Julia Watts Belser is a rab­bi, schol­ar, and spir­i­tu­al teacher, as well as a long­time activist for dis­abil­i­ty, LGBTQ, and gen­der jus­tice. She is a pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish stud­ies in the Depart­ment of The­ol­o­gy and Reli­gious Stud­ies at George­town Uni­ver­si­ty and core fac­ul­ty in George­town’s Dis­abil­i­ty Stud­ies Pro­gram, as well as a senior research fel­low at the Berkley Cen­ter for Reli­gion, Peace, and World Affairs. Author of Rab­binic Tales of Destruc­tion, among oth­er schol­ar­ly books, she has held fac­ul­ty fel­low­ships at Har­vard Divin­i­ty School and the Katz Cen­ter for Advanced Jew­ish Stud­ies at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia. She’s also an avid wheel­chair hik­er and a lover of wild places.