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Abled: Living With a Disability, A Torah View

JL;DR SUMMARY Michal Horowitz's book, "Abled: Living With a Disability, A Torah View," deeply explores the Torah's teachings on disability and human worth. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Orthodox JudaismResilienceInclusionShidduch SystemDisabilityHuman DignityAdaptabilityCochlear ImplantMichal Horowitz

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Beit Shemesh, Southern District, Israel
"Mosaica Press Beit Shemesh, Israel, 2025"
Woodmere, New York, United States
"Horowitz is a Torah educator and speaker based in Woodmere, New York, who developed severe bilateral hearing loss in her mid-twentiesironic given that she has a masters degree in audiology."
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