Comments on: Faith After Exclusion: on Jewish Disability Awareness Month http://tcjewfolk.com/faith-after-exclusion-jewish-disability-awareness-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=faith-after-exclusion-jewish-disability-awareness-month Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Wed, 16 May 2012 17:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurence http://tcjewfolk.com/faith-after-exclusion-jewish-disability-awareness-month/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 Laurence Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:20:19 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=5141#comment-2186 It makes sad to read that some parents could be unsupportive of their children in the face of such an important passage as a bat-mitzvah for the reason of how *they* see themselves in the eyes of the community. I feel very fortunate that I belong to a very inclusive congregation and I can witness that it doesn't make a difference only for my family but for the entire congregation who benefit from what a different person can bring to them, in *chessed* and many other Jewish values. Jacob our Patriarch was limping after his fight with the angel... It makes sad to read that some parents could be unsupportive of their children in the face of such an important passage as a bat-mitzvah for the reason of how *they* see themselves in the eyes of the community.

I feel very fortunate that I belong to a very inclusive congregation and I can witness that it doesn’t make a difference only for my family but for the entire congregation who benefit from what a different person can bring to them, in *chessed* and many other Jewish values.

Jacob our Patriarch was limping after his fight with the angel…

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