The World Turned Upside Down
This past Sunday felt like a new and jubilant kind of “upside down” as our Jewish Education Program students celebrated Purim together for the first time in two years. Read More
Messages from the CEO
Caring for Children in a War Zone
When you are deeply involved with the care of our community’s most vulnerable, that is who you think of first whenever there is a crisis. Read More
Why the Gates to Inclusion Are Wide Open Right Now
“Why isn’t it JDAIM every month?” I was thinking to myself this week as Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, or JDAIM, which takes place annually in February, kicked off. Read More
What a Day of Service Looks Like
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” asked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., famously. At Gateways, we decided to answer this question by instituting our own “Day of Service” this year on MLK Day, instead of holding our usual office hours. Read More
The Painful Choice We’re Facing
What a start to 2022 so far. My inbox has not been cheery; rather it’s been filled with dire emails about the current COVID surge, about the snowstorm, and numerous classroom and school closures because of either or both. Read More
Until We Experience Disability Ourselves
I read a Boston Globe article that came out this week, entitled “Disability should not mean invisibility,” and was reminded yet again of how even though the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law over 30 years ago, and we have made progress since, there is still so much more that needs to be done. Read More
The Few among the Many (Video)
Happy Chanukah! In this week’s video message, I talk about the Maccabees and some of the unexpected ways that we at Gateways are learning from their example. Read More
The World Stands on 3 Things
These last few weeks have been filled with such energy, with everyone fully in back-to-school mode. It is especially exciting to see our children and teens participating in-person for the first time in 18 months… Read More
Go Forth and Take Action (Video)
In my video message this week, I talk about our mandate to take action for the causes that are dear to us. Read More
Hope and Mourning on Tisha b’Av (Video)
This week, I share some brief personal thoughts on Tisha b’Av, (the 9th of Av), the day of Jewish mourning coming up this Saturday and Sunday. In my video, I reflect on how I navigate… Read More