Eliana Sisman
By Eliana Sisman
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Community Finding inner freedom in quarantine
As Pesach, the time of our freedom, approached, I felt like our liberty was fading away. It feels like forever ago, but it’s been less than a month since most of us were free to go where we pleased and participate in gatherings of any size and kind. Since then, many of our liberties have…
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Opinion I’m An Autistic Teen. Here’s How The Jewish Community Can Do More To Support People Like Me
Judaism is a revolutionary and redemptive religion centered around justice and human dignity. That means dignity for every human. As a proudly Jewish autistic woman, I have been blessed to meet and form relationships with countless Jews who live up to these values by respecting all humans, including disabled and neurodivergent people — people whose…
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