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December 24, 2020

ADI Happenings

Doron Almog Among Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022

THE JERUSALEM POST

Avi Wortzman Cited in Globes Among 50 Top CEOs of 2022

Mazal Tov to Yaakov and Aviah!

“I haven’t completed a course since first grade.”

In the Press

Doron Almog Among Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022

THE JERUSALEM POST

Rocket-proof and ready for anything, new hospital near Gaza unfazed by flareup

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

LA Family Dedicates Petting Zoo in Israel in Memory of Daughter

JEWISH JOURNAL

Jewish Superstar Ishay Ribo’s Sold Out Jerusalem Concert Benefits ADI’s Disabled Children

THE JEWISH PRESS

Volunteers Voices

Leo E.

Bodelshausen, Germany

Anna-Suzette P.

Dusslingen, Germany

Rebecca S.

Morganville, New Jersey

Isabella S.

Menlo Park, California

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ADI (formerly ALEH Jerusalem and ALEH Negev-Nahalat Eran) is no longer associated with the ALEH network in any way. All donations for ADI Jerusalem and ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran should be made via channels explicitly bearing the ‘ADI’ name, including this website and our “Friends of ADI” offices in the US, Canada, and numerous other locations around the world.

🍋🌿♿ PACKED WITH POTENTIAL: The Negev Works

🍋🌿♿ PACKED WITH POTENTIAL: The Negev Workshop – ADI Ofakim is a unique employment center (just a few kilometers from ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran) that provides individuals from Israel’s south with varied levels of disabilities with a framework for personal advancement, social integration and gainful employment. In anticipation of the Sukkot holiday, the Negev Workshop employees are busy packing sets of “Arbat Haminim” for our partner, ‘Netinat Lulav,’ a wonderful organization that adds an extra touch of charity to the process of acquiring the four species. By purchasing your Arbat Haminim through Netinat Lulav, you can 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘇𝘃𝗮𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗗𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗲𝘃 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. It’s a WIN-WIN-WIN! 🙌🏻

𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝟭-𝟮-𝟯:
(1) Click on this link: https://www.netinatlulav.com/?associationId=245
(2) Choose your preferred set of Arbat Haminim
(3) Select a pick-up location in your neighborhood

📲 𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗪 & 𝗦𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗! 🗣️

#ADI #Ability #Diversity #Inclusion #Disability #Disabled @netinatlulav

𝗔𝗱𝗶@𝗔𝗗𝗜: I have the honor and pr

𝗔𝗱𝗶@𝗔𝗗𝗜: I have the honor and privilege of spending much of my time at ADI Jerusalem and ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran, and I am always in awe of the quality of care that our ADI residents and special education students receive from their teachers, therapists, doctors, nurses and volunteers. Thanks to their dedication, each member of our ADI family receives the tools and opportunities to thrive and reach their greatest potentials. This week, I had the opportunity to get to know P'nina Hirschfield, a Speech and Language Pathologist at ADI Jerusalem, who explained the benefits of the individualized growth plans and specialized services provided for our ADI residents and special education students:

“There was one student I worked with who had a very complex syndrome. He had been at ADI for a year already, and he wasn’t able to communicate, was not walking, and had frequent tantrums throughout the day during which he became inconsolable, and his parents were very distraught. I attended many meetings about this specific child together with his teacher, the Physical Therapist and the Occupational Therapist to decide how to best support him. As a team, we were able to come up with some strategies. Because we designed a consistent personalized treatment plan for him that was implemented by every staff member who worked with him, we were able to see drastic improvements. By the middle of the year, his tantrums had decreased, he was standing independently and he began using a few signs consistently. By the end of the year, he was walking, had more than 20 words and was speaking in two-word sentences! At ADI, we truly believe that the best way to help child reach their maximum potentials is by working together as a team to give them individualized care.”

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🌸 SHANA TOVA to our wonderful friends and suppo

🌸 SHANA TOVA to our wonderful friends and supporters around the globe! 🍯🍎

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💚 WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! 💚 Yesterday, the st

💚 WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! 💚 Yesterday, the students of Mechinat Ruach HaNegev, an exceptional Negev-based gap-year program focused on volunteering and community building, visited one of the communities where they hope to contribute most over the course of the year: the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran rehabilitation village. After receiving an overview of ADI Negev’s vision and programming, ADI’s North American Director of Development Elie Klein led the eager young volunteers and their program's Executive Director Etan Zivan on a tour of the expansive and innovative village. They asked wonderfully insightful questions, interacted beautifully with the residents and special education students, and met several of the ADI staff and volunteers, all of whom look forward to working alongside this impressive group of young men in the weeks ahead. May this be the beginning of another empowering and impactful year!

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Some SWEET faces to kick off your New Year. SHANA

Some SWEET faces to kick off your New Year. SHANA TOVA FROM ADI! 🍎🍯

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❤️ Another ADI Family Wedding! 🍾 Throughout

❤️ Another ADI Family Wedding! 🍾 Throughout high school, Yaakov was a dedicated ADI Jerusalem volunteer. Now an IDF soldier, he still goes out of his way to come "home" to ADI during his off days. Yaakov has developed such a deep connection with the ADI residents and his fellow volunteers, that he couldn’t imagine celebrating his wedding to his beloved, Aviah, without them. Yaakov and Aviah were incredibly emotional when they greeted the ADI residents on their special day – it made their hearts sing to include the ADI family in this momentous occasion. Here’s to Yaakov and Aviah on their life's journey together! And here’s to our amazing volunteers who live and breathe inclusion!

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"You have a responsibility to make inclusion a dai

"You have a responsibility to make inclusion a daily thought, so we can get rid of the word 'inclusion.'" --Theodore Melfi, Filmmaker ♿💚

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CONGRATS, GARDENING GRADS! 🎓🌿♿ Last week,

CONGRATS, GARDENING GRADS! 🎓🌿♿ Last week, 20 women and men with special needs from ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran’s ‘Gardeners Without Borders’ rehabilitation and employment program received certificates of achievement from Sapir Academic College upon the completion of an ‘Introduction to Eco-Agriculture’ course run in conjunction with Shomer HaChadash and subsidized by the Ministry of Social Affairs. With certification as farmers specializing in the agricultural industry’s latest trends, the gardeners can now seek gainful employment throughout Israel in the field of ecological farming. Prior to joining ADI Negev’s innovative gardening program, these women and men were labeled “unemployable”…and now, they have their choice of employment opportunities.

“I am so excited. I haven’t completed a course since I was in first grade,” said Emmanuel Nagash, a gardener at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran. “It’s hard to grasp that this is really happening. For me, it is a new beginning.”

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⌛ 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧

⌛ 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗛 𝗛𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗛 𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗦: https://adi-il.org/ability-boutique/ 🧉🍎 Enhance your Rosh Hashanah table or give a thoughtful gift and 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 – a truly meaningful way to kick off the New Year! ♿

🐝𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙨, 𝙋𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 & 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀! These beautiful, handcrafted ceramic items were created by ADI residents with severe disabilities, and 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 – providing them with the rehabilitative care and educational, vocational and social opportunities they need to reach their fullest potentials, and live happy, dignified, and meaningful lives. 👉𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗪: https://adi-il.org/ability-boutique/

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