Saturday, July 2, 2011

In Israel, two mothers start inclusive summer camp for disabled children

From The Jerusalem Post in Israel:Like most mothers, Beth Steinberg and Miriam Avraham used to dread the approach, each summer, of the long school vacation.“Miriam once described it to me as a catastrophe,” quips Steinberg, a New York native who made aliya in 2006 and at that time was looking for a summer program for her son, Akiva.“It is a catastrophe,” emphasizes Avraham, who was also born in