Shalva leads the way the world understands, cares for, and embraces disability.
We’re on a mission to provide quality care for people with disabilities, empower their families, and promote social inclusion.
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Because we believe every person with disabilities deserves the opportunity to maximize his/ her potential. We develop programs, pioneer therapy and wellness solutions, and create global communities around the common goal of inspiring hope and changing the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
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Hope Every Day 4
Shalva provides a holistic continuum of services for thousands of people with disabilities from infancy through adulthood. Shalva’s comprehensive, life-cycle programs include leading-edge therapies, inclusive educational frameworks, social and recreational activities, employment training, and independent living. Support and respite programs enable families to raise their children with disabilities within the family framework. A thread of inclusion runs through all of Shalva’s programs, empowering people with disabilities to become contributing members of society. Shalva gives equal access and opportunity to all participants regardless of religion, ethnic background, or financial capability.
Standards of Management and Partnerships Shalva’s award-winning programs are authorized by Israeli government ministries and are certified to provide professional care for every category of disability. Shalva partners with government bodies, municipalities and cultural establishments to provide optimal care and unique opportunities for its beneficiaries. Shalva’s excellence in operations, program development, financial accountability and transparency receive esteemed recognition. In 2018 Shalva was awarded consultative status to the United Nations.
Charity Navigator 4 Star Rating
GuideStar Platinum
Iternational Organization of Standardization (ISO)
Midot Seal of Effectiveness
United Nations Consultative Status
National Insurance Institute
Shalem Fund
משרד החינוך מינהל חברה ונוער
TOTO Winner
National Lottery of Israel
Jerusalem Municipality
Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Health
IDF Home Front Command
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Programs for Children & Families Ages 6–21
Overnight & Weekend Respite Dedicated by Susan and Leonard Feinstein Children between the ages of 6-21 sleep over at Shalva’s Respite Center
Ages 0-18 months
Ages 1–6
Early Intervention
Inclusive Education
Me and My Mommy in Memory of
Inclusive Day Care and Preschools
Maurice Lowinger Arriving just weeks after birth, infants with disabilities are guided to achieving their first developmental milestones through intensive parent-child therapy sessions. Parents struggling with the foreign and isolating reality of raising a child with disabilities receive professional guidance to cultivate fortitude and hope as co-therapists in their child’s rehabilitative process.
Shalva’s Inclusive Day Care and Preschools offer an enriching curriculum that promotes the values of inclusion, individualism, and appreciation of diversity. A staff of educators, social workers, and therapists collaborate to create a vibrant program which nurtures physical and cognitive growth while inspiring inclusive friendships. The preschool prepares children with and
one night a week and two weekends each month. They receive individualized guidance in personal care, enjoy fun evening activities and master independence skills while their families receive a rare opportunity to rejuvenate their spirits and focus on personal needs.
Ages 6-21
Rehabilitative Recreation After School Activity Center in Memory of Sima & Rubin Wagner
without disabilities for integration into
The After School Activity Center is
the mainstream education system by
where Shalva’s children, together
first grade.
with peer volunteers from the broader community, enjoy daily therapyoriented activities such as sports, drama, arts, music and swimming. The program’s experiential learning curriculum prepares children with disabilities for the transition to adulthood and the world beyond.
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Ages 6–21
All ages
Summer Camp
Oral Health for Everyone
During summer vacation, 300 children with disabilities participate in day camps and overnight camps at the Shalva National Center. Shalva’s camps uniquely demonstrate both inclusion and reverse inclusion by enabling children with disabilities to experience public attractions and activities together with peer volunteers from the broader community.
All ages
Sports and Wellness
OHEV provides a unique wellness solution to increase the quality and
All ages
Family Support
accessibility of oral health for children
Shalva supports parents to raise their
with disabilities by encouraging
children with disabilities at home within
life-style based interventions
the family framework. A staff of social
and preventative care. Dentistry
workers and disability professionals
professionals conduct individual
provide personal counseling and
intervention programs and teach the
conduct ongoing support groups for
children proper oral hygiene practices.
parents, grandparents, siblings, and
Educational initiatives for parents
disability caregivers. Shalva empowers
explore pediatric oral healthcare needs
parents to find hope and belonging,
for children with disabilities.
create family cohesion, and lead thriving lives.
On a daily basis, Shalva’s state-ofthe-art, disability accessible sports facilities are utilized by hundreds of children with disabilities either as part of Shalva’s core programs or collaborative initiatives. They enjoy a range of rehabilitative fitness activities such as hydrotherapy and swimming lessons, therapeutic workouts, as well as inclusive basketball, soccer and Judo.
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Hope for a Bright Future Programs for Adults Shalva provides a nurturing framework for adults with disabilities to live independently and benefit from meaningful employment and leisure opportunities. Shalva’s multifaceted adult services structure ensures that adults with varying levels of disability can expand their potential for personal development and social inclusion. Whether an independent living resident, an employment training student, or a participant in social support activities; beneficiaries are escorted through the various programs with personal and professional guidance to ensure their success and satisfaction. Following three decades of program development for children, Shalva’s adult services offer new opportunities for Shalva’s graduates and others from the community to build their futures with dignity and quality of life.
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Independent Living in the Community Shalva operates independent living apartments in the community for men and women with disabilities. Enveloped by professional and social support, the residents foster cohesive familylike relationships and successful integration into community life. Shalva’s high standard apartments and ratio of residents to caregivers promote quality of life and a stable, long-term independent living solution
successful workplace inclusion.
Vocational Training
Circle of Support is a program designed
We employ adults with disabilities in
Shalva’s vocational training program
for adults with lower functioning
various positions and departments
prepares adults with disabilities for
abilities who currently reside with
such as teaching assistants in the
inclusion in the mainstream workforce
their parents in the community
inclusive preschools, musicians in
through formal study, interactive
and seek social leisure activities.
the Shalva Band and waiters at Café
practicum and supervised employment.
They attend weekly outings with
Shalva. Some employees work in
The program is operated in partnership
professional counselors and benefit
Shalva’s creative workshop where
with local colleges and the Ministry of
from a personally tailored, experiential
they produce tea packages, ceramics
Labor, providing graduates with official
learning curriculum geared toward
and other marketable products. Our
certification and the opportunity to
advancing their independence skills.
employees receive ongoing guidance
enter the mainstream job market with
Participants also benefit from a
to navigate an inclusive workplace
equal qualifications to counterpart
host of recreational group activities
setting through support groups and
candidates without disabilities. Some
throughout the year.
professional counseling.
courses include floral design and
for adults with disabilities.
Circle of Support
Employment Shalva serves as a model for
culinary arts.
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hope for
Inclusion: The Enormous Power of Good Thousands of people annually participate in Shalva’s community and inclusion initiatives which take place regularly at the Shalva National Center and around the world. Our greater Shalva family is made of people with extra-large hearts, national dignitaries and individuals alike, who have taken on the mission of inspiring hope and changing the lives of people with disabilities.
Team Shalva in the Jerusalem Marathon
Cultural Events & Conferences
Café Shalva
In addition to housing Shalva’s programs
is part of a boutique chain of culinary
the Shalva National Center functions
Shalva’s team of over 1,000 runners
establishments in the Jerusalem
as a hub of community activity; hosting
infuses the Jerusalem Marathon with
area and a model of employment
cultural events and educational
“Shalva purple” and an irresistibly
inclusion. The café has been positively
conferences several times a week.
inspiring energy. Together with
reviewed for its delicious menu and
Shalva’s expansive, disability accessible
hundreds of runners from abroad,
inviting atmosphere. Exemplifying true
auditorium enables people with
celebrity and national heroes,
inclusion, adults with disabilities work
disabilities to experience culture while
volunteers, and of course Shalva’s
side-by-side their peer counterparts
simultaneously exposing audiences
children and their families, Team Shalva
without disabilities as waiters and
from the broader community to the
annually kicks off the marathon’s
sous-chef; offering a new quality of
world of disabilities in a most positive
“community run”.
cuisine, experience, and life.
light.
Shalva Ambassadors Program Hundreds of gap year students volunteer at Shalva on a weekly basis, providing backbone support to our programs and friendship to Shalva’s children. Their genuine care and positive energy are invaluable components of Shalva’s magical inclusion. They are Shalva’s ambassadors in their home communities
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Café Shalva, located in the Shalva National Center and open to the public,
Shalva Band
Shalva SHOP
The Shalva Band is comprised of eight
The Shalva National Center gift shop
talented musicians with disabilities who
offers visitors a selection of artistic
are employed by Shalva and perform by
and unique items for sale, such as
invitation with celebrity artists and at
jewelry, homeware, toys, and Judaica;
cultural events. Inspiring crowds with
some of which are produced by adults
their professional musical repertoire
with disabilities at Shalva’s creative
and charm, the band is a celebrated
workshop. Purchases serve as
model of inclusion for audiences across
meaningful souvenirs and all profits
the globe.
directly support Shalva.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Programs Families from around the world make Shalva a meaningful part of their Bar/ Bat Mitzvah celebrations. They engage their communities in chesed projects on behalf of Shalva’s children, dedicate gifts to support our programs, or celebrate with a party at the Shalva National Center in Israel.
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A Mother’s Promise
Fulfilled
Shalva was founded in 1990 by Kalman and Malki
immediately filled a gaping void in rehabilitative
Samuels, but its story begins thirteen years earlier when
opportunities for children with disabilities in Israel;
their son, Yossi was rendered blind and deaf among other
expanding to include early intervention therapies,
challenges as a result of injury during his early infancy.
inclusive educational frameworks, summer camps, a
At the age of eight Yossi experienced a communication
band, sports teams as well as independent living and
breakthrough, miraculously learning sign language in the
employment for adults. Respite and family support
palm of his hand. Malki remembered a promise that she
components quickly became organizational staples.
made during those isolating and exhausting years; that if G-d would help her son she would dedicate herself to helping other families in similar situations.
With its scope of services and amount of beneficiaries expanding from year to year; Shalva moved to larger locations and eventually built the Shalva National Center.
With six local children in a small apartment, the Samuels’
Its every detail was designed with intention, from its
started the After School Activity Center which presently
enveloping artistic interior to leading-edge facilities;
remains Shalva’s mainstay program. The organization
built with the most solid of foundations- the love and devotion of parents.
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Shalva partners with government institutions and universities around the world in research and education projects to pioneer wellness solutions for people with disabilities and their families. International groups of disability professionals and academics visit the Shalva National Center to learn about our successful therapy methodologies and programs.
Shalva is Israel’s official National Crisis Response Center for people with disabilities; providing immediate, countrywide relief for people with disabilities during periods of national crisis. This unprecedented initiative includes long and short-term shelter, therapy and support programs for 1,200 people with disabilities.
Global Impact
Shalva is effectively shaping social policy and changing the standards of disability care and inclusion on global levels, impacting the world beyond the individuals and families in our direct care.
Through international partnerships with medical centers, universities and organizations, Shalva shares its knowledge and expertise to advance disability care in countries with less advanced social services. Shalva’s inclusion initiatives engage millions of people across the globe who are inspired to learn about the world of disability and experience the hope of a better, more inclusive society.
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Magic Happens
Here
The Shalva National Center is one of Israel’s largest centers for disability care and inclusion. Since its inauguration in 2016, the center has opened new doors of opportunity for people with disabilities and their families. Its expansive, state-of-the-art facilities and unique programs have enhanced the standard of disability services and monumentally impacted the lives of people with disabilities in Israel and around the world.
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The Shalva National Park for Inclusion in memory of Ambassador Roland E. Arnall
The Steven Diamond Sports and Wellness Center
The RecanatiKaplan Auditorium
The Sports Center is a hub of
disability professionals and leading
community-wide, inclusive fitness
organizations as well as cultural
activities for Shalva’s children and
events several times a week. The
other individuals with disabilities.
auditorium has the highest density of
Located at the entrance of the Shalva
Shalva houses some of Israel’s
wheelchair accessible seating in Israel
National Center campus, the National
largest and most advanced disability
and is designed to accommodate
Park for Inclusion includes three areas
accessible sports facilities; including
inclusive casts and audiences, with
of disability accessible playground
an expansive multi-purpose
disability accessible stage features
installations that are suitable for various
gymnasium, swimming pools that
and podiums. The home stage of the
levels of challenge. Open to the broader
are specially designed for therapy
Shalva Band, Shalva’s auditorium
public, the park is visited by hundreds of
purposes, completely accessible locker
exposes thousands of people from
children every day and creates a unique
rooms, therapy rooms, and a fitness
the broader community to the
haven of inclusion and acceptance.
center with disability accessible
celebrated talents of people with
equipment.
disabilities.
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Shalva’s spacious auditorium hosts educational conferences for
The Susan and Leonard Feinstein Respite Floor
The Manette and Louis Mayberg Café Shalva
of program participants, visitors
The respite floor is comprised of
Café Shalva is a boutique
and guests with a warm and inviting
five connected pavilions, each with
restaurant that is also an inclusive
energy. An open, three story atrium
apartment-style living quarters
equal-opportunity workplace,
envelopes all who enter with an
that include spacious bedrooms for
simultaneously offering a high-end,
overhead artistic mobile of colorful
children and staff, a common area,
delicious culinary experience as well
butterflies turning gently in the
a private bathroom and a balcony.
as the opportunity to participate
breeze. The installation is the largest
The intimate pavilions create a
in a meaningful inclusion initiative.
creation of renowned artist David
comfortable, home-like environment
The café is operated in partnership
Gerstein and symbolizes Shalva’s
which is familiar and friendly. The
with the management of leading
mission to give our children the tools
floor also has a self-care salon and
culinary establishments and has
they need to fly to the best of their
an independent living apartment
been reviewed with esteemed
ability and reach unimaginable heights.
where older participants can practice
acclaim and popularity, bringing tens
home economics in a realistic yet
of thousands of people from the
supervised environment.
broader community into Shalva.
The Leon and Leesa Wagner Family Atrium The main entrance to the Shalva National Center welcomes thousands
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This is what happens when you bring together Parents who are dedicated to giving their children the best lives and futures
Children who are supported to achieve their dreams Professionals who see abilities and create possibilities
A society that cares for its citizens
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Communities that believe in opening new doors for
opportunity Friends who know that everyone can make a difference
There is HOPE
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Leadership PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT
Norman Alpert*
Adam Chill*
CHAIRS OF THE BOARD
TREASURER
Nathan Low* Leon Wagner*
Yoni Leifer*
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD EMERITUS Hillel Weinberger*
Jacques Semmelman*
SECRETARY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jane Gol Michael Kleinberg Mitchell Presser Daniel Schwartz Loren Weiss David Zwillinger
Director, Southeast Region Lauren Masuzzo
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Leo Klein
CANADIAN FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BRITISH FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Director
President Emeritus
Chief Executive
President
Johanna Brooks
Jerry Kushner
Gaby Hirsch
Deborah Fisher
President
Board of Directors
Honorary Patrons
Trustees
Lenny Rothschild
Gordon R. Diamond
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
John Corre
Esty Edell
Esther Wachsman
Howard Goldring
Eli Grossman Renee Lieberman
Ronen Kannor Michelle Shemtob
Aleta Shiff Brucyne Sud Scott Woodrow
Israeli Friends Board of Directors
International Academic Research Committee
research and development
Chairman
Chairperson
Chairperson
Ehud Savyon
Malka Margalit, PhD
Dr. Ariel Tennenbaum
BOARD members
Members
Members
Yaron Kestenbaum
Jake Burack, PhD
Dr. Hanoch Cassuto
Sefi Mei-Zahav
Michael Guralnick, PhD
Prof. Joseph Shapira
Yan Piskunov
Amid Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DRPH
Liat Rahat, MSW
Helen Roet-Nitzan
Arie Rimmerman, PhD/DSW
Liron Benisti, M.Sc.OT
Baruch Shkalim
Melvyn I. Semmel, EdD, FAPA, FAAMR
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AMERICAN FRIENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Arrive curious. Leave inspired. Reuven Rivlin President of Israel
Shimon Peres OBM Former President of Israel
“Every time I meet members of Shalva’s
“All those who criticize Israel should
staff, volunteers, and the extended
come to Shalva and witness the other
Shalva family, I come to understand
side of Israel. The most noble, loving and
what is love, what is endless dedication,
caring Israel. I am proud to be part of
what is giving. And for this I thank you.”
this Israel.”
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel
Nir Barkat Former Mayor of Jerusalem
“We salute what Shalva is doing in Israel
"When people come to Jerusalem, they
which I think is a beacon to the entire
ask me what they should see. I tell them
world, what Shalva recognizes is that
to visit Shalva. You don't come out the
each human being has a soul.”
same person; the center changes you."
Colonel Golan Wach Home Front Command of the Israel Defense Forces
Malka Margalit, PhD Recipient of the Israel Prize in the field of Education Research
“Shalva established an amazing center
“Shalva spearheaded social change in the
which I would call no less than a “Noah’s
caring and development of a child with
Ark”, To care for the weakest people in
disabilities and their families.”
society who need it the most.”
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ISRAEL Shalva National Center 1 Shalva Road POB 34449, Jerusalem 9134302 T +972-2-651-9555 F +972-2-653-5787 E info@shalva.org
USA American Friends of Shalva New York 315 Fifth Avenue, 6Th Fl. New York, NY 10016 T +1-212-725-0900 F +1-212-725-5624 E leo@shalva-usa.org Florida 78 S.W. 7th Street, Suite 500 Miami, FL 33130 O +1-786-814-5368 M +1-954-536-8481 E lauren@shalva-usa.org
UK British Friends of Shalva Suit D, Kiln House 15-17 High Street Elstree, Herts, WD6 3BY T +44-203-866-5741 E uk@shalva.org
CANADA Canadian Friends of Shalva 201 Bridgeland Avenue Toronto, Ontario M6A 1Y7 T +1-647-884-3636 F +1-416-256-4003 E canadianfriends@shalva.org
MEXICO Mexican Friends of Shalva Hacienda del Ciervo #27 - 504 Hacienda de las Palmas Huixquilucan Edo de Mexico CP 52787, Mexico City T +52-55-52163542 E stevanjennifer@gmail.com
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