Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Rabbi Minna Brombergâs work addressing weight stigma in Jewish communal spaces took her to a lot of synagogues. She was often bewildered when organizers provided her a chair that was too small. Getting people to acknowledge her body and their discomfort with it is one reason she founded Fat Torah a year ago.
âBecause people are so uncomfortable with fat bodies, they donât see my needs â but it should be obvious,â she said. âThey can see my body but donât give me the right chair. Itâs literally a consciousness-raising need. People donât think about fat peopleâs needs.â