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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

special needs

Beni Ben Muvhar, head of the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council, at the damaged hydrotherapy center, on August 13, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/TOI)
August 15, 2024, 8:47 am
War-wrecked Galilee center for kids with disabilities plans to be ‘larger and stronger’
Mevo’ot HaHermon Treatment and Rehabilitation Campus, closed since Oct. 8 and damaged by an errant missile, includes one of the largest hydrotherapy pools of its kind in Israel
By Gavriel Fiske
From left to right: Education Minister Yoav Kisch, Shapira committee head Amos Shapira, and Tammy Omanski, head of the Education Ministry's special education department, at a press conference in Jerusalem, on May 28, 2024. (Sivan Shachar/courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 5:21 pm
Special ed committee recommends 19 kids per class, 5 days a week for all schools
Experts advise revamping entire educational system to better integrate special needs children, a ‘win-win’ solution for all students
By Gavriel Fiske
The padlocked gate of a closed school in the northern city of Tzfat, on April 14, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 14, 2024, 5:20 pm
Formal, informal education shut across Israel for two days in light of Iran attack
Education Ministry fields ‘a lot of complaints’ from parents of children with special needs over lack of support; some ultra-Orthodox schools open in defiance of procedures
By Gavriel Fiske
Conductor Ido Marko (far left) during an early June 2023 rehearsal of the Integrative Orchestra, comprising students from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and Shekel, a Jerusalem program for adults with special needs (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 11, 2023, 7:26 am
Budding musicians jam in Jerusalem integrative orchestra
Conservatory president Michael Klinghoffer talks about making music meaningful, in community programs for people with special needs, the elderly and musical kids in the periphery
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of the Krembo Wings 2022 summer camp. (YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 16, 2023, 5:08 pm
Nonprofit for special needs kids says summer camp back on thanks to donations
Krembo Wings, which serves 9,000 children nationwide, gets money from Discount Bank and other businesses, but warns cuts in state funding still mean it may close branches
By ToI Staff
Artist Mia Schon finishes a mural in one of the activity rooms of the Hole In the Wall Gang Camp, March 2, 2023, in Ashford, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton Robb)
March 22, 2023, 4:38 am
Paul Newman’s camp for sick kids rises from the ashes
Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children, founded by late American actor, reopens in $4.5 million rebuild following devastating 2021 blaze
By Pat Eaton-Robb
The Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem, phhotographed on July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2023, 5:29 pm
Cop arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing 15-year-old girl with special needs
Police Internal Investigations Department says officer suspected of indecent assault, attempted rape while returning teen to institution she had escaped
By ToI Staff
A teacher soothes a student during a theater show at the Gesher School in London, March 7, 2022. (Cnaan Liphshiz/ JTA)
September 29, 2022, 6:10 am
London’s Haredi and secular Jews find rare meeting point in special needs school
Filling a gap in the city’s otherwise robust array of Jewish education options, Gesher provides a nurturing environment for students – and a place where diverse parents can engage
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Young people within the Kinneret housing project participate in a practical work experience session. August 2022 (courtesy Kinneret Ltd.)
September 9, 2022, 2:57 am
New law offers new horizon for people with disabilities
Legislation could transform worlds of people with special needs and their families, providing boosts for housing, transportation, care, community services
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative photo (iStock)
August 1, 2022, 8:19 am
Nine staff indicted over abuse of residents at care center for special needs
Workers accused of abusing those under their care at Kfar Bnei Zion site, and preventing another employee from reporting incidents
By ToI Staff
Illustration: African migrants walk past the Tel Aviv central bus station. (Zuzana Janku/Flash90)
January 2, 2022, 3:15 pm
2 foreign workers arrested on suspicion of raping woman with special needs
Eritrean migrants detained in south Tel Aviv after 22-year-old tells hospital she was sexually assaulted near city’s central bus station
By ToI Staff
A Purim carnival in February 2019, one of the many activities created by the Lod Garin Torani community in Lod. (Courtesy Lod Garin Torani)
January 25, 2021, 10:21 am
In Lod, a community brings ‘love thy neighbor’ to a special needs bachelor pad
A new kind of mainstreamed living situation for adults with disabilities is being launched by a group of people who have not always been welcomed by their other neighbors
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: A young man with autism. (KatarzynaBialasiewicz/ iStock/ Getty Images)
April 7, 2020, 6:37 am
Government plan to seal special needs facilities provokes uproar
Knesset to debate bill that would authorize the Welfare Ministry to shut homes and hostels in the fight against COVID-19; residents are already banned from seeing their families
By Sue Surkes
An exhibit at the Jewish baseball museum at Milt's Extra Innings in Chicago. At left is deli worker Zahava Auerbach. (Ellen Braunstein via JTA)
March 13, 2019, 5:45 pm
Chicago kosher deli employing special needs workers is closing
Milt’s Extra Innings, which opened in fall of 2017 and donates all of its profits to charity, is shutting down March 17 over lackluster sales
By Marcy Oster
An exhibit at the Jewish baseball museum at Milt's Extra Innings in Chicago. At left is deli worker Zahava Auerbach. (Ellen Braunstein/via JTA)
December 18, 2017, 4:12 am
Next to Wrigley, Chicago’s newest kosher deli pitches cured meats and good deeds
The latest addition near the Cubs’ home celebrates Jews and America’s pastime — and helps special needs adults find meaningful work
By Ellen Braunstein
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