Spiritual dimensions of bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies for Jewish children with developmental disabilities

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 314-322

  Vogel, Gila ^a,c   Reiter, Shunit ^b  

^a BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

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