Special needs

The invisible scar is the one we refuse to see - opinion

Special in Uniform, a joint initiative with JNF USA, integrates young people with special needs into meaningful IDF service while creating powerful human connections that extend beyond the military.

Nitzan Yuval.
SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.

Through a mother's eyes: The wartime struggle of Israelis with special needs - comment

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

Education Ministry says students' grades will not be affected by absences during Iran war

Illustrative image of woman wearing handcuffs.

Hadera woman fires handgun at husband after catching him mid-sex act with coworker


Elwyn nonprofit marks death of Halak with special-needs campaign

On May 30, Hallak, a 32-year-old special-needs student from east Jerusalem, was shot by Border Police in the Old City on his way to Jerusalem’s Elwyn Al-Quds Employment Training Center.

ISRAEL ELWYN CEO David Marcu holds a 'Safety for All' poster

Memorial garden will provide equal employment for special needs people

The memorial garden at ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran has been dedicated to Rhoda Fischer.

A member of the ALEH Negev gardening team tends to the Rhoda Fischer Memorial Garden at ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran on July 5, 2020.

Teenager with special needs violently arrested for not wearing a mask

In a video depicting the arrest, the policemen are shown pinning down the teenager as he screams out in pain.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

B'nai B'rith, JNF, to honor Holocaust-era educator Samuel Bein

The joint effort to recognize Bein is part of a long history collaborative projects between the B'nai B'rith and JNF.

Simon Wiesenthal Path Inaugurated in Martyrs Forest

Gvanim: The non-profit improving the lives of special-needs persons

Gvanim’s uniqueness is that each person has a plan developed specifically to meet his/her specific needs.

Gvanim Surf Club's Riding The Waves program

Border Police shoot, kill unarmed special needs student in east Jerusalem

Following the incident, the gates to the Old City were closed by Jerusalem police, in fear of protests. The Temple Mount is scheduled to reopen Sunday.

Palestinians look on as Israeli police set up a checkpoint in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud October 14, 2015

Hamas wants 'intifada' after Iyad al-Hallak shooting, protests expected

On Saturday, a protest titled "Murder in the Streets: Justice for Iyad al-Hallak" is scheduled to start in Jerusalem at 8:30 p.m., while another is scheduled to start in Jaffa at 7:30 p.m.

Israeli policemen patrol a street in the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat

A Special Olympics lesson about togetherness

How disabled athletes teach us that the isolation we face today can bring forth a new togetherness for tomorrow

Ayalon Ozri

New initiative brings artists, musicians to special needs children

Artists and musicians donate their time for these interactive performances, which include music, storytelling, and magic and animal shows.

Musician Nitzan Roitman is one of the artists who performed in on the Artists TakeAction platform

Coronavirus: A plea for humane solutions for people with autism

People with autism who are nonverbal and low functioning, sadly, may find themselves hospitalized and heavily medicated on locked wards of psychiatric hospitals.

A MUSLIM and a Jew work together to care for young adults with autism in ‘The Specials.’