The Jewish deaf people in Eastern Massachusetts has a new Jewish Signers group that you can sign up for news through their email distribution list and anyone is welcome to subscribe to Jewish Signers of MA by sending a message to [email protected]. They started this service on September 12, 2000 with 55 members.

Join our Jewish Signing Families for the Seventh Annual ASL practice Passover Seder will be with Maria Berkowitz on Sunday, April 1, 2001 from 2:00 to 6PM at the Learning Center for Deaf Children (TLC) Gym, 848 Central Street Framingham MA. 978-443-7617 V/TTY or E-mail [email protected]. Adults and Children of all ages are welcome. Interpreters provided for non-signing family members. Kosher samples of Passover food will be served. A matzo alternative will be provided if you do not eat matzo before Passover. Special thanks to: Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) and Jewish Family Service of MetroWest for their support.

The Jewish Deaf community recently received a one-time $30K funding from CJP through a private donation to provide accessible Jewish related events in the Boston Area. Rabbi Fred Friedman will come to Boston on Friday March 23 and we will have a traditional shabbat dinner at Allon Yomtov’s apartment. On Sunday March 25 Rabbi Friedman will give a presentation on Jewish Life Cycle at the Brookline JCC from 12:30 to 3:30. There are plans to have a screening of Russian Jewish film “Desire to Know” in Brookline. The Jewish signing community gets together occasionally at our dinner gatherings at kosher restaurants.