Orthodox Union
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Although scattered throughout North America there are several organizations which service Jewish deaf or Jewish blind, there are none for Jewish Deafblind people. In an effort to reach out to this overlooked community, Our Way , the outreach program for Jewish deaf of the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, an agency of the Orthodox Union, has received funding from the Center for Jewish Education in Baltimore with a JEEP (Jewish Education Enhancement Project) grant to make the first Deafblind Shabbaton Experience.

The Shabbaton will be held at the Pearlstone Retreat in Reisterstown, MD on April 23 and 24. Deafblind people will be attending from Washington State, California, Ohio, New York and the Greater Washington, DC and Maryland area. Making this Shabbaton