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You Have No Idea

Joanie Calem’s song shares about the experience of sensory overwhelm
  • by Joanie Calem
disability, inclusion
a child covers his eyes

Beyond V’Ahavta

Joanie Calem shares music about disability inclusion.
  • by Joanie Calem
disability, inclusion
an image of people with disabilities and non-disabled people enjoying a park

Mishaneh HaBri’ot

“What a world, what a world, full of every kind of thinking / Where we were never even meant to be the same….”
  • by Joanie Calem
creation, disability, inclusion
swirling colors of a galaxy

Miriam’s Sister’s Song

“Make room beyond the river for my sister, who / is singing Miriam’s song…”
  • by Beth Kanell
disability, family, Miriam
a collage features a hand reaching towards the sun

A Blessing for Disabled and Chronically Ill Jews during Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM)

Rabbi Emily Aronson created this powerful new blessing based on Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Benediction.
  • by Rabbi Emily Aronson
disability, JDAIM, priestly blessing
image of people including someone using a wheelchair on a rainbow

Created in Your Image: A Blessing for Inclusion

This blessing honors the soul present inside every human.
  • by Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer
aging, disability, inclusion, JDAIM, soul
a silhouette of people holding hands including someone in a wheelchair

Kaddish for People with Disabilities: A Prayer of Remembrance

“Blessed is God, Ruler of the Universe, who created people with disabilities in Your image. / Blessed is God, who cherishes disabled lives and desires that they flourish and thrive.”
  • by Wendy Elliott-Vandivier
disability, inclusion, kaddish, mournng
a whte-skinned woman sits in a wheelcahr and fold her hands in prayer

Prayer for People, Peace, and Planet

“May we never forget that we are all connected, historically, relationally, energetically, and that harm to one is harm to all.”
  • by Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife
climate crisis, disability, earth, Israel, LGBTIQ, natural disaster, Palestine, peace, racial justice, Shekhinah
the sun is setting in an orange sky with purple sky on top of the orange. Wildflowers appear in the forefront of the sunset.

A Prayer for Those with Less Visible/Invisible Disabilities

“May we be liberated by the expanse of our gifts”
  • by Melissa Hoffman
disability
person standing in silhouette at the shore against a bright pink and red sky

Blessing for the Installation of a Ramp to the Bimah

“May this ramp serve as a conduit of Torah / Honoring the dignity of each member of our community”
  • by Rabbi Emily Aronson
disability, justice, wheelchair
Blessing for the Installation of a Ramp to the Bimah

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Jewish Spiritual Autobiography

 Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers, touchstones, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, a writer and spiritual director, to map out and narrate your most sacred life experiences. Four sessions starting May 16, 2024. 

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