Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
I know deeply what it is to feel like I have to make a choice between my spiritual life and my sense of dignity as a disabled person.
Disability as Beloved by G-d
Tag: disability
COVID, Body Image, and Tisha B’Av: How I Watched the Olympics with Exercise Intolerance
Mariah Guevin
It felt different to watch The Olympics this year. It’s not only a reminder of the incredible variety of the human body, but of its fragility.
From Moses to Covid: Rabbi Lauren Tuchman on Disability and Inclusion
Marjorie Buckholtz
What does the biblical prophet Moses have to do with modern day disability, inclusion, and accommodation? “Everything,” says Maryland Rabbi Lauren Tuchman.
The Things We Don’t Say: An Interview with Julie Morgenlender
Hanna R. Neier
I love how accommodating Judaism is, in ways that too often the rest of society isn’t
Climbing Mountains to Move Them: Allison Norlian on Disability & Film
By Mikhal Weiner
I hope this shows people with disabilities who may doubt themselves because of the stigmas they face in society, that they are capable of anything they put their minds to and that it influences the way non-disabled people view disability.
What Does an Age Justice Agenda Look Like?
Bobbie Sackman
Let me say it clearly – we older adults are part of the future, not just the past.
Disability Rights Activist Emily Ladau on How to Make Feminism Include Everyone
by Eleanor J. Bader
[S]ome of the professors held events in their homes and I was never able to go. I felt as though I was always throwing a wrench into their erudite plans. I was not mistreated, but they were simply unprepared for a physically disabled student. It was a complete lack of recognition that dealing with disabilities involves complex and nuanced solutions.