion and participation of people of all ages with disabilities, and their families, in High Holiday worship? Are you looking for ways to fully engage and welcome those with disabilities in your community during this important time, and during the coming year?

This Learning Series will feature four live webinars with disabilities experts and advocates, and will help prepare all congregations for the High Holidays.  The strategies and knowledge gained in this Learning Series will be helpful in enabling inclusion for the New Year.

Register today for, “Creating Sacred Partnerships During the High Holidays,” the next live webinar in the series, led by Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe.  Click here to read, “This Is the Season to Open Those Gates!” a blog post about inclusion on the High Holidays, written by Rabbi Dubowe.

Missed the Mental Health Learning Series?  Learn more below!

The URJ-Ruderman Mental Health Learning Opportunity was a series of live calls focused on increasing the inclusion of people with Mental Illness in our communities, and decreasing the stigma surrounding Mental Illness.  The series featured experts with a variety of experiences and backgrounds discussing topics critical to educating our communities on Mental Health and Mental Illness.  Please visit our Mental Health section to view the Mental Health Learning Opportunity webinars, along with other great Mental Health study sessions.

Apply now to be recognized at Biennial 2017 for Inclusion Work!  Is your congregation successful in one or more areas of inclusion?  Click here to apply to become an Exemplar Congregation.  Exemplar Congregations will be recognized at Biennial 2017 for efforts at inclusion of people with disabilities.  Congregations who are unable to attend Biennial will receive a certificate of recognition for their efforts.

Rabbi Edie Mencher wrote “Police Brutality and People with Disabilities:  What Can We Do?” an important blog post about the role the Jewish Community can take in fostering change that leads to the end of all police brutality.  This piece, published after the Ruderman Family Foundation‘s recent release of its first White Paper, was written to provide action steps we as a Community can take to end police brutality.

The Ruderman Family Foundation recently released a White Paper on police-related violence, and media coverage of cases involving a person with a disability.  An introduction to the important study is available here.  The report, “The Ruderman White Paper on Media Coverage of Law Enforcement Use of Force and Disability” is available here in its entirety.  A text-only version of the report is available for download by clicking here.

February was Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM)!

Click here to read all of the wonderful blog posts and articles from the URJ and Disabilities Inclusion Learning Center contributors.

This great list of “10 Tips on Creating and Effective Inclusion Team” is taken from Brookes Publishing‘s The Preschool Inclusion Toolbox.  Download the infographic today to find great tips for creating your congregation’s inclusion team!