After being enrolled in the Sunday Free Hebrew Program for one lunch hour per week for one year in which the Jewish Education Council agreed to pay for the cost of a teacher, Ryan Duchoeny who is profoundly Deaf and uses ASL is no longer able to continue classes. Despite previous assurances given by the Jewish Education Council, Ryan’s father was informed that JEC would not support the teacher for my son in the future… “one teacher one child it is not feasible, we did you a favor by supplying the teacher this year”. Since then Frank Duchoeny has contacted different organizations and representatives to no avail. He has launched a website to make this situation known and can be reached at [email protected].

Published On: 2 Iyyar 5770 (2 Iyyar 5770 (April 16, 2010))