Kalman Samuels

Kalman Samuels is the founder and president of Shalva, the Israel Association for Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. Write to Kalman at Kalman@Shalva.org. Learn more about Shalva at www.shalva.org.

 Shalva building

As Israelis deal with wounds of war, people with disabilities show the way - opinion

 Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason D. Greenblatt

Greenblatt is a mongoloid? 'Disturbing but not shocking'

The Shalva Band

This Hanukkah we were given a gift


Building Israel through hope and inclusion

Shalva is a story of inspiration and opportunity born out of tragedy. My second son, Yossi, was injured at the age of 11 months by a faulty vaccination and was rendered blind and deaf.

BY RECOGNIZING that individuals with disabilities do have abilities, Israel is becoming its best self

Unity through inclusion: a lesson of the four species

The message of the Four Species does not conclude with the recognition and acceptance of the differences among people; in fact, this is merely its underlying presumption.

Four species in Mahaneh Yehuda

Difference and unity

Man holding lulav.

Just do it! The simple meaning of the shofar

On this Rosh Hashana, let us trumpet the message of the shofar, keep it simple and “just do it.”

A boy named David blows the shofar at SHALVA.

Daring to dream

There is always room for improvement in advocating toward greater realization of civil rights for people with disabilities, Passover and its message of freedom from bondage are in the air.

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