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New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on 12/30/2016 by Admin

As an individual with a disability, or even the parent of a special needs child, it is still important to make and keep resolutions. Why not make stronger awareness of Continue Reading →

Posted in General Information, Outside Sources | Tagged Advocacy, Bella Online, disability, New Year, Resolution | Leave a reply

The nation’s first deaf leader of a Hillel aims to make Judaism accessible to all

Posted on 12/26/2016 by Admin

Jacob Salem speaks six languages. Yet if he walked into a typical synagogue service in either of the countries where he grew up — America or Israel — he might Continue Reading →

Posted in General Information, Outside Sources | Tagged Deaf, Gallaudet, Hearing, Hillel, Impaired, Jacob, Language, Salem, Sign | Leave a reply

Happy Hanukkah

Posted on 12/24/2016 by Admin

Music video for “Latke Recipe,” a parody of “Shut Up And Dance” originally performed by Walk the Moon Lyrics: Tonight is Hanukkah Got everything we need A frying pan, some Continue Reading →

Posted in General Information, Outside Sources | Tagged Channukah, Hanukkah, Maccabeats | Leave a reply

8 Nights. 8 Lights

Posted on 12/23/2016 by Admin

Chanukah Lights, Golden Latkes, Spinning Dreidels and Chocolate Gelt will be filling The Friendship Circle building in the coming weeks as friends from near and far gather together in a Continue Reading →

Posted in Friendship Circle | Tagged Chanukah, cnadle, dreidel, friendship, gelt, latke | Leave a reply

Digital Accessibility Forum

Posted on 12/19/2016 by Admin

Oren Sagi, General Minister of Cisco Israel, Bank Hapoalim CEO and President Arik Pinto, IBM Israel CEO Rick Kaplan and Yuval Wagner, founder and president of Access Israel, were among Continue Reading →

Posted in General Information, Outside Sources | Tagged Access, Bank Hapoalim, Cisco, IBM, Israel, Jerusalem Post | Leave a reply

Happy 21st Birthday!

Posted on 12/16/2016 by Admin

Tejus Sharathchandra stands in front of the room, a “Happy 21st Birthday” balloon tied to his jeans, wearing a bright orange “21 years of being awesome!” T-shirt. Dozens of his Continue Reading →

Posted in General Information, Jewish Community Center, Outside Sources | Tagged Birthday, CITY Connections East, consolidated waivers, JCC Teen and Young Adult Center, UPMC | Leave a reply

Rosh Pina Agency Trainings

Posted on 12/12/2016 by Admin

Connections would like to take a moment to thank Rosh Pina and Elana Naftalin-Kelman for an amazing three days of training within the Pittsburgh Jewish Community on better ways of Continue Reading →

Posted in General Information, Jewish Family & Children's Service, Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, Jewish Residential Services, Outside Sources | Tagged disability, Inclusion, Rosh Pina | Leave a reply

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