New York
Rabbi David Edleson will lead High Holiday Services at New York HAD this year, replacing Alan Abarbanell. Service will be held on September 11, 1999 with Luncheon. Yom Kippur Services will take place on September 20, 1999. For information, contact Sally Auerbach, #4G, 4331 45th Street, Sunnyside, NY 11104.
Scranton, PA
Temple Hesed, a Reform (UAHC affiliated) congregation in Scranton, PA will have its High Holy day services interpreted in ASL by Amine Weiss. Services will be held at 8 pm during the evenings of Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre, and at 10 am on the day of the Holy Days (one day only for Rosh Hashanah). Membership is normally required for admission on the High Holy Days but seating is family style– first come, first served. A member of any other Temple is welcome receive tickets provided they have a letter sent from their home Temple to us. For more information on arrangements for Jewish Deaf persons who are not affiliated with any congregation please contact Barbara Graham, President of Temple Hesed at [email protected]
Visit the Temple Hesed website at: www.ncx.com/wwi/hesed/
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Hebrew Association of the Deaf, Inc. will have interpreted High Holiday services at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park on Saturday, September 11th at 11 am and Monday, September 20th at 10:30 am. Both services will be led by Rabbi David Maharam along with interpreter, Lore Rosenthal. Annual Break-the-Fast (Variety Smoked Fish Buffet) will be held at Rose Olanoff Community Center on Monday, September 20th at 6 pm. Please contact Robert Katz at 215338-2491 or E-mail at [email protected] for more details.
NTID/Rochester, NY
Rabbinical student David Kay will lead High Holiday services to students at National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID) at Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID) in voice and sign. They welcome students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome and encouraged to participate. A full schedule of services will be held both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at the Interfaith Chapel. For information, contact the RIT Hillel Director or David Kay at [email protected]
Manhattan, NY
Manhattan’s Young Adult Jewish Deaf (MYAJD), an affiliate of The Jewish Deaf Resource Center, Inc., (JDRC), Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (BJ) will be providing ASL Interpreted Spiritual Services. The schedule is as follows: Erev Rosh Hashanah- Friday, September 10th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Saturday September 11th from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, Sunday September 12th from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, Kol Nidre on Sunday, September 19th from 6:15 to 9:30 pm, Yom Kippur (Yizkor) on Monday, September 20th from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, Story of Jonah/Havdalah on Monday, September 20 from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. Services will be held at Congregation B’Nai Jeshurun, 96th Street & Central Park West. Entrance cards are needed to attend and all seats must be reserved by September 3rd. For information, contact Marla Berkowitz at [email protected], 212/452-2766 FAX or 212/3969672 TTY.
Florida
Jewish Community Center Association of the Deaf will have High Holy Day services at Temple Emanu-EI, 3245 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lauderdale Lakes, FL as follows: Rosh Hashana service on September 11th at 10:30 am and Yom Kippur service on September 20th at 10:30 am. For information, e-mail to [email protected]
Massachusetts
A reform congregation in Belmont, MA is providing interpreted services for Erev Rosh Hashanah on Friday, September 10th at 7 pm, Kol Nidre on Sunday, September 19th at 7:00 pm, Erev Sukkot on Friday, September 24th at 7:00 pm and Simchat Tora on Friday, October 1st at 7:00 pm. The following Shabbat services will be interpreted: October 15th, November 19th, December 17th, January 21, February 18, March 17th, April 21st, May 19th and June 16th. More information on their congregation is available on the web at uahc.org/ma/betc
