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Jew of the Week: Carly Fleischmann

Carly’s Voice

Carly Fleischmann An autistic child from Toronto, she was once written off as severely retarded and recommended to be placed in a mental institution. But her parents refused to give up on her. She hadn’t communicated a word until age 11, when she began typing on a computer. Today, she writes a popular blog for autists (carlysvoice.com), Tweets regularly, and is working on a novel. Carly writes: “Shouldn’t religion be meaningful in our daily lives? My name is Carly Fleischmann and I’m proud to be a Jew. See her story here.

Words of the Week

Love your fellow as yourself.
Leviticus 19:18