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Building inclusive Jewish communities through consultation, advocacy, support, and education. Where every shard catches the light. ✡️

02/06/2026

Showing up fully: Pride Month and the Evolution of Mosaic. ✨✡️🏳️‍🌈♿

If you’ve been following my journey since the "Disabled Dreamer" days, you know how much heart went into mapping out my vision. But growth demands evolution. Today, I’m switching out my old profile photo because that previous version of me had absolutely no idea that this current version of myself—and my business, Mosaic—was waiting inside of me to be built.

With Pride Month here, it feels like the perfect time to stand in my full identity.

Hi, I’m Jude!
I am a Jewish, disabled, q***r, trans man. The road to get here hasn't always been easy, but it gave me my purpose. I was helped along the way by visible disabled and trans lamplighters who held up a light when the world felt dark. Now, I’m paying it forward.

Through Mosaic, I am in the business of bringing more light and healing to different aspects of brokenness in our communities. I’m partnering with leaders to create genuine accessibility and inclusion, helping to build spaces where we can all show up as our whole selves.

Explore the Mosaic: Click the link in my bio to subscribe to the Mosaic Manifest newsletter, grab a spot on my calendar to schmooze, or check out my consulting pillars.

Every shard catches the light. Let’s build something beautiful together.
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Lamplighter Reintroduction CommunityBuilding

17/04/2026

Welcome to the Mosaic! ✡️🏳️‍🌈♿️

Life has felt a bit overwhelming lately, so I’m guessing you might have missed a few updates here on my page. My website is still in its "dreaming stage" while I navigate the push and pause of medical appointments, Master's studies, sirens, and building this business in bursts.

I wanted to take a second to break down what you’ll actually find when you click the link in my bio. My work really lives in four places:

1.The Manifest: A place for the words that need more room to breathe. This is my space for updates, creative ideas, and thoughts that don't always fit on social media.

2.The Shmooze: This is the professional consulting side. I work with leaders, educators, and rabbis who want to build actual belonging.

3.The Stories: The anthologies! This is where I’m archiving our community's voices so they don't get lost.

4. The Archive: This is the heart of it. Over four years of my own poetry, research, and reflections as the Disabled Dreamer.

I’m building Mosaic because I’m creating what I needed as a kid, in the rhythm that my q***r, disabled body allows today. Whether you’re here to lead, to share your story, or just to read along, I’m so glad you’re here.

Tap the link in my bio to find your way in.
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AuDHD PushAndPause JewishCommunity ShmoozeSession MLISLife StudentFounder DreamingStage MosaicManifest

16/04/2026

friends especially and folks,i have an an image description question. What are your expectations or desires for what is written in the image description,do you expect want the exact text and details broken down,or the gist of whats being shared. ive always broken it down sharing like the exact text thats on the image but not sure since i see more of the general paragraphs. disabled and please help me out thanks!

06/04/2026

does having a no pain day or few hours make you feel bittersweet? and friends maybe also friends,it felt wonderful but also made me realize how much my pain hinders my day to day life and how much i can accomplish that i want and need to,i dont have any brilliant thoughts lol my pain is already back and being a bother but id love to hear your thoughts.

05/04/2026

31.

Today, I sat down with the business roadmap I gave myself as a birthday gift two years ago—the Business Brandshine outline created with the incredible Shev Simon.

There was a initial twinge of "I can't believe it took me this long," but then I saw the reality: I’ve actually done most of it.

It took two years to work through that structure, build the bones, and finally reach the "beautifying" stage. As a disabled, q***r creator, I’m constantly reminding myself that I’m on a different timeline—but seeing the checkmarks on this list is the best birthday gift I could ask for.

I used to chase the "30 Under 30" dream. But turning 31 today, I realize the person I am now—and the business I’ve finally built—needed those extra years to grow. I couldn't have built this version of Mosaic back then.

Last year’s goal was to self-publish my poetry and micro-memoirs. It’s still in progress, moving forward between degrees, moving house, and medical appointments.

Today, I don’t need a new list of "lofty" goals. I just want to keep the current ones in motion. I’m celebrating 31 years of never giving up and the community that’s held me along the way.

PS: If you do visual branding of all types:logos,photography and websites,lets talk

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31Years MosaicConsulting PushAndPause BusinessBrandshine ShevSimon

27/03/2026

The "perfect time" to start is a myth.

If I waited for a day where my health was 100%, or a day without the hum of anxiety, or a day when the world felt "ready"—I would still be waiting.

Two weeks ago—thirteen days into another war—I took the leap anyway. I officially registered my consulting business as an Osek Patur. 📑

I don’t have a finalized tagline. My ideas are in the "messy middle." I have no graphics or branding. But I have the bones of a mission, and that’s enough.

As a q***r, disabled person, I’ve had to internalize a hard truth: the "picture-perfect" launch isn't built for bodies like mine. My rollout is going to happen in parts. It will happen in the bursts of energy I find between medical appointments, Master's classes, and sirens.

I am learning to embrace the "push and pause." It’s okay to create while still setting up. It’s okay to be a work in progress while starting something professional. I’m doing it anyway.

Keep a look out—the name and bio of this page will be changing soon to reflect this new chapter!

How are you honoring your "push and pause" rhythm today?
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MentalHealthMatters MessyMiddle

11/03/2026

Collective memory is a radical act.

Lately, I’ve been living in the pages of Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility and Disability Intimacy. Her work reminded me that we need more spaces where our specific, messy, beautiful intersections are the entire point.

At Disabled Dreamer, my mission has always been to share my mental health and disability journey to foster community and educate to create change. I’m launching these two anthology projects to take that a step further—to make sure we’re in the archive, looking like ourselves, and telling our own stories.

Swipe through 👉 to see what we are building.
I’m looking for writers, artists, and storytellers to collaborate.

Check the link in bio to fill out a super-quick (and very low-friction) interest form.

Also: If you have connections to publishers or editors in the indie press world who value these voices, please reach out or tag them! And share this post far and wide.

Let’s document our own stories!
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InclusiveHistory DisabledWriters IntersectionalityMatters

22/02/2026

and friends what are some of the most unhinged and out of pocket comments that you have gotten?? this latest one by a taxi driver really made me question able bodied peoples use of their brain like wtf?? i cannot 🤣 like cmon no i have no idea how to put my wheelchair together🤦

15/02/2026

I'm not your tzedakkah box or mitzvah machine.
I wrote this poem/piece after a specifically terrible moment where I was a harrased by a man "trying to do a mitzva" and push me up a ramp i didnt ask or need help with. He followed me up and then yelled at me that I "stole" a mitzvah from him. Ive had different levels of this concept but this moment still hits way too hard many years later. I'm working on finding my voice again but these words still hit as a post during Febuary which has been labled as the Jewish Disability and inclusion month. What are you doing to actually foster accessibility community,and inclusion in your Jewish community? Here for questions,ideas,thoughts regarding the topic here. ID in first comment

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