03/23/2016 – 07:54
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
As all organizations know, it is much easier to say you will be inclusive than to actually become inclusive. Real inclusion is intentional, not accidental. It takes real leadership and implementation efforts. Thankfully, during the past two years, AIPAC has made huge strides in this arena.
Two years ago, the policy conference lacked both captioning and sign language interpreters for people who are hard of hearing. RespectAbility raised the issue in the New York Jewish Week, and last year, AIPAC had live captions during the main plenaries. This was a big step forward.
Sadly, however, this year, as the largest Jewish gathering in the United States welcomed the presidential candidates, including Trump, to speak to its 18,000 delegates, the conference again lacked live captioning
