Feeling like my value was my body—either as a commodity or as a distraction—robbed me of confidence and comfort.

Twelve years later, "Miss Rumphius'" message of exploring faraway places to find community still resonate with me.

The amount of page time devoted to questioning a ruling that diminishes the status of deaf people represented, to me, that these rabbis recognized that physical limitations should not keep people from following the mitzvot.  

This is the beauty of Judaism: when one connects with others from different denominations, merging can be amazing.

Nothing is lost by encouraging and enabling different ways of accessing spirituality. If anything, people will learn a new tradition along the way.

My ADHD gave me a constant desire for emotional escape, which allowed me to enter a world where I learned about my Jewish foremothers.

Hearing about Hoffman's work had a significant impact on my confidence and ability to forge my own religious path.  

As Jewish feminists, we should  fight alongside deaf people for inclusion within the feminist movement, which has often forgotten and misrepresented disabled individuals.

The one thing all traditional golem depictions have in common is their sanctity. However, this most important facet has practically disappeared from the media.