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Praying with Lior

Community Appeal
Does your faith community struggle do enough to welcome and accept those who are different? 

Resources
We live in a society that often"worships" perfection and same-ness.  In the place where individuals with physical and cognitive disabilitiesthey should receive the most welcome and receive the most comfort, their faith communities, parents of children with special needs often hear "your child shouldn't be here."  Praying with Lior offers an opportunity to open an important diagloge. 
Click here for a Praying with Lior study guide to begin the discussion in your religious community.
Looking for additional resources to organizations who are creating space for people with disabilities in religious communities?  Click here. 

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Click here to learn how to purchase Praying with Lior and how it can be a resource to your community.
   
Documentary: A scene from Praying for Lior

As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate the start of the New Year, Rosh Hashanah, let this documentary that tells the story of Lior, a Jewish boy with Down Syndrome preparing for his Bar Mitzvah, be a resource to youth as well as adults in your community by clicking here.