Celebrating Together at Shalva

This year, thirty-six children with disabilities celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at Shalva together with their families and friends.

Shalva hosted four separate parties at the Shalva National Center over the course of the year, where

Shalva families gathered as a community to celebrate their children and their very special place as members of the community. The parties included festive meals, music, dancing and entertainment as well as a display of meaningful projects that the children prepared together with the Shalva staff. Throughout the year, an additional fifteen children from countries around the world also chose to include Shalva in their Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations. Each of the children and their families integrated Shalva into their celebrations in their own unique way. They organized awareness and charity projects in their home communities, dedicated a portion of their gifts as a donation to Shalva, and some even had parties with the Shalva children during their family visits to Israel.