B'Tzelem Elohim Podcast, Episode Three: Dr. Ilana Kustanowitz

From Rafi Josselson

In this episode, Rafi sits down with Dr. Ilana Kustanowitz, the school psychologist at the Schechter Bergen school. They talk about the benefits of positive psychology and warm communities for people of all abilities, including disabled and neurodiverse people.

---

Rafi Josselson is an autistic senior at the Leffell School in Westchester County. Rafi has spoken at multiple places across the Northeast including; Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, Temple Israel Center, and, the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. He also has written blogs for MATAN, for his website, and for Jewish Disability Inclusion News. He is also excited to announce the launching of the first-ever Jewish Disability Podcast: B'tzelem Elohim. Rafi hopes to spread a message of Empathy, Inclusion, Awareness, and, Acceptance through his work. Outside of Autism Advocacy; Rafi is the co-president of his shul’s USY Chapter, a regular Torah reader and tefillah leader at synagogue and school, including as the 12th-grade student tefillah coordinator, a Hartman Teen Fellow, a counselor at Ramah Day Camp in Nyack, a managing editor for his school’s newspaper, and, an avid reader of both books and the news.