Posts

• A Double-Edged Sword: Keeping Technology for Children with Disabilities Both Safe and Beneficial (November 2, 2023)
• Born to teach (September 8, 2023)
• Sinai, stigma, polarization — and continuity (September 8, 2023)
• Aliza Strassman Is New Director of SINAI at JKHA (September 1, 2023)
• Raising Awareness of SINAI in Edison (July 20, 2023)
• Unique Inspirations at SINAI@YCQ Art Show (June 28, 2023)
• Tips and tricks for an easier transition to summer (June 27, 2023)
• SINAI Elementary at YCQ -- Highlights from 2022-2023 (June 6, 2023)
• National Teacher Appreciation Week: SINAI students, in their own words (May 12, 2023)
• Sharon Herenstein: Bringing Inclusion to Jus by Julie (March 30, 2023)
• SINAI and Touro Team Up To Offer Teacher Fellowship (March 27, 2023)
• Sinai Schools: From a vision to reality (February 23, 2023)
• ‘The woman on the white horse’: Master educator Judi Karp talks about the Sinai Schools (December 23, 2022)
• Appreciating the Sinai Schools (December 22, 2022)
• A Responsibility to Help: My SINAI Brothers at TABC (December 22, 2022)
• Supporting Classmates, Supporting SINAI (December 15, 2022)
• Welcome to Cross River SINAI School at RYNJ (September 15, 2022)
• Ribbon-cutting celebrates renaming of Cross River SINAI School at RYNJ (September 15, 2022)
• Every person has a place in our community (August 19, 2022)
• SINAI Shines At Special Education In Queens (February 25, 2022)
• Inclusion, Friendship, and Leadership at SINAI: Its new initiative honors partner-school graduates as they head out into the world (February 10, 2022)
• I Thought I Knew SINAI… (February 10, 2022)
• Bat mitzvah project benefits students at SINAI Schools (January 28, 2022)
• Veteran Educator to Serve as Incoming SINAI@Ma’ayanot Director (January 20, 2022)
• Dov Levy Prize: Meet Five SINAI Inclusion Program Teen volunteers (January 2, 2022)
• SINAI Honors ‘Micah’s Mindset’ (December 23, 2021)
• The magic of making menschen (December 17, 2021)
• The chesed just flowed: Sinai Schools founders look back 40 years to the start of special-ed inclusion program (September 16, 2021)
• Sinai Schools: Connecting to Community (June 9, 2021)
• Lighting the Flame of Knowledge (May 27, 2021)
• Along for the Ride on SINAI's 'Journeys' (February 18, 2021)
• Opening hearts and minds at Sinai (February 18, 2021)
• Saw You At SINAI: A Parent's Story (February 8, 2021)
• How SINAI Grew..Lovingly (February 5, 2021)
• Finding Her Voice: A Parent's Story (February 1, 2021)
• Helping the SINAI Schools Grow (January 22, 2021)
• My Friend Tova: A Ma'ayanot Student's Story (January 18, 2021)
• How I Got Here: An Alumnus' Story (January 16, 2021)
• Coming Full Circle: A Sister's Story (January 11, 2021)
• Advice to Past Me: An Alumnus' Story (January 4, 2021)
• My SINAI Education: As Someone Who Never Attended SINAI (December 29, 2020)
• Strengthening Our Students’ Inner Flames (December 18, 2020)
• How the SINAI Schools started (December 18, 2020)
• Life is Not a Game of Monopoly: A Grandparent's Story (December 14, 2020)
• I Am a Rock: A Parent's Story (December 7, 2020)
• My SINAI Journey: A Parent's Story (December 3, 2020)
• Introducing a Season of SINAI Stories (December 3, 2020)
• What Do I Want to Do When I Grow Up? (November 19, 2020)
• It's All About The Children (November 12, 2020)
• It's a Natural Fit: SINAI at YCQ Launches in Queens (October 29, 2020)
• We Each Have A Purpose: A Parents’ Story (September 21, 2020)
• Flexibility and hope: Local yeshiva day schools plan to reopen (August 24, 2020)
• Courage, gratitude, and resilience: Sinai Schools looks at the lessons the pandemic teaches (July 16, 2020)
• Retooled approach for special-ed students brings surprising results during distancing era (July 6, 2020)
• SINAI Art Show Goes Virtual This Year (June 26, 2020)
• Stepping Outside Our Boxes (May 20, 2020)
• A Sensational Salute to Superheroes (May 14, 2020)
• Remote Learning: How Educators and Families Are Coping Amidst the Pandemic (April 27, 2020)
• RYNJer raises money for SINAI (April 3, 2020)
• Zoommates keeps us connected (April 3, 2020)
• What will they do when they finish school? (February 7, 2020)
• SINAI: Helping Children Believe in Themselves (February 6, 2020)
• Mindfulness is for Everyone (January 31, 2020)
• The RAIN on Water Event Space Sportstar of the Year: Tuvia Minchenberg (December 27, 2019)
• All Ed Is Special (December 13, 2019)
• My Experience with Yachad Birthright Israel (September 27, 2019)
• Camp Shalom Combines Torah, Fun and Inclusion (August 30, 2019)
• In cultural shift, Jewish day schools investing in special needs (August 22, 2019)
• Health Needs for Your Child with Disabilities (July 23, 2019)
• Catch SINAI + BVAC on the News! (June 14, 2019)
• SINAI/BVAC Partnership Produces Dynamic Results (May 30, 2019)
• SINAI at RYNJ Students Commemorate Yom HaShoah with Musical Performance (May 30, 2019)
• Teachers Are Magic (May 21, 2019)
• The Circle of Mitzvot (April 11, 2019)
• The Power of Inclusion (April 9, 2019)
• Creating High School Special Ed Lessons (April 3, 2019)
• STUDENT BLOG: Our Chessed Mission to New Orleans (March 26, 2019)
• SINAI at SAR Students Celebrate Siddur Presentation (March 18, 2019)
• Friendship Circle and SINAI Schools Team Up in Vocational Training Program (March 15, 2019)
• My SINAI Schools Story (March 7, 2019)
• SINAI Dinner draws a capacity crowd (March 7, 2019)
• SINAI at RYNJ Takes a Novel Trip (February 21, 2019)
• SINAI Schools Continues to Transform the Life of Our Daughter Chaya Ziporah (February 15, 2019)
• Cross River Honored with SINAI Community Partnership Award (February 8, 2019)
• A Visit to SINAI: A Special School for Special Needs (February 8, 2019)
• Soaring with SINAI (February 7, 2019)
• Morning Meeting at SINAI (January 28, 2019)
• In Memory of Nathaniel Cohen A"H (January 8, 2019)
• SINAI at Ma'ayanot Students Get Active and Involved in Veterans Day 5K (December 17, 2018)
• SINAI Schools Holds Parent Melave Malka (November 19, 2018)
• SAR Welcomes SINAI Students With Smiles (November 5, 2018)
• SINAI Summer Fun Expands Beyond Camps (July 27, 2018)
• On the Move for SINAI (July 27, 2018)
• Annual 'Swim for SINAI' Comes to Camp Shalom (July 13, 2018)
• Striking the Balance (June 18, 2018)
• Linked In: Teaching the Shoah to Children with Special Needs (May 24, 2018)
• Leadership By Design: SINAI Director Jordan Silvestri challenges Yeshivat HaKotel students to reflect on what makes a great leader (March 19, 2018)
• Yaakov Guttman, SINAI at JKHA alum and Israeli firefighter, inspires Kushner students to pursue their dreams (March 16, 2018)
• Fighting fire and stigma: How overcoming obstacles to learning inspires all (February 28, 2018)
• SINAI at SAR to Begin 'Shattering Stereotypes' in September (February 9, 2018)
• Putting Out Fires: SINAI Schools' honoree, featured in video, talks about his trajectory from rage to the IDF to Tel Aviv's fire department (February 2, 2018)
• We Are Moving Stories: Interview with Abigail Hepner Gross, Writer/Director/Producer of "Jacob's Footprints" (February 1, 2018)
• A Tale of Two Heroes: SINAI's Yaakov Guttman and Shimmy Stein (February 1, 2018)
• May All Our Dreams and Prayers Come True: SINAI Schools' video shows way forward for each child as it looks to February Gala (December 7, 2017)
• "Prayers from my Heart" Really Came from Three Hearts (December 7, 2017)
• SINAI Schools Is Recommended for Reaccreditation (November 17, 2017)
• Volunteers From Camps and the Community Help Make SINAI’s Summer Successful (September 1, 2017)
• The Latest from the Classroom, and Beyond---SINAI Schools to Hit Riverdale (August 28, 2017)
• Home Improvement With a Charitable Twist (August 1, 2017)
• Telling SINAI's Story: Special-needs school's videos win awards in international competition (July 7, 2017)
• SINAI Schools Wins Multiple Awards in Two International Film Competitions (July 6, 2017)
• SINAI Girls Participate in MakerXPO 2017 (June 21, 2017)
• SINAI Bear Givers Art Show Inspires (May 23, 2017)
• Aura Lurie Named as Director of SINAI at SAR Academy (May 17, 2017)
• Five Amazing Ways Music Therapy Can Help Children with Special Needs (May 12, 2017)
• Babe Ruth, by SINAI Shalem High School students at Heichal HaTorah (May 2, 2017)
• It's All About Perspective (May 1, 2017)
• Just Be a Friend (April 25, 2017)
• Everyone Come and Gather Around the Table….But For How Long? (April 3, 2017)
• Social Thinking (March 15, 2017)
• Do You Have a Growth Mindset? (March 9, 2017)
• A Silver Linings Life - Speech Delivered by Ilana Chill at the 2017 SINAI Dinner (March 7, 2017)
• SINAI: ‘This Is the School I Have Prayed For’ (February 14, 2017)
• ‘Jacob’s Footprints’-How Sinai Schools helps children with disabilities develop to their full potential (February 14, 2017)
• Bat Mitzvah Story (February 3, 2017)
• SINAI—A Crowning Jewel of Our Community (January 26, 2017)
• Chanukah is a Time for Giving---SINAI's "Givers' Club" (December 13, 2016)
• Sinai Schools dedicates wheelchair accessible van (December 6, 2016)
• Wisdom From Sinai, Powered By Holy Name (December 3, 2016)
• SINAI Schools Community Celebrates Van Donation by Lawrence B. Benenson (December 1, 2016)
• SINAI to Open New School (November 21, 2016)
• The Gap Year in Israel (November 9, 2016)
• What’s in Your Gallery? Using Different Modalities to Teach Students with Various Learning Styles (October 6, 2016)
• Holy Name is SINAI benefactor (September 13, 2016)
• Staples hosts SINAI school shop (September 13, 2016)
• SINAI Gets a School-Supply Boost from the Solomons and Staples (September 13, 2016)
• All In The Kosher Family (September 13, 2016)
• Campers Flip for ‘Swim for SINAI’ (August 8, 2016)
• The End is Just the Beginning (June 23, 2016)
• Testimonial From A SINAI Parent (June 16, 2016)
• SINAI and Holy Name Appear on PBS (May 25, 2016)
• It’s So Much More Than Just Basketball (May 23, 2016)
• A Moving Yom HaShoah (May 6, 2016)
• It’s Not About Cutting Bread (April 27, 2016)
• SINAI's Growing Again: Program for 18- to 21-year-old special needs boys to be housed at Teaneck’s Heichal HaTorah (April 15, 2016)
• SINAI’s Karasick Shalem High School for Boys to Open at Heichal HaTorah (April 7, 2016)
• Frisch Art is Dressed Up for Adar (March 24, 2016)
• Learning Through Drumming - SINAI Schools’ Music, Art Therapy Programs Help Special-Needs Students (February 22, 2016)
• For Over 30 Years, SINAI Has Turned Disabilities Into Possibilities (February 12, 2016)
• Jewish Standard Story Helps Sinai, Holy Name Medical Center Program (December 31, 2015)
• Refining A Partnership (November 6, 2015)
• TABC Students Engage in Meaningful Chesed (November 5, 2015)
• Transitions and the Chaos of September (September 24, 2015)
• Return Migration-Preparing for School to Start Again (August 28, 2015)
• Inclusion Designed for the Individual Child (August 27, 2015)
• Swimathon Helps Campers Make a Difference for Inclusion (July 9, 2015)
• What I Have Learned From My Students (June 18, 2015)
• Self-Expression Through Art: SINAI Schools Special Needs Students Display Their Work (June 16, 2015)
• Unique Inspirations: Bear Givers and SINAI Schools’ Student Art Show and Sale (June 16, 2015)
• How I Have Grown: My Pride in Graduating from SINAI’s Maor High School (May 28, 2015)
• Frisch 9th Grader Forges Frisch-SINAI Schools Artists Beit Midrash Partnership (April 30, 2015)
• Inclusion by Design: SINAI Schools Honors Holy Name Medical Center for Community Partnership (January 30, 2015)
• Planning for College: Accommodations for the Student with Learning Disabilities and ADHD (November 18, 2014)
• Planning for College: Eligibility and Access to Disability Services (November 10, 2014)
• SINAI Schools and RYNJ Present Their Third Gala Benefit Auction (November 5, 2014)
• Jobs for People with Special Needs (October 5, 2014)
• Teaching Halachic Practice to the Child with Learning Differences (September 1, 2014)
• Earlier is Significantly Better (July 24, 2014)
• Sinai and RYNJ Renew Long-Term Lease (July 18, 2014)
• Reading: The Key to Your Child’s Summertime Structure (July 7, 2014)
• Positive Changes (June 19, 2014)
• Sinai’s Young Adult Netivot Program Wraps Up Its First Year (May 8, 2014)
• 'Twas the Night Before Pesach... (April 11, 2014)
• In Memory of Ari Seidenfeld, A”H and Aharon Halley, A”H – 2 Beloved Students of SINAI (March 13, 2014)
• The Filmmaker and Films of Sinai Schools (March 6, 2014)
• Seeing SINAI (January 31, 2014)
• Sinai Schools Dinner Celebrating “Lev” Year (January 24, 2014)
• Making a Plan (December 2, 2013)
• Mental Health Support Can Reduce Violence (November 3, 2013)
• The Home/School Connection (October 21, 2013)
• There is More to Be Done: Caring for our Jewish Children with Psychiatric Challenges (October 17, 2013)
• The Truth about the Newtown Tragedy and Asperger's Syndrome (December 19, 2012)