CINCINNATI, Oct. 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saul Schottenstein Foundation B has made a grant to The Mandell Jewish Community Center ("Mandell JCC"), in support of the organization's Jewish Film Festival which will be showing three films from the ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival ("ReelAbilities").
The contribution shall be used to assist Mandell JCC in making three ReelAbilities films available as part of the Jewish Film Festival at the Mandell JCC in Hartford, Connecticut.
ReelAbilities promotes awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with differing abilities. It is designed to help raise consciousness and educate people to transform their ideas about what it means to have a disability, to promote awareness, in order to foster a more caring, sensitive and inclusive community. Jeffrey P. Harris, Saul Schottenstein's nephew and a trustee of Saul Schottenstein Foundation B, believes the contribution furthers the foundation's mission to partner with organizations that foster human acceptance, organic oneness of life, and helping people experience their common humanity.
The Saul Schottenstein Foundation B was established in 2009 by the Estate of Saul S. Schottenstein. Visit the Saul Schottenstein Foundation B Web site at www.saulschottensteinfoundationb.org.