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Insulin pens for the treatment of diabetes. Photo: Adriana Toffetti
April 29, 2026, 4:29 pm
New community diabetes consultation launched by Jewish Blind and Disabled
Jewish Blind and Disabled partners with Jewish News on community survey and free events amid rising concern over type 2 diabetes
By Annabel Sinclair
Vivian Wineman, a former President of the Board, will chair the Commission (Credit: Tristan Benhamou/ Board of Deputies)
March 18, 2026, 1:39 pm
Disability is not a niche issue: our new commission will focus on communal response
The new Board of Deputies Commission on Disability Inclusion will seek to draw on the insights of families, practitioners, educators, academics, rabbis and communal leaders
By Vivian Wineman
Jess who Kisharon supports looks forward to using the new Siddur Lakol on Friday night Photo credit Robert Shack
February 28, 2024, 5:05 pm
United Synagogue creates new roles to ‘break down barriers’ for people with disabilities
The US hires two specialists to provide best practice, inclusion and improved accessibility for an estimated 60,000 members of the community
By Michelle Rosenberg
May 25, 2023, 4:00 pm
‘Assistive technology’ start-ups helping to transform lives
A host of Israeli companies are at the forefront of an innovative sector improving global healthcare, discovers Candice Krieger
By Candice Krieger
Ahmir Lerner
May 13, 2022, 2:36 pm
OPINION: Film-makers can change world for disabled people – but they must change too
Movie-goers are crying out to see depictions of the real world in cinemas - but the industry is lagging behind, including in Israel
By Ahmir Lerner
Alex Daulby with his wife Michelle and their children, Zak, Mia and Avi
February 7, 2019, 11:50 am
‘We won’t hide our child’: Disability campaign launches to promote inclusion
February marks Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, an initiative launched in the UK for the first time by British Friends of Aleh
By Francine Wolfisz
Karin Elharrar in the Knesset
October 31, 2016, 5:33 pm
The wheelchair warrior fighting for the disabled
Karin Elharrar has some revolutionary ideas about special needs education in Israel and is not afraid to shout about them, as she tells Stephen Oryszczuk
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Bev & Talya
May 24, 2016, 3:26 pm
OPINION: Forty years helping those with learning disabilities live as equals
Dr Beverley Jacobson, the Chief Executive of Kisharon, explains how her personal story has inspired her work at Kisharon
By Beverley Jacobson
Joe Vinson and Robbie Young
February 10, 2016, 4:34 pm
Jewish Student Liberation Conference was “a big step in the right direction”
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