JDCC’s list of “Jewish Deaf Services and Organizations” (published Nov/Dec 2002 and Nov/Dec 2006, May 2010) has been updated.
Jewish Deaf Services and Organizations
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ORTHODOX
Rabbi Fred Friedman
443-453-5762 VP
[email protected]
Ordained in 1985 by Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Kakon
647-204-5512 Text
647-479-0285 VP
[email protected]
Ordained in 1998 by Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi David Kastor
443-471-8049 VP
[email protected]
Ordained in 2001 by Ner Israel Rabbinical College, Baltimore, MD
Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff
818-679-7342 VP
[email protected]
Ordained in 2013 by Yeshivas Chovevei Torah-Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch
REFORM
Rabbi Rebecca L. Dubowe
Moses Montefiore Congregation
102 Robinhood Lane
Bloomington, Il 61701
309-808-6370 VP
309-662-3182 Voice/Office
[email protected]
Ordained in 1993 at the Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, OH
Rabbi Deborah Goldmann
[email protected]
rabbideborah.wordpress.com/
Ordained in 2009 at Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion – Los Angeles, CA
Rabbi Bill S. Tepper
[email protected]
Ordained in 2008 at Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion – Cincinnati, OH
RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Rabbi Darby Jared Leigh
Kerem Shalom
Concord MA
www.KeremShalom.org
[email protected]
[email protected]
Twitter: @RabbiDarby
Instagram: rabbidarby
Ordained in Spring 2008 at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote PA
Non-denominational Independent Seminary
Rabbi Ellen Roth
[email protected]
202-869-4114 VP
Ordained in June, 2010 at Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf, Chicago IL.
Jewish Deaf Organizations
Beth Torah of the Deaf
Founded in 1976
[email protected]
Brooklyn Hebrew Society of the Deaf, Inc.
Founded on December 27, 1927 – Incorporated in 1932
P.O. Box 297280
Brooklyn, NY. 11229-7280
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/brookylnhebrewsocietydeaf
Chushim Ben Dan
Founded in 2018
22 Hertzl Street,
Rishon Lezion, Israel 7528805
[email protected]
www.chushim.org
www.facebook.com/chabadeaf
Congregation Bene Shalom of the Deaf
Founded in 1955
Original name was Chicago Hebrew Association of the Deaf then in 1972 changed its name to Congregation Bene Shalom of the Deaf
4435 West Oakton Street
Skokie, IL 60076
224-534-0029 VP
847-677-3330 Voice
[email protected]
www.beneshalom.org
Florida Society for Jewish Deaf
Founded on May 21, 2015
[email protected]
www.fsjd.org
JADE: Jewish Advocates for Deaf Education
Founded in 1997
[email protected]
410-855-4334 VP
410-735-5023 Voice
www.facebook.com/JADECJE
www.cjebaltimore.org/jade
www.cjebaltimore.org/grants
New York Hebrew Association of the Deaf
Founded in 1907
Original name was Hebrew Congregation of the Deaf
303 West 66th Street, #8DE
New York NY 10023
[email protected]
Philadelphia Hebrew Association of the Deaf, Inc.
Founded on November 5, 1907
Original name was Beth Israel Association of the Deaf
Rose Olanoff Community Center
8027 Castor Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19152
215-543-3099 VP
[email protected]
Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf
Founded on June 17, 1960
PO Box 33396
Granada Hills, CA 91394
818-363-5580 Voice
[email protected]
The Jewish Deaf Foundation
Founded in 2014
[email protected]
www.jewishdeaffoundation.org
www.facebook.com/jdeaffoundation
Washington Society of Jewish Deaf
Founded in 1973
[email protected]
www.wsjdeaf.org
www.facebook.com/WashingtonSocietyOfJewishDeaf
COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Hillel at Gallaudet University Hillel
Founded in Fall, 2002
Originally Hillel at Gallaudet College founded in Fall, 1953
Office of Campus Ministries
800 Florida Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20002
[email protected]
www.gallaudethillel.org
www.gallaudet.edu/office-of-campus-ministries/jewish
Wolk Club/Rochester Institute of Technology
Founded in March 1998
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
52 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
www.wolkhillel.org
RABBINICAL PROGRAM
Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf – name changed to
Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical Program for Deaf & Hearing
Founded in September, 1992
4435 West Oakton Street
Skokie, IL 60076
847-679-4113 Voice
[email protected]
www.hebrewseminary.org
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Jewish Deaf Congress
Established in 1956
[email protected]
www.jewishdeafcongress.org
www.facebook.com/JewishDeafCongress
Jewish Deaf Resource Center – name changed to
Jewish Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resource Center
Founded in 1996
P.O. Box 318
Hartsdale, NY 10530
301-637-2881VP
917-705-8941 Voice
[email protected]
www.jdrc.org
Our Way/YACHAD
Founded in 1969
Original name was Our Way/National Conference of Synagogue Youth
40 Rector Street 4th Floor
New York, NY 10006
212-613-8234 Voice
[email protected]
Society of Rochester Jewish Deaf
Founded in 1993
Rochester, NY
[email protected]
JUDAICA VIDEOTAPES
Jewish Heritage and Holidays in ASL Videos
Founded in 1999
Cassia Margolis
317-406-9204 VP
317-726-1266 Voice
[email protected]
sites.google.com/site/jhahinasl/
YESHIVAS
Yeshivas Nefesh Dovid
The International Jewish High School for Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Boys
Founded in 2001
483 Lawrence Avenue West
Toronto, Ontario M5M 1C6, Canada
[email protected]
www.nefeshdovid.com
647-204-5512 Text
647 812-6061 VP
416 630 6220 Voice
