Deaf Boys and Girls to Experience Summer Camp Steeped in Judaism

Deaf Boys and Girls to Experience Summer Camp Steeped in Judaism

Photo: Friendships were made and common experiences shared last summer at an overnight camp for Jewish Deaf boys in Upstate New York. The campers came from the United States and Israel.

By Menachem Posner   
May 10, 2015 3:26 PM

The first in a series of articles on Chabad-Lubavitch summer camp.

For most of his childhood, 12-year-old Joel Pennington was unique. He was the only child in his Houston, Texas, neighborhood who was Deaf, and one of the only Jewish students in the special school for the Deaf that he attended in Austin.

Published On: 16 Sivan 5775 (16 Sivan 5775 (June 3, 2015))