For the first time, we are sharing a curated list of podcasts to listen to during Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM)! All five of these podcast episodes have transcripts.
The Heumann Perspective: Religion & Disability with Amy Kenny, Mona Minkara, & Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
Judy Heumann has a multi-faith conversation about disability, faith, and faith communities with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman (the first—to her knowledge—blind woman rabbi), Amy Kenny (author of My Body Is Not A Prayer Request), and Mona Samer Minkara is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Northeastern University.
Palsys With Palsies: Loving Our Own Bones: A conversation with Julia Watts Belser
Podcast hosts Justin Hancock and Bekah Maren Anderson talk to Julia Watts Belser about her book Loving Your Own Bones, the importance of disability theology by and for disabled people and confronting and accepting/acknowledging their own reactions and emotions about ableist passages/stories/characters in the Bible. A great companion piece to Loving Your Own Bones, one of this year’s JDAIM Reads books!
The Accessible Stall with Kyle and Emily: Episode 106: The Accessible Stall Interviews Ann Magill, Disability Pride Flag Creator
Ann Magill, creator of the disability pride flag, tells podcast hosts Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau the story of the flag’s creation. Tune in for a story about the disability community coming together to gently hold each other accountable and collaborating to create a flag that represents everyone in their community.
Search for Meaning with Rabbi Yoshi: Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Matan Koch
Matan Koch, disability advocate and former RespectAbility team member, talks with podcast host Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback about how he came to work in disability advocacy and what it was like growing up as a disabled Jew and rabbi’s son in the 1980s.
Can We Talk? Episode 98: By Disabled Jews, For Disabled Jews
Host Jen Richler interviews Allegra Heath-Stout, Abby Bresler, and Emunah Woolf about their experiences as fellows during JOIN’s (Jewish Organizing Institute and Network) 2021 Access to Power Fellowship for emerging Jewish disabled organizers and leaders.
