The point of Torah isn’t to make marginalised people easier for communities to tolerate. It’s to transform the community.

Descendants of actual Nazis who enriched themselves and gleefully shoved people into cattle cars should stop calling Jews that they don’t like Nazis.

Sometimes when I’m out in public I suddenly go into myself and the whole world passes me by like a muted television. They’re all totally separate from me. On a screen. And I’m invisible to them. I don’t exist. And I’m not even visible to myself. I lose all conception of self. Autism.

My thoughts on this week’s Parasha were published by @disabilitytorah.bsky.social - hope you find them meaningful. Shabbat shalom 💙

how do my autistic comrades connect with others?

Stop using the word Pharisee to mean evil FFS

A lot of autistic adults say we “don’t have boundaries” What we mean is that our boundaries weren’t and continue not to be respected - and we don’t even know. Cos we never knew what they really were.

do my fellow autistic comrades feel unheard? unseen? both?

Descendants of actual Nazis who enriched themselves and gleefully shoved people into cattle cars should stop calling Jews that they don’t like Nazis.

The Jewish community has a lot to do when it comes to disability inclusion. My seminar is geared towards Jewish leaders who want to curate a culture that includes all. www.theautisticrabbi.com/seminars

All abled folx have a lot to work to do when it comes to ableism. It doesn’t matter if you’re already “doing a good job.” The job is never over.

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I’m quite used to being lectured on Judaism and Torah by Christians. I didn’t expect it to happen at our community Seder, from a Catholic guest. She asked me what providence meant to me and Jews generally. I told her that the view varies, but that we look at it differently than Christianity.

A lot of autistic adults say we don’t feel joy. Years of… “That’s weird.” “Why are you like that?” “Can you not do that right now?” So the feeling comes and instead of calling it joy, we question it - minimise it, or stop it. To stay safe. To be accepted. To go unnoticed. And we lose it.

Imagine if I were to go to someone’s Easter celebrations and lecture them about why the basic premise of Jesus being messiah were false because they don’t fit my own textual tradition. I’d rightfully be denounced. Because that would be a shmucky and intellectually lazy thing to do.

I’m quite used to being lectured on Judaism and Torah by Christians. I didn’t expect it to happen at our community Seder, from a Catholic guest. She asked me what providence meant to me and Jews generally. I told her that the view varies, but that we look at it differently than Christianity.

Chag Sameach!!

La France n’est pas une république laïque. C’est une république où les chrétiens peuvent célébrer toutes leurs fêtes, grandes ou petites, bénéficier de jours de congé supplémentaires après celles-ci (le lundi de Pâques n’existe pas vraiment)…

A reminder that you’re allowed to leave the Seder table at any time to get some space. It doesn’t make you a bad family member, guest, or Jew.

Every time I post something Jewish related I lose followers. Almost as if whatever I have to say isn’t worthy or helpful anymore. I wonder what that’s about.

Every time a non Jewish person lectures a Jewish person about what is or isn’t antisemitism, what is or isn’t Jewish history, or what is or isn’t Jewish practice, they’re engaging in the age-old art of Christian colonial domination. Never forget that Jews were White Europe’s first colonial project

Autistic adults don’t need to be fixed. We need lives that don’t require constant self-betrayal to "function." Needs aren't preferences. Support isn't indulgence. Dignity isn't optional. None of this is radical. It's baseline humanity.

The point of Torah isn’t to make marginalised people easier for communities to tolerate. It’s to transform the community.

Give yourself a hug

Talmud has potential to break down the barriers that keep us killing each other

Are you a rabbi, cantor, or other Jewish community leader? Do you want to learn about what inclusion looks like from an actual autistic person in the community? I'm an autistic rabbinical student and educator and my new seminar is just for you. Please share. www.theautisticrabbi.com/seminars

Pesach is called zman cheiruteinu - the time of our liberation. It’s one of those phrases that sits at the centre of the holiday, repeated so often that it risks becoming an empty slogan rather than a meaningful phrase that brings us to something real.

the rabbinate and all other care positions are eminently lonely places to be

If liberation is real and relevant for today, it can’t be automatic. Liberation can’t simply equal participation in a set of rituals. Jewish tradition, at its core, does not operate on that kind of mechanism.

Pesach is a tough time for those of us with eating disorders. Grateful for community as the Chag approaches.

Seeing someone alive and well and spending time with them - and then hearing that they passed away the very next day is one of the most bizarre feelings and things to process for me. It never gets easier. And happens all too often.

Love when Catholics lecture Jews about Judaism - what it is, how it works The original colonialism

Some of my thoughts on Pesach. Hope you enjoy and/or find some of it meaningful.

unmasking as an autistic adult is all about taking back your autonomy it is NOT about taking away the autonomy of others out of pure spite

Some of my thoughts on Pesach. Hope you enjoy and/or find some of it meaningful.

Love when Catholics lecture Jews about Judaism - what it is, how it works The original colonialism

Have you shared this with your community yet?

How did you come to understand that you’re autistic ?

Seeing someone alive and well and spending time with them - and then hearing that they passed away the very next day is one of the most bizarre feelings and things to process for me. It never gets easier. And happens all too often.

Are you a rabbi, cantor, or other Jewish community leader? Do you want to learn about what inclusion looks like from an actual autistic person in the community? I'm an autistic rabbinical student and educator and my new seminar is just for you. Please share. www.theautisticrabbi.com/seminars

Have you shared this with your community yet?

Israel is leaving its disabled people to be collateral damage. And journalists quietly assist in creating levels of “acceptable” disability “levels” as a means of disenfranchising other disabled people. Using language like “severely disabled” signals that “non severe” disabilities don’t count.

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Israel is leaving its disabled people to be collateral damage. And journalists quietly assist in creating levels of “acceptable” disability “levels” as a means of disenfranchising other disabled people. Using language like “severely disabled” signals that “non severe” disabilities don’t count.

emunah doesn't mean sitting back and waiting. it means setting yourself up for the shefa to permeate. if you stay closed and laid back about it, nothing will happen.

AuDHD means navigating contradictions every minute of every day. Until we crash out. Let's talk about it. www.theautisticcoach.com/audhd-group-...

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