Founder and Director
Mat Wilson (they/them) enjoys board and video games, road trips big and small, and any opportunity to be in water. They discovered a love for Torah study through the art of source sheet creation, and are now using writing as a way to explore their lived experiences with disability. Living most of their life with Serious and Persistent mental illnesses, Mat also navigates chronic physical conditions and chronic pain that shape how they move through the world. Following a change in disability, they started the Disability Torah Project in November 2024 to uplift disabled perspectives in Torah study and build a more accessible, representative Jewish learning space. Outside of their free time, Mat is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is pursuing a Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Om Green (She/her) is a writer, artist, and spiritualist.  She became disabled in 2023 after a spinal injury and subsequent surgery, which left her with a progressive and debilitating disability. No longer able to work or engage in life as she did before, Om shifted her focus to writing poetry, jewish erotic fiction, essays and rituals with an emphasis on disabled bodies. In 2025, she founded The Pomegranate Tent Collective and Beit Mayim: Virtual Mikveh after becoming inspired by The Disability Torah Project’s model for amplifying Jewish and disabled voices through community collaboration. She is also on the communications board for the NC Poetry society, and co-hosts the Mayim Hayim Mayan Stream for non-traditional mikvehs. Om is passionate about healing the world and is always happy to connect on disability, accessible Jewish communities, water, mikveh, writing, art, and Judaism. Instagram @ribcage.tidalwave

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Nasiyah Isra-Ul (she/they) is an autistic and disability self-advocate, writer, public speaker, entrepreneur, content creator, and policy professional working in the fields of education reform and disability justice. She’s the founder of Homeschool EmpowerED and the Mishpacha Rising Collective, and the creator of Living Confident with Nasiyah. As a queer, disabled, and neurodivergent individual, her ultimate aspiration is to be a rabbi and Jewish educator, utilizing her experiences to create inclusive spaces where people of all abilities and backgrounds can flourish. When she’s not working, volunteering in her local community, or traveling across the country for speaking engagements, she enjoys baking, business coaching, crafting, singing, and taking care of her beloved leopard gecko.

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Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer is an author, educator, and spiritual director whose work centers on spirituality, creativity, and disability. She serves as Director of Virtual Content and Programs for Ritualwell and edits the Jewish Disability Inclusion News. Her personal essays appear in Tablet, Shondaland, NBCThink, Wisdom Daily, and others, and she has published several nonfiction books and children's plays. At Jewish Learning Venture, she led Whole Community Inclusion, advancing accessibility in Jewish spaces. Gabrielle writes the Substack Journey With The Seasons, blending meditative reading with creative prompts. A 2022 Covenant Award recipient, Gabrielle draws on deep lived experience: she is the parent of two neurodivergent young adults and lives with a chronic illness, a learning disability, and depression. For her, disability is woven into the dynamic fabric of family and life.

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Angela Vierling-Claassen is a queer disability activist, mother, spouse, and Jew-by-choice living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has progressive multiple sclerosis and is passionate about building communities of belonging for disabled and chronically ill people. Angela leads a Disability Justice Group and serves on the board of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek. She has studied with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman through Kirva and with SVARA. She co-leads the North Cambridge Assembly, and she is committed to mutual aid and COVID-cautious community care. Angela also has a podcast, Letting Go of Me, exploring disability, grief, and spirituality. Before MS, she worked in a school-supply factory, a lesbian publishing house, as a math professor, and in software sales. Now, she works to keep herself, her family, and her community safe and connected. More at bestworstoftimes.wordpress.com.