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Jay Ruderman presents Marlee Matlin, an Oscar-winning actress who is deaf and Jewish, with the Morton E. Ruderman Award in Tel Aviv, June 19, 2017. (Erez Uzir via JTA)
December 26, 2019, 4:15 am
Jewish group pitches Hollywood on casting actors with disabilities
Letter signed by dozens of stars at behest of Ruderman Family Foundation seeks larger role for people with disabilities in movie industry
By Marcy Oster
Left to right: Sabrina Barell, Daniel Propper, Danny Laszlo, and Kathy Laszlo in photo for the Roots Nice Together 2019 Holiday Campaign. (Barbara Stoneham/courtesy of Roots)
November 27, 2019, 11:37 pm
Disabled Jewish friends don kippas in holiday ads for Canadian apparel company
Danny Laszlo and Daniel Propper enjoy the limelight as the Roots brand turns to everyday people for their 2019 winter campaign centered around Canucks’ reputation for niceness
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Benny Gantz, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right. (Gili Yaari, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2019, 10:14 pm
Likud rapped by rivals, disability official over ads assailing Gantz’s sanity
PM has become ‘a factory of defamation and ugly lies,’ charges Blue and White leader, whom ruling party has portrayed as mentally unstable
By TOI staff
Clip on mirror that allows a wheelchair-bound person see what is on shelf above their eye level produced in a joint project between IKEA and Israeli accessibility groups. (YouTube screenshot)
March 25, 2019, 3:07 am
Ikea teams with Israeli groups to make products accessible to disabled
Swedish home furnishings giant sponsors hackathon so disabled can better use its goods, coming up with 13 new products that can be bought or 3D printed
By TOI staff
Dr. Hodaya Oliel (screen capture: Hadashot television)
January 13, 2019, 5:38 pm
Israeli woman with cerebral palsy graduates Technion medical school
Hodaya Oliel, 27, fulfills dream to become doctor, wants to specialize in pediatric neurology
By TOI staff
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer and her son, George. (Courtesy, Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer)
From the WebJune 13, 2018, 2:32 pm
Looking to my autistic son’s future
The responsibility for his care won’t fall to his sister alone; still, the Jewish community could offer a lot more
By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
Illustrative: Boy listening via tin can phone. (iStock)
May 28, 2018, 11:02 am
WeWork and Voiceitt: Giving voice to people who can’t be heard
By Danny Weissberg and Sara A. Smolley
One of the performances at Fest'Factory, a unique community theater event that took place May 8, 2018, in Bat Yam (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
May 9, 2018, 2:46 am
Bat Yam’s Fest’Factory event takes art out of the ivory tower
Fortunetellers and a mingling mermaid are among the local touches of color in an alternative arts event
By Jessica Steinberg
Danielle Nagler
April 30, 2018, 9:15 am
Danielle Nagler
My son won’t be serving in the IDF
Hidden disabilities can look a lot like draft-dodging, but this child is not cut out to be a soldier
Rabbi Lynne Landsberg at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s 2017 Consultation on Conscience conference. (Courtesy of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism via JTA)
March 1, 2018, 6:06 am
Rabbi who sought a place for those with disabilities dies at 66
Lynne Landsberg, a Reform rabbi, led efforts by all Jewish streams, as well as interfaith initiatives, to foster inclusion in religious communities
By JTA
Avi Ganz
December 27, 2017, 3:05 pm
Avi Ganz
The wonderful thing about ‘Wonder’
Contrary to expectations, the film is not about inclusion — and that’s great
Likud MK David Bitan seen during a plenum session on the new public broadcaster. May 10, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 29, 2017, 7:53 am
Disabled activists block coalition whip David Bitan’s street
‘Panthers’ group rejects October compromise that would raise maximum stipend to NIS 4,500, demands it match minimum wage of NIS 5,000
By TOI staff
File: Disabled protesters demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem as part of protests calling for an increase in monthly disability benefits, on October 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 22, 2017, 10:32 am
Disabled activists block lawmaker’s street
‘Panthers’ reject October compromise that would raise maximum stipend to NIS 4,500, demand it match minimum wage of NIS 5,000
By TOI staff
Jay Ruderman
November 3, 2017, 3:02 pm
Jay Ruderman
Let them go home
Ten thousand Israelis with disabilities live in institutions; many of them don’t have to
Saleem Sharif, with Winston, outside the health clinic in Nazareth where he works. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 20, 2017, 2:43 pm
Nazareth’s only guide dog owner is trailblazing just by walking down the street
Canines, traditionally considered impure in Islam, are a rare sight in Arab towns. Saleem Sharif and his labrador Winston are working to fight stereotypes against them both
By Dov Lieber, Video by Luke Tress and Gabe Carroll
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