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SUMMARY:Exploring Disability Torah: Text\, Reflection\, and Creative Voice
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 23\, 2026 \n12-1:30 p.m. EST\n \n\nJoin Ritualwell and the Disability Torah Project for a powerful\, inclusive gathering exploring disability\, Jewish text\, and creative expression. We’ll hear from Mat Wilson\, Founder and Director of the Disability Torah Project\, and a dynamic panel of writers including Dr. Amanda Mbuvi and rabbinical students Raphael Morris and Nora Chernov\, working at the crossroads of disability and Torah wisdom\, then move into a guided text-study session designed to invite your own reflection and writing.\n \nThrough a short writing prompt\, you’ll have the chance to respond to what you’ve read and experienced\, exploring how disability Torah can deepen our communal conversations\, spiritual imagination\, and sense of connection.\n \nThis event welcomes everyone—whether you identify as disabled or nondisabled\, whether you’re a seasoned text-studier or new to it. Come ready to listen\, reflect\, and write in a space of curiosity\, care\, and shared meaning-making.\n\n \nThis session will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.\n \n\n \n\n \nMat Wilson (he/him) enjoys board and video games\, road trips big and small\, and any opportunity to be in the water. They discovered a love for Torah study through the art of source sheet creation and are currently expanding their written reflections through the Disability Torah Project. Outside of their free time\, Mat is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is pursuing a Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.\n\n \n \nAmanda Beckenstein Mbuvi\, Ph.D.\, is a scholar and teacher with expertise in Tanakh\, ethics\, and multifaith studies\, and a special interest in the way stories shape communal identity. In addition to serving as the director of the Center for Jewish Ethics\, she also helps students with disabilities get the accommodations they need to participate in the RRC learning community. Mbuvi is passionate about dynamic\, inclusive Jewish communities that cultivate what she likes to call “blessed interdependence.” In addition to numerous scholarly articles\, she is author of the 2016 book\, Belonging in Genesis: Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation\, published by Baylor University Press.\n \n\n \nNora Chernov (she/her) is a student at the Reconstructist Rabbinical College where she serves as the Advanced Intern for Community Life and assists in the RRC Beit Midrash. Nora is a passionate student and teacher of text\, especially all things Talmud. When not at RRC she can be found going on long drives listening to podcasts and playing all manner of board games.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nRaphael Morris (he/they) is an AuDHD rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He feels privileged to be part of an intellectual tradition where his preferred modes of cognition\, learning\, and communication are not just tolerated but actively valued. In his spare time\, he enjoys wiki walking\, TTRPGs\, Talmud\, long rambling conversations and anything else tangential.\n\n \n\n\n      \n        \n      \n    \n 
URL:https://ritualwell.org/event/exploring-disability-torah-text-reflection-and-creative-voice/
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