Photo: Hearty applause at one of last year’s Chanukah events for the Deaf Jewish community. This year, four events in different parts of the United States will be taking place, starting on Sunday night, the first night of Chanukah. (Photo: Boris Brenman)
Menorah-lightings will take place on both U.S. coasts, with art and entertainment also on tap
By Menachem Posner
December 6, 2015 11:41 AM
Chabad.org
One of the primary lessons of Chanukah is to increase in light and goodness. This certainly seems to be the case for the Deaf Jewish community in the United States, where an expected 700 people will celebrate at no less than four different giant menorah-lightings.
On Sunday, Dec. 6, the first night of Chanukah, Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff of the Jewish Deaf Foundation will be joined by faculty and students for the third annual public menorah-lighting ceremony on the campus of Gallaudet University, the Washington, D.C.-based liberal-arts institution where all programs and services are geared for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
When the very first event was held, Steve Brenner, past president of the Washington Society of Jewish Deaf, called it
