Holiday Services
For Hearing Impaired

JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

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he rabbis at Temple Israel
don't know how many peo-
ple in this community com-
municate through sign
language.
But when a Chicago resident
from the Hebrew Seminary for
the Deaf suggested providing an
interpreter for the hearing im-
paired during Rosh Hashanah
services, Temple Israel thought
it was a good idea.
The temple is inviting mem-
bers and any non-members who
utilize sign language to attend
Erev Rosh Hashanah family ser-
vices on Monday night. Inter-
preter Amy Millman will sign the
service.
Ms. Millman and Rabbi Yed-
wab hope that having an inter-
preter will allow the hearing
impaired who use sign language
to participate in services and sen-
sitize the congregation to those
who have different needs.
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itual beauty to sign language,"
said Temple Israel Rabbi Paul
Yedwab. 'When you think about
being hearing impaired in the
Jewish world, having Amy for
services is an exciting option."
"A lot of deaf people don't know
what being Jewish means be-
cause they have never had the ex-
posure," Ms. Millman said. "The
seminary is providing that expo-
sure but this also needs to be
done outside the Chicago area."
Temple Emanu-El will also
have a sign language interpreter
this Monday night for services at
7 p.m. and for the Kol Niche ser-
vice on September 14, also at 7
p.m. Tickets are required.
This year, Beth Shalom will of-
fer a sign-language interpreter
for sermons, introductions to
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Shabbat Dedicated
To Disabilities

REBECCA WALDMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

ow do you deal with meet-
ing a person in a wheel-
chair? Do you avert your
eyes, pretend not to notice?
Do you feel awkward? Do you
want to ask a million questions,
like "How did that happen?"
Now, what if that person is
wearing a kippah?
Organizers of a special week-
end are asking metropolitan De-
troit rabbis and other educators
to learn more about reopening the
Jewish community to people with
disabilities. The event is Special
Awareness Shabbat, Oct. 28-29,
sponsored by the Jewish Infor-
mation and Referral Service
(JIRS) and the Jewish Federa-
tion.
And, despite its appropriate
timing during National Disabil-
ities Awareness Month, its orga-
nizers assert that Judaism has a
lot to say about inclusion year-
round.
"It doesn't matter what Torah
portion you bring out, you can
find a lot of references to this,"
says Chaya Leah Tinman, mar-
keting director for Special Aware-
ness Shabbat. "The Shabbat
stresses the importance of a Jew-
ish community including every-
body. Whether we are Reform,

Chaya Leah Tinman

Conservative or Orthodox, we are
all Jewish; we are part of the
same family and need to look out
for each other."
Carol Kaczander, JIRS direc-
tor, coordinated last year's and
this year's awareness events. She
distributes packets of materials,
prepared by the Agency for Jew-
ish Education, to local rabbis and
Jewish school librarians to sup-
port sermons and educational ac-
tivities.
Last year, about five syna-
gogues participated. Ms. Tinman