Seminary for the deaf ordains a New Jersey native

BodianRabbi Dena Bodian combines her passion for Judaism, signing

by Johanna Ginsberg
NJJN Staff Writer
August 11, 2010

Although she herself is not deaf, Dena Bodian developed a fascination for American Sign Language during her days as a member of the Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael and as a student at the Nathan Bohrer-Abraham Kaufman Hebrew Academy of Morris County in Randolph.

Photo: Dena Bodian, a native of Morristown, was ordained in June by the Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf in Chicago. Photo courtesy Dena Bodian

 

Published On: 5 Elul 5770 (5 Elul 5770 (August 15, 2010))