YACHAD Blog

Team IVDU California!

IVDU Boys Upper School just returned from their marathon weekend experience and they are flying high! The Marilyn and Sheldon David Upper Schools are dedicated to helping students be successful in school and be prepared to be independent, contributing, and fulfilled adults in the Jewish community. The marathon experience is an extension of these goals, […]

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Yachad raises over $2 million on Giving Day

Everything is relative. Sitting on a stove for a minute can seem like an hour and 36 hours can seem like a minute. Last week Wednesday & Thursday over a 36 hour period, Yachad smashed it’s previous giving records and successfully raised over $2 million. Strengthened by 10 regions across the US, Canada & Israel […]

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Yachad NY First Hotel Shabbat Since Covid-19 Started

  This past Shabbos, participants and staff from across the New York area participated in the first Yachad hotel Shabbaton since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Yachad High School Leadership Shabbaton. 225 people participated in the Shabbaton, which includes individuals with disabilities and high school leaders from 10 New York yeshiva high schools. The […]

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Yachad Giving Day Aiming for $2 Million Target

Excitement is building at Yachad and throughout the country and all its regions and divisions, including Ivdu, JUF, Summer for this year’s Giving Day campaign set to happen over 36 hours Dec 15-16, 2021. In 2021, Yachad demonstrated their resilience in the face of the current challenges. Despite the challenges facing the greater world as […]

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Yachad's First Sefer Torah Finds A Home at The Marilyn And Sheldon David Ivdu Upper Boys School

The simcha of a new Yachad Sefer Torah kept going as on Rosh Chodesh it was brought to The Marilyn and Sheldon David IVDU Upper Boys School in Brooklyn. The Hachnasas Sefer Torah began with a beautiful davening led by the students and rebbeim of IVDU. After Hallel, the Hachnasas Sefer Torah truly began with a […]

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Yachad’s First Sefer Torah

History was made on Sunday October 3rd as Yachad celebrated their first Hachnasas Sefer Torah. This Torah, dedicated in loving memory of Debbie Cohen Z’L, the mother in law of Ken Saibel (associate Director, Yachad International) who spent her life as a teacher within the special needs community, was completed with a gala celebration at the Yachad NJ Headquarters along with singing and dancing honoring this beautiful occasion. The festivities […]

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The Yachad Purim Megillah – an interactive experience for your shul!

Click here to display. For more info, contact Batya Jacob at batyaj@ou.org

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Renaming the IVDU High Schools – The Marilyn and Sheldon David IVDU High Schools

Sheldon David, z”l, was a long-time supporter of the IVDU school. Here he is with an IVDU student. In January 2021, on the occasion of Sheldon David’s 1st Yahrzeit, Yachad and IVDU are honored to announce the renaming of our IVDU High Schools as the Marilyn and Sheldon David High Schools. Marilyn, the first principial of IVDU, and […]

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Advisors B'Yachad

Virtual Buddies Join the Yachad Virtual Buddy program – bringing inclusive social opportunities to our members, everyone in the comfort of their own home! Please visit Yachad.org/VirtualBuddy to sign up for the Yachad buddy program and connect / socialize with a Yachad buddy for ~20 minutes once a week! Questions? Contact Yakira at BegunY@ou.org Yachad On Demand Advisors […]

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