Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer is an experienced educator, author, and speaker. At Jewish Learning Venture, she works as director of Whole Community Inclusion and leads disability awareness programs for the Philadelphia Jewish community. Her most recent book The Little Gate Crasher, a memoir of her great uncle, who overcame society’s prejudices about dwarfism to lead a remarkable life, was one of the national book selections for 2017 Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month. Gabby writes for and edits The New York Jewish Week’s The New Normal: Blogging Disability. Check out her recent ELI Talk on supporting families raising kids with disabilities and connect with her on Twitter at @gabkaplanmayer.
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Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
There is nothing Israel needs now more than a strong, significant, authentic, Liberal voice of Reform Jews from North America, especially as Israelis begin to look in earnest for more meaningful connections to their Jewish heritage.