B'Tzelem Elohim

Join Rafi and Dori Kirshner as they discuss 25 Years of MATAN's incredible work promoting inclusion within the Jewish community.

Rafi sits down with disability advocate and comedian, Pamela Schuller, as they discuss her experience growing up with Tourettes and OCD and her work teaching inclusion to audiences across North America.

Join Rafi and Senior Advisor to the National Ramah Tikvah Network, Howard Blas, as they talk about the various programs offered by Jewish Camps to disabled campers and staff!

In this episode, Rafi talks with Cortney Kuperman about their work together at Camp Ramah in Nyack as part of the disability staff program. Rafi and Cortney emphasize the importance of self-advocacy, flexibility, and disabled young adults transitioning into the workplace.

In this episode, Rafi talks with long time friend and Rabbi, Paula Mack Drill, about inclusion within Synagogues and religious spaces for neurodivergent Jews.

In this episode, Rafi sits down with Dr. Ilana Kustanowitz, the school psychologist at Schechter Bergen. They talk about the benefits of positive psychology and warm communities for people of all abilities, including disabled and neurodiverse people.

Rafi explores the importance of inclusion, with its variety of forms with Michelle Steinhart. They focus on the work of MATAN, the role Hebrew school educators have to play in accessible education, and the different paths that Rafi and her son have gone down as they find the right fit for them.

In his first episode, Rafi talks with his mom, Benay Josselson, about his self-advocacy journey, the work she has done including her neurodiverse employees, and the important work ahead for both society and individuals.