We thank Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe of Moses Montefiore Congregation for

pre-recording a video of the Torah portion of the week called "Parashot Ki Tzeitzei." The video is captioned and presented in sign language.

The ASL Shabbat Coalition thanks Caption Anywhere for captioning all four videos featured in the last four ASC eNews issues.

Shabbat shalom!

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Visual description: Rabbi Rebecca Dubowe, a white woman with brown wavy hair without bangs, is wearing a light blue button down blouse. While seated at a desk in the attic, she teaches the Torah portion of the week in ASL. The video is also captioned.

We thank Danielle Silk for her rendition of the candle lighting blessing that she presented in ASL as part of the Friday night Jewish Liturgy in ASL class video project in April 202. This course was hosted by Academy for Jewish Religion in partnership with JDRC this past spring.

To see the English translations of both the Candle lighting and the Motzi blessings, visit these links:

Candle lighting

Motzi

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Visual description: Danielle Silk, a white woman seated against a black backdrop, is shown wearing a black long sleeved blouse. She signs the candle lighting blessing. On the right, there are two black candleholders and white Shabbat candles. She has long curly hair that drapes down the upper part of her arms. She wears large pink glasses adorned with silver jewels at the top of each frame corner.

We present a video clip of Johanna Katz Searls who signed the Kiddush blessing during the Rochester, New York, ASL Shabbat service that took place March 2021. 

To see the English translations of the Kiddush blessings, visit this link.

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Visual description: Johanna Katz Searls, a white woman with curly brown shoulder length hair and round framed glasses, signs the Kiddush blessing. She is wearing a black scoop neck blouse with three quarter sleeves.

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Special thanks go to UJA-Federation of New York for their financial support.

This eNews is made possible through a collaborative effort of three organizations that comprise the ASL Shabbat Coalition (ASC): Hillel at Gallaudet, Jewish Deaf Congress, and the Jewish Deaf Resource Center.

Hillel @ Gallaudet promotes inclusive Jewish educational, religious, social, cultural, and communal activities at Gallaudet University by creating opportunities for diverse expressions of Jewish life among students.

Jewish Deaf Congress (JDC) is an inclusive and accessible Jewish Deaf national organization, network and resource center, rooted in Judaism and Deaf experiences, cultures and values of lifelong Jewish learning to discover, connect and flourish.

Jewish Deaf Resource Center, a pluralistic national nonprofit organization, builds bridges between Jews who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the individuals and organizations which serve the wider Jewish community through advocacy, communication access solutions, education, inclusive public policy and practices, partnerships, resources, and training.