In 2009, Ben founded Shireinu, an inclusion initiative for Jewish families with special needs, that now serves as a model for synagogues and churches around the country. Shireinu continues to receive prominent write-ups in the New York Times, The Jewish Week, Autism Speaks, Huffington Post, Jewish Journal, and Times of Israel, and received numerous awards and grants including the URJ’s Exemplar Award for Inclusion. Ben serves as co-chair of Inclusion and Disability Awareness for the Central Conference of American Rabbis. In 2014, Ben co-founded Tribe, a New York City Jewish community that engages Jewish Millennials through grassroots leadership and empowerment.
Sessions auxquelles Ben Spratt participe
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Worship
Shira Joseph, Congregation Shaaray Shalom (Participant.e)
Matan Koch (Participant.e)
Ben Spratt, Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Participant.e)
Edythe Mencher LCSW, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant.e)
Rebecca Dubowe, Moses Montefiore Temple (Participant.e)
Cantor Faryn Kates Rudnick, Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, IL (Participant.e)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Inman
Workshop
Rebecca Dubowe, Moses Montefiore Temple (Participant.e)
Shira Joseph, Congregation Shaaray Shalom (Participant.e)
Cantor Faryn Kates Rudnick, Temple Beth-El, Northbrook, IL (Participant.e)
Matan Koch (Participant.e)
Ben Spratt, Congregation Rodeph Sholom (Participant.e)
Edythe Mencher LCSW, Union for Reform Judaism (Participant.e)