Jacob and Rabbi Eli sit in plush, maroon armchairs during a conversation at Congregation Emanu-El. Rabbi Eli, on the left, is a middle-aged man with a grey beard and a purple kippah, listening intently. Jacob, on the right, is seen in profile wearing a black t-shirt and a kippah, gesturing with his hands as he speaks. The background features tall wooden bookshelves filled with various religious texts.

Light in the Darkness

By Jennifer Hartley People all over the world awoke to shock and horror at the news of the terrorist attack at a Hanukkah event last weekend in Australia. Hanukkah is a time of light amidst the darkness, and a remembrance of that strong resilience of the Jewish people. May Jewish people everywhere feel us supporting them in […]

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A large group of approximately 20 women of diverse ages are posing together for a group photo in a warmly lit, modern room. They are standing on a polished wooden floor in front of a neutral-colored curtain and a large screen. Many of the women are smiling and waving. One woman in the center is wearing a pink dress, and another nearby is wearing a grey dress with a floral pattern and has a cane and a service dog at her feet.

Dressability helps people with disabilities reclaim confidence through clothing that reflects them

Listen to this Article On a warm Sydney afternoon, 72-year-old Linda — now living in a nursing home — slowly lowers her very swollen feet toward the gold sandals that once welcomed one foot and fought the other. This time, after a shoemaker added a discreet strip of elastic, both shoes finally slide on. She

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Capella By Design

Listen to this Article Adaptive Fashion Products Everyday Valet Dressing Tool Simplify your daily dressing routine with a single, elegant tool. Designed to provide effortless reach, the Everyday Valet helps you pull on clothing or slip into shoes without unnecessary bending or straining. Visit Website Makeup Grips Rediscover the joy and ease of your makeup

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The future of fashion is inclusive and Mindy Scheier is dressing it with Runway of Dreams

Listen to this Article The story starts in a kid’s closet, not a Paris showroom. Mindy Scheier’s son Oliver was eight, tired of sweatpants and compromise. He walked in from school and said the sentence that flipped his mother’s life inside out. “Mom, I want to wear jeans like everybody else.” It was a simple

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A group of five smiling individuals—three women and two men—stand and sit together in a bright, white studio. All are wearing white t-shirts or tank tops and denim jeans, with their waistbands partially pulled down to expose their lower abdomens, where ostomy pouch covers of various colors (beige and black) are visible.

Osto.me Fashion brings colour, polish and couture energy to the world of ostomy covers

Listen to this Article With Paula Sojo, confidence doesn’t arrive late or linger in the shadows. It leads, bold and unapologetic, the first thing you see. At 23, the Toronto creator and co-founder of Osto.me Fashion treats an ostomy cover like a satin clutch or a perfect pair of hoops . . .  definitely not as

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Laura Wagner Mayer on Adaptive Fashion, Inclusive Design and Owning the Runway

Listen to this Article Laura Wagner Mayer’s fearless fashion The first time Laura Wagner-Mayer felt like she owned the room, she was seventeen, standing in front of a mirror in a custom-made dress for her matric farewell dance. Not just any dress. This one was shaped around her. A high-low hem that skimmed at just

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