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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they]

@autisticrabbi.bsky.social
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neuroqueer disabled af rabbi in training 🕍 disability & neurodiversity educator + consultant 👨‍🦯 budding academic talmudist 📚 mystic of the normal ♾️ #AuDHD #POTS #Dyspraxia ♿️ theautisticrabbi.com also @theautisticcoach.bsky.social

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 1h
the divine is found in the space between two authentic humans relating to each other on their own terms
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 8h
Buy lots of books Start reading all of them Finish none of them Shame Buy more books
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Simchas Torah!
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
believe it or not, you're still autistic if you don't find loops helpful
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Does it count as Jewish community building if Instagram isn’t there to see it?
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Jewish Autism Network hosts a FREE support & discussion group for all autistic Jewish adults 3x per month October 11: Q&A on all Autism, Life and Jewish Topics October 18: Autism & God October 25: Maintaining Friendships, Family, Romantic Relationships theautisticcoach.as.me/jewish-autis...
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
People don’t like hard stuff. I can understand why. And, it can often be rewarding. What’s difficult is drawing the line between hard and helpful for growth + hard for no reason that just crushes you.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I host dozens of free support and affirmation circles for autistic adults and I have been doing so on Zoom since 2019, in-person since 2006. www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve been supporting my fellow autistic comrades thru their spiritual lives, careers, relationships, and more for twenty years. If you’re looking for a spiritual director and guide, I’d be honoured to work with you too.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student)
Peer support coaching for autistic clergy & seminary students, spiritual direction, disability-accessibility consulting, and speaking from a Neuroqueer Torah perspective.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
jews by choice are jews. now, shut the fuck up.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
right. because jews speaking about their own experiences of antisemitism on their own social media profiles is an invitation to white english guys to comment on how it doesn't exist.
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Sasha Senderovich 🌻 @returnstosender.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is 85 years since the massacre at Babyn Yar in Kyiv where over the course of two days, September 29 and 30, 1941, the Germans shot nearly 34,000 of Kyiv’s Jews. The Yiddish writer Itsik Kipnis documented the third anniversary (yortsayt) of the massacre in 1944, when … 1/3
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On October 11 I'm hosting a free discussion circle for the autistic Jewish community at 11AM EST. We will be having an open Q&A on all topics autism, life, and Judaism. Matrilineal & patrilineal, all denominations, and conversion candidates all welcome! theautisticcoach.as.me/jewish-autis...
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Spinning Bagel with 'BAGELS'
Alt: Spinning Bagel with 'BAGELS'
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Starting in 2 weeks
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i host a support group for autistic jews 3x a month you are safe here www.theautisticrabbi.com/seminars-wor...
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm an autistic peer-support coach and educator - working with our community since 2006. My 6-week group helps bring people together to develop new ways of moving thru the world, building grace for ourselves, and seeing forward. www.theautisticcoach.com/newly-diagno...
creating an autistic life workshop - 6 weeks long - starting november 11 - theautisticcoach.com
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jews speaking out against antisemitism and violent rhetoric about controlling the world, the Talmud, demonic sacrifice, and Rothschilds isn't "silencing the voices against genocide" Literally a member of Rabbis for Ceasefire FFS. Ghouls.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tummy ache
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When one tolerates antisemitism and makes excuses for it, one becomes part of the very problem. I shouldn’t meed to say this, but - don’t read into this anything that I didn’t say. Opposing Israel and its action’s need not be antisemitic at all. Plenty of us do who are Jewish.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are you Jewish? Well then no, you can’t call Jewish people: Jews Heebs Hebrews Kykes Khazars Hymies Thanks.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
newsflash - if you need to talk about “the talmud” when speaking about anyone you perceive a Jewish, you're simply an antisemite. Thanks.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We need to stop calling every autistic person leaving an overwhelming situation “elopement.” Elopement and self-regulation aren’t the same thing. As this term is getting popularised by the influencer crowd, I’m hearing it more and more in spaces I’m in, and being used to describe things it isn’t.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is disgusting. This isn’t Torah. This isn’t a shared home. This is thuggery masquerading as something else. This isn’t about Judaism. This is about nationalist and xenophobic hate. I’m ashamed and we all should be.
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المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) on X
#شاهد | عشرات المستوطنين يعتدون على الفلسطينيين في باب العامود بالقدس المحتلة فجر اليوم، وينشرون ذلك عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Transmasculine people are often ignored in the conversations in the autistic trans community - let's talk about it. My monthly support & discussion group for autistic trans folx is coming up on October 19 www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Starting in 2 weeks
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Moadim leSimha
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tomorrow!
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Calling all Autistic Torah nerds!! We're getting together on September 28 to talk all about Sefer Bereshit / Book of Genesis from an autistic POV. www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trying to explain Judaism via the same lens of analysing Christianity is inherently ignorant and can verge on the antisemitic. Failing to recognize the colonial and replacement nature of Christianity when using the same critiques towards Judaism is steeped in millennia old bigoted ideas.
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((Herschel)) @jaklacroix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think this piece from @theautisticcoach.bsky.social @autisticrabbi.bsky.social says some of the most important stuff about Judaism's future possibilities. Read the whole thing by backing our Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...
"[Mordecai] Kaplan’s Judaism refuses assimilation. It was grounded in peoplehood, in communal creativity, and in the lived, complex reality of being Jewish in the Diaspora."
"And critically, this meant placing community - not belief, not ritual, not law - at the centre of Jewish religious life."

—Matti Boulakia-Bortnick, "From Self-Realization to Collective Liberation", Again at a Crossroads: New Jewish Thought for a Better World
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Y a pas d’argent pour protéger les synagogues et les Juifs qui prient, pas d’argent pour préserver les sites historiques juifs, pas d’argent pour aider à soutenir nos communautés. Mais y en a plein pour le pape et le « patrimoine » catholique. C’est ça, la laïcité.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m used to receiving queerphobic, antisemitic, and ableist emails and messages on an almost daily basis. It’s rare that I get all 3 in one!
An antisemitic, transphobic, and ableist message
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My workshop for late identified autistic adults begins this Thursday. It’s 6 weeks long - pay as you can - and open to everyone whether you have a formal dx or not. www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnos...
Becoming who you’ve always been - six week peer support workshop for autistic adults - theautisticcoach.com
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Teshuvah isn’t returning to some pristine “true self.” That person never existed. We are shaped by survival, grief, love, disability, community and time.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m often told that my Torah is “divisive”. That my sermons make people uncomfortable. That people come to shul to feel good, not to feel confronted. So, I keep thinking over the past few weeks about who gets to be comfortable in Jewish spaces. Well, comfort certainly isn’t “neutral”
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please remember that your synagogue workers, your teachers, your ushers, your cantors, your rabbis are people too. They’re working hard to make this week meaningful for the whole community. They do everything to support YOU. Try to remember that.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
some people have a bizarre obsession with deciding if people are... "really" autistic. "really" disabled. "really" struggling. "really" queer. "really" trans. "really" needing support. "really" genuine. based on their own prejudices. their own fear. their own bigotry. their own shame.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
shabbat shuva time folx
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Autistic masking and unmasking are terms that are often thrown around - very often different people have different conceptions of what they are and how we each experience them. Come discuss in my free monthly discussion circle. www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
disabled people are under active attack in the UK disabled people are under active attack in Canada disabled people are under active attack in the US disabled people are under active attack in France disabled people are under active attack all over the world our lives are inherently political
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In this round of Neuroqueer Talmud, we will be 8 weeks long and feature an approach to learning Talmud that centres neurodivergent, disabled, and queer ways of thinking, questioning, and relating to text and community. www.theautisticrabbi.com/autistic-tor...
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m often told that my Torah is “divisive”. That my sermons make people uncomfortable. That people come to shul to feel good, not to feel confronted. So, I keep thinking over the past few weeks about who gets to be comfortable in Jewish spaces. Well, comfort certainly isn’t “neutral”
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Dr. Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi @rjelevi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well this is certainly a, how do you say, interesting variation on the AI book club scam. Anyway, as a Jewish ethicist I condemn genocide and think ethnonationalisms of all kinds are bad. I "hope" this helps the next AI scammer. *obligatory disclaimer that, as always, I don't speak for my employer
Hi Rebecca,

I hope you don't mind the note.

I'm the founder of Be Tight-Knit, where we create small, discussion-based experiences built around direct access to exceptional people.

As we build a discussion series with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro, I've become convinced that the quality of the experience depends not only on the Featured Expert, but also on the people who participate.

When I came across your background, it struck me that you might be exactly the kind of person who would make this discussion better. Your public work on Jewish ethics, collective responsibility and the ethics of expertise made me think you would bring a rigorous and refreshingly direct voice.

Rather than a lecture or webinar, this experience brings together just 50 participants for three live discussions with Ambassador Shapiro over the course of several weeks. Participants shape each conversation through their own questions, interests, and perspectives, allowing the discussion to build naturally from one session to the next.

You can learn more here: https://betightknit.com/danielshapiro

If it resonates with you, I'd be genuinely interested to hear your thoughts. And if you think it's something you'd enjoy, I'd love to have you apply.
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm teaching a two part seminar on inclusion in the Jewish community and I'd love for you and your leaders to participate! www.theautisticrabbi.com/seminars
blue bacground with green letters - beyond inclusion: disability,  neurodivergence, and jewish leadership 

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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'll be teaching a seminar on autistic meltdowns, shutdowns, and burnout on September 28. We'll go thru what they are, how to navigate them, and how to see them before they hit us. www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-educa...
online seminar - understanding autistic meltdowns, shutdowns, and burnout - theautisticcoach.com
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Calling all Autistic Torah nerds!! We're getting together on September 28 to talk all about Sefer Bereshit / Book of Genesis from an autistic POV. www.theautisticcoach.com/autism-discu...
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Torah is love. That’s all.
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The Autistic Rabbi(nical Student) | Mati [he/they] @autisticrabbi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Orthodox bigotry towards non-Orthodox Jews is destroying the Jewish community
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The Autistic Coach | Mati (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Most autism support focuses on helping autistic people fit into a world that was never designed for you. We will explore what it means to create a life that is grounded in self-understanding rather than self-criticism. www.theautisticcoach.com/newly-diagno...
creating an autistic life - 6 week workshop - theautisticcoach.com
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