Jewish Disabilities Advocates

Jewish Disabilities Advocates 2025 Theme: Accessibility and Accommodations in Jewish Spaces

JDAIM Community Learning Evening

We enjoyed a great evening learning with wonderful disability advocate Emily Ladau on Thursday, February 6. Watch the recording below to learn from Emily about demystifying disability and advocating for accessibility and accommodations in Jewish spaces.

You can also view the breakout room sessions:

1. Strategies for furthering accessibility and accommodations in Jewish spaces with Erica Baruch.

2. Challenges and benefits of asking for accommodations for you or a loved one with Carol Morris.

3. Using storytelling to build a culture or accessibility and inclusion with Emily Ladau.

JDAIM Shabbat Programs throughout the Community

Please visit our JDAIM 2025 Blog for information about JDAIM Shabbat programs throughout Denver and Boulder. 

Accessibility and Accommodations in Jewish Spaces

This guide to Accessibility and Accommodations in Jewish Spaces discusses the importance of involving individuals with disabilities in accessibility efforts and offers several steps individuals and organizations can take to improve accessibility.

This Purim handout provides suggestions for hosting an accessible Megillah Reading, Purim Shpiel, and Purim Carnival. 

This family activity for Purim provides easy instructions for creating a sensory-friendly grogger/noisemaker. 

JDA Haverim and Best Buddies

JDA Haverim is a group of adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) that connect with each other and with the Jewish community. Jewish Family Service Best Buddies chapter matches Jewish adults with and without IDD in one-to-one friendships that develop and are sustained over many years.

JDA Collaborative and Partner Organizations

The JDA Collaborative works to improve inclusion and belonging of people with disabilities at the organizational level and across the Denver metro area Jewish community. Denver and Boulder synagogues, Jewish communal agencies, and other faith-based organizations collaborate to ensure Jews with a broad range of disabilities and their families can participate in rich Jewish life and culture. 

Chronic Health Conditions Support Group

We seek to foster connection and community among those experiencing chronic health conditions, pain, and disability. Group meets monthly on Zoom from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

JFS Jewish Disabilities Advocates creates resources throughout the year to raise awareness and understanding of a variety of disabilities and how the Jewish community can engage and support individuals with disabilities and their families. Our resources follow our area of focus for the year.