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Negotiating Disability within Jewish Tradition: Interpretations, Rabbinic Discourses, and the Modern Religious Self
Wed, December 18, 1:30 to 3:00pm EST (1:30 to 3:00pm EST), Virtual Zoom Room 15Session Submission Type: Panel Session
Abstract
All three papers explore how religious texts and interpretations shape the understanding of disability and religious practice.
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Individual Presentations
With a Bit of a Mind Flip: Time, Neurodivergence, and the Bavli - Rebecca Epstein-Levi, Vanderbilt University
Making Up People in Rabbinic Literature: Identity and Categories of Disability in Rabbinic Law - Shulamit Shinnar, Florida State University
People with disabilities in Jewish religious communities in France: An intersectional perspective - Zvika Orr, Jerusalem College of Technology; Yael Tibi-Levy, Centre de Recherche Médecine Science Santé Santé mentale Société (CERMES3)