Who participates in Ozreinu? Ozreinu participants are Jewish parents of children with special needs. We are parents who struggle with the challenges of raising children who are outside the box – while still trying to find our place within the Jewish community. Ozreinu offers us support through community, study, Torah and spirituality.

Rabbi Shawn Fields-Meyer is the founder and director of Ozreinu. She is the mother of three wonderful sons. Her middle son, Ezra, has autism. She teaches Torah frequently in Los Angeles and around the United States, and is the co-author, along with Jerusalem’s Noam Zion, of the book A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home.