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Tag: Dyslexia

0 Culture Education

Henry Winkler’s Emerson Commencement Speech Is One of the Best We’ve Ever Heard

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 13 May

Henry Winkler delivered a memorable commencement speech at Emerson College, blending humor and heartfelt advice.

0 Education Communities

The Gopins: When a Child Cannot Read [Divergence 6/6]

18forty · 6 May 2025

David Bashevkin interviews Bayla Gopin, a student with dyslexia, her mother Chana, and Shulamit Roth, the founder of Yeshivat Shalshelet, about the challenges and strategies for supporting Jewish children with language-based learning disabilities.

0 Education Sports

Former basketball star Tamir Goodman, aka the ‘Jewish Jordan,’ helps kids understand dyslexia

Joseph Strauss in JTA · 3 Jan 2025

Tamir Goodman, known as the "Jewish Jordan," is making an impact beyond basketball by helping children understand dyslexia.

0 Education Communities

The Shefa School, designed for kids with learning disabilities, welcomes its students to a new, $100M Upper West Side campus

Julia Gergely in JTA · 3 Sep 2024

The Shefa School, a pluralistic Jewish day school for children with language-based learning disabilities, has unveiled its new $100 million campus on New York City's Upper West Side.

0 Television/Film History

The Fonz, still cool 50 years on

Jewish Chronicle · 4 Jun 2024

Henry Winkler, known for his iconic role as the Fonz on "Happy Days," shares personal stories including his family's escape from Nazi Germany, struggles with dyslexia, and yearning for parental approval in his memoir "Being Henry: The Fonz and Beyond."