by Rabbi Amy Grossblatt Pessah "Praised are You, Adonai, Our God, Ruler of the Universe who opens the eyes of the blind." The other day I was driving my daughter to school. It was a typical morning except for the fact that she had just ...
Irene Gold and Leon Puhachevsky with their children, Samuel Ryan, 12, Abigail Zoe Madeleine, 9 and Sophia Zelda Rosalynne, 7. We spoke to Irene Gold and Leon Puhachevsky about their favorite Jewish activities, their connection to Jewish community, and the ways jkidphilly has impacted their family. What ...
When my son George—who just turned 16—was diagnosed with autism at age 3, being part of Jewish community helped me through the initial shock, confusion and fear that comes to most parents when they receive any kind of diagnosis for their child. We were able to find a therapeutic preschool for George—first through Bright Horizons, which still operates at Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El and then through the Sinai class at AJ.