Welcoming Our New Board Co-President
We are delighted to welcome Lisa Hills to the Gateways Board Co-Presidency for a two-year term. Read More
News
Mental Health Awareness Month at Gateways
The purpose of National Mental Health Awareness Month is to make sure no one struggling with their mental health feels alone — join Gateways as we celebrate. Read More
What “Never Again” Means This Year
In the coming weeks, our Mitzvah Mensches class will be learning about how, this year, Israel helped to rescue and welcome nine Holocaust survivors from Ukraine on the eve of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read More
What CODA Teaches Us about Passover
CODA is poignant, made all the more powerful because of the authenticity of the actors reflecting their lived experience with this disability in their roles. Read More
Our 2020-21 Annual Report: Maintaining Connection, Maintaining Community
Last year was one of the most challenging years in our history, where we juggled in-person and virtual offerings and determined our organizational strategic priorities in the face of enormous uncertainty during a global pandemic. Read More
The World Turned Upside Down
This past Sunday felt like a new and jubilant kind of “upside down” as our Jewish Education Program students celebrated Purim together for the first time in two years. Read More
Caring for Children in a War Zone
When you are deeply involved with the care of our community’s most vulnerable, that is who you think of first whenever there is a crisis. Read More
Shaping Attitudes through the Language of Disability
People with disabilities have advocated for using the term “disability” as an important step towards removing the stigma that often is associated with having a disability. Read More
Why the Gates to Inclusion Are Wide Open Right Now
“Why isn’t it JDAIM every month?” I was thinking to myself this week as Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month, or JDAIM, which takes place annually in February, kicked off. Read More
What a Day of Service Looks Like
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” asked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., famously. At Gateways, we decided to answer this question by instituting our own “Day of Service” this year on MLK Day, instead of holding our usual office hours. Read More