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Judith Heumann

An older woman sits smiling in a motorized wheelchair
Posted inObituaries

Judith Heumann, Jewish disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 7, 2023

In Judith Heumann’s 2020 memoir, the lifelong advocate for people with disabilities describes feeling shocked upon being invited to read from the Torah at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley. Not […]

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