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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 14h

Jewish tradition doesn’t belong to cishet far right dudes

It belongs to you too

The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 1d

Ableism distorts relationships.

The redactors of the Talmud knew this.

Our task is to read those texts with the fullness of our own embodied difference - and to reclaim what was meant to be ours all along.

Neuroqueer Talmud starts soon.

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

https://www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-torah/neuroqueer-talmud-ableism-power-dynamics-and-oppression-in-the-rabbinic-literature

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 1d

Ableism distorts relationships.

The redactors of the Talmud knew this.

Our task is to read those texts with the fullness of our own embodied difference - and to reclaim what was meant to be ours all along.

Neuroqueer Talmud starts soon.

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 1d

Ableism distorts relationships.

The redactors of the Talmud knew this.

Our task is to read those texts with the fullness of our own embodied difference - and to reclaim what was meant to be ours all along.

Neuroqueer Talmud starts soon.

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 2d

You just realised you’re autistic.

Everything suddenly makes sense - and nothing does.

My 5-week workshop is for newly identified autistic adults who want to understand their needs, unmask safely,
and start building a life that fits.

www.theautisticcoach.com/newly-diagno...

newly identified autistics workshop starting october 21

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 2d

It’s one thing to learn you’re autistic.

It’s another to live it.

If you’ve known for years but never had space to process it, my 5-week autistic-led workshop is that space.

No fixing.

No performance.

Just returning to yourself.

The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 12d

Understanding that you're autistic later in life is both a blessing and pain.

Come join me and others in 5 weeks of self-discovery, grace, and community.

My new workshop begins in October.

www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnos...

Dark teal background with bold white title “Late Identified Workshop.” Text below reads “Five weeks for autistic adults – Wednedays starting October 22” in white. Red subheading “With Matthew @theautisticcoach.” Four color-coded boxes: teal (sensory regulation, alexithymia), royal blue (burnout, masking, unmasking), bright orange-red (executive function, energy), and white (meltdowns, shutdowns, co-regulation).

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

We build the sukkah knowing it will fall.

That’s the point.

Sukkot teaches us that safety is temporary but connection is real.

We can’t build permanence, but we can build care and authentic relationships with our world and with others.

That's Sukkot folx.

Chag Sameach!

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 3d

Learning Talmud is not about mastery.

It’s about relationship.

With the text. With each other. With our own bodyminds.

This is the heart of Neuroqueer Talmud.

Let's study together and reclaim our tradition.

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

neuroqueer talmud ableism power dynamics and oppression in rabbinic literature

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

We build the sukkah knowing it will fall.

That’s the point.

Sukkot teaches us that safety is temporary but connection is real.

We can’t build permanence, but we can build care and authentic relationships with our world and with others.

That's Sukkot folx.

Chag Sameach!

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 4d

You weren’t lazy.

You were exhausted.

You weren’t unmotivated.

You were in burnout.

You weren’t “too sensitive".

You were under-supported.

Now you’re rebuilding.

At your own pace.

And that’s beautiful.

That's the autistic experience.

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 4d

Autistic spaces change everything.

You stop translating.

You start breathing.

Your nervous system exhales.

That’s when healing begins - not when you’re alone, but when you’re seen.

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

An autistic meltdown isn’t a loss of control.

It’s your body demanding to be heard.

It’s not moral.

It’s biological.

Not weakness.

It's Information.

The question isn’t “how do I stop melting down?”

It’s “what have I been forced to hold for too long?”

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

absolutely incredible - except, sadly, nothing is incredible anymore.

Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 5d

Extraordinary.

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli tweet on X
"The @BoardofDeputies
has, regrettably, become first and foremost a political organization - openly aligned with left-wing, woke, pro-Palestinian parties.

Just hours after Jews were murdered in Manchester, instead of demanding protection or holding the government accountable, the Board rushed for a photo-op with the Prime Minister.

Once proudly Zionist, now politically adrift,
If only they showed the same energy attacking Britain’s recognition of a Palestinian terror state as they do attacking me and
@TRobinsonNewEra
.
10:51 PM · Oct 4, 2025
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

And it struck me that those lines sit right next to each other.

Perhaps the author felt the same tension.

No line in liturgy ever lands by accident.

The healing I need isn’t from disability.

It’s from shame.

From a world that won’t carry us.

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

And then - immediately - the next line - Avinu Malkeinu, chazireinu b’teshuvah shleimah lefanecha.

Return me to myself.

I realised I had just asked to be saved from myself.

But I don’t want to be different from who I am, or to be like everyone else.

I want to be myself.

Which is different.

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t think I need to be healed of being disabled.

Disability is part of life, part of me.

But on YK, I read Avinu Malkeinu, shlach refuah shleimah l’chol cholei amecha

And I asked the Divine to heal me of my disabilities.

Because sometimes I wish.

Because struggle is real.

Thread 🧵🧶

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 6d

While I love talking about autism, I love talking talmud even more!

In my 5-week class we will be exploring how to neuroqueer the talmud and see what the tradition has to say about opression and ableism.

All learning levels welcome!

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

Neuroqueer Talmud - Ableism, Power Dynamics, and Oppression in Rabbinic Literature — The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student)

Join Neuroqueer Talmud: Ableism, Power Dynamics, and Oppression in Rabbinic Literature (Nov–Dec 2025). A 5-week online Beit Midrash exploring Talmud on personal harm through a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent lens. No prior Talmud study required—just Hebrew alphabet recognition. Learn in chevruta

www.theautisticrabbi.com

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 7d

BBC just mentioned that Starmer’s wife is Jewish in the context of his comments on the synagogue attack.

Why and how is that relevant?

Hint - it isn’t.

Killing people in a synagogue on Yom Kippur should be offensive to all people.

This isn’t complicated.

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 7d

And we are back

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 8d

It’s an insult. It’s offensive. Always.

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 8d

A meaningful YK to you all

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 9d

While I love talking about autism, I love talking talmud even more!

In my 5-week class we will be exploring how to neuroqueer the talmud and see what the tradition has to say about opression and ableism.

All learning levels welcome!

www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...

Neuroqueer Talmud - Ableism, Power Dynamics, and Oppression in Rabbinic Literature — The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student)

Join Neuroqueer Talmud: Ableism, Power Dynamics, and Oppression in Rabbinic Literature (Nov–Dec 2025). A 5-week online Beit Midrash exploring Talmud on personal harm through a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent lens. No prior Talmud study required—just Hebrew alphabet recognition. Learn in chevruta

www.theautisticrabbi.com

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 9d

If you can’t criticise Schumer or any other politician without referring to every hasbarist as “rabbi” you’re just an antisemite and sullying the entire thing.

Embarrassing.

TXRebel (She/Her) @redrebel.bsky.social · 10d

Call him Rabbi Schumer.

His devotion is for Israel, not the U.S. and not We the People!

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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 9d

Masking is not simply hiding.

It's a full-body, full-self performance constructed for survival.

It shapes how we speak, how we move, how we relate.

The Teshuvah of Unmasking

Autistic Integrity, Divine Presence, and the Return to Self

open.substack.com

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 9d

Are you AuDHD and looking for community, support, and tools for not burning out?

My next workshop begins in November and is limited to 7 spots.

You're not alone in this.

www.theautisticcoach.com/audhd-group-...

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Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social · 9d

Weaponizing the US military to target political opposition domestically is not how things work in a democracy. If this isn't a redline, what is?

NPR @npr.org · 9d

JUST IN: President Trump has told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against "enemy within."

Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'

Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."

n.pr

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