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Instead of siloing ourselves into a box, we need to break down those barriers and reach out to one another.

There are serious barriers to the classic, magical overnight Jewish summer camp experience.

The gendered nature of BBYO has made it more difficult for me to connect with my Jewish identity and to find a community where I feel like I belong. 

With programming that addresses and affirms our identities, we can make camp a relaxing and nurturing place for all.

The young Conservative women of my generation owe a huge debt to Rayla and the other advocates who paved the way for us.

I want to feel obligated to do mitzvot, not just be granted the ability.  

Neurodivergent people deserve to have the tools in their synagogues to connect with their religion in meaningful ways.

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.