While there are many printed articles and books published about Jewish Deaf people, the Jewish Deaf Community, written by Jewish Deaf authors, genetics, and Halacha pertaining to the Deaf, this article will only feature books that will only focus on the Judaic and Israeli sign language and Jewish Deaf community.

The National Congress of Jewish Deaf/Jewish Deaf Congress and local Jewish Deaf Clubs, Temples of the Deaf have designed/modified their own prayer books, i.e. Shabbat and Haggadah for special events as well as illustrated sign language for prayers. Orthodox Union/Our Way has quite a number of illustrated sign language prayer books/booklets as well.

There are a number of printed term papers or projects by students as well.

 

Some books are outdated and may no longer be available, however you can try to find it on eBay or Amazon, etc.
 

Jewish Deaf Resources Dictionary of Sign Language of the Deaf in Israel – Ministry of Social Welfare, Jerusalem, Israel and Authors: Lila Namir, Israel Sella, Mordechai Rimor and Izchak M. Schlesinger. Publisher: The Ministry of Social Welfare 1979

The Deaf Jew in the Modern World – Jerome D. Schein & Lester J. Waldman and New York Society for the Deaf: Ktav Publishing House, Inc. 1986

Signs in Judaism: A Resource Book for the Jewish Deaf Community – Adele Kronick Stuart and National Congress of Jewish Deaf. Publisher: Bloch Publishing Co. 1986

Jewish Deaf Trivia – Sharon Ann Dror and National Congress of Jewish Deaf 1988

Gateway to Israeli Sign Language – Hava Savir. Publisher: The Israeli Association of the Deaf 1992 First Edition

Celebrating Judaism in the Home: A Manual for Deaf Jewish Families – Rabbi Miriam Biatch and Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf 1996

Gateway to Israeli Sign Language – Hava Savir. Publisher: The Israeli Association of the Deaf 1997 Second Edition
Judaism and Disability: Portrayals in Ancient Texts from the Tanach through the Bavli by Judith Z. Abrams. Publisher: Gallaudet University Press 1998

Hearing-Impaired Child* in the Jewish Classroom – Batya Jacob and Orthodox Union 1999
Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany by Horst Biesold. Originally published as Klagende Hande, 1988 by Jarick Oberbiel, Soms, Germany. Publisher: Gallaudet University Press 1999

Deaf People in Hitler

Published On: 30 Nisan 5770 (30 Nisan 5770 (April 14, 2010))