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Jewish tradition says that when G-d gave us the 10 commandments and the Torah at Sinai, ALL the Jews were present – including Jews with disabilities. This is key because it showed that when it comes to prayer and a relationship with our faith, all are equal.
Ben Rosloff, a talented filmmaker on the Autism spectrum who serves as a Jewish Inclusion Fellow in RespectAbility’s National Leadership Program, created an unprecedented mini-series of one-on-one interviews with Jews with disabilities. The series features deep insights and fabulous emotion as people answer the very personal question, “What do you pray for?”
Benjamin Rosloff, an aspiring Jewish filmmaker living with autism, was filming a bar mitzvah in Port Washington, NY. But the young boy getting bar mitzvahed didn’t say the prayers or read the Torah with his own voice. He also had autism, and relied on an augmentative speech device to communicate.
“I couldn’t tell whether the words from his device were his own, or were programmed by someone else,” Rosloff said. “It made me wonder about people with disabilities and their prayers.”
Six years later, Rosloff is combining his passion for filmmaking with his connection to Judaism to empower the Jewish and disabled communities. As the Jewish Inclusion Fellow for RespectAbility, a nonprofit that helps organizations be more inclusive for people with disabilities, Rosloff created “What Do You Pray For?,” a documentary mini-series that asks Jews with disabilities across the United States to share what prayer means to them.