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SUMMARY:Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Shabbat
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Shabbat morning during Jewish Disability Awareness a
 nd Inclusion Month to hear about the Israel ParaSport Center\, where Israe
 lis with disabilities come for physical and emotional  rehabilitation thr
 ough the power of adaptive sports and community\, and to learn from a para
 -athlete.\n\nFollowing Shabbat services and kiddush lunch\, families will 
 have the opportunity to play sports with these para-athletes during Shabba
 t is Awesome.\n\nThis Shabbat will be extra AWESOME as we welcome Israel P
 arasport for Jewish Disability Awareness &amp\; Inclusion Month. At 2PM\, 
 athletes from Israel Parasport will present in the gym and offer an opport
 unity for our kids to respectfully and safely learn how to be a wheelchair
  athlete.\n\nAs always\, please register for a shift to supervise gaga in
  the Rose Crown Room. As a reminder\, we cannot safely run this activity w
 ithout adult supervision. Thanks for pitching in!\n\nAnshe Emet is gratefu
 l to an anonymous donor for underwriting this year’s JDAIM Shabbat with 
 the Israel ParaSport Center.\nShabbat Schedule\n9:30AM\nShabbat morning se
 rvices in the Sanctuary and Rose Crown Minyan\n\n11:30AM\nRose Crown Minya
 n join Sanctuary service\n\n11:30AM\nDialogue with Asael Shabo and Rabbi D
 ’ror Chankin-Gould\n\n12PM\nKiddush lunch\n\n1PM\nShabbat is Awesome beg
 ins\n\n2PM\nLearn to play wheelchair basketball with Asael Shabo and Ilay 
 Yarhi in the Red Gym\n\n4PM\nShabbat is Awesome concludes\n\n\nAsael Shabo
 \nAfter losing his leg in a terror attack that took the lives of his mothe
 r and siblings\, many feared that 9-year-old Asael would never smile again
 . But his smile returned at The Center after discovering a love for hydrot
 herapy and wheelchair basketball. Today\, Asael is a professional wheelcha
 ir basketball player and proud father\, representing The Center around the
  world.\n\nLink to a video highlighting Asael's story.\n\nIlay Yarhi\nIlay
  is a wheelchair basketball player at the Israel ParaSport Center. He has
  played abroad twice on the U22 national team and in August 2025 on the Is
 rael national team.\n\nAt the age of two\, Ilay experienced bleeding in hi
 s spinal cord from an unknown cause\, which left him paralyzed from the wa
 ist down. He began playing wheelchair basketball at age nine and was part 
 of the U22 team that won 3rd place in the 2021 European Championships. In 
 June 2025\, he captained the U22 team in the World Championships in Brazil
 . In August 2025\, he played as part of the Israel national team in the Na
 tions Cup in Germany where they came in fifth against some of the stronges
 t teams in the world.\n\nIlay graduated high school in 2023. He is a one-p
 oint player\, which means he is in the classification level for players wi
 th the most severe disabilities in wheelchair basketball.\n\n\n\n
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