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About Us
JDRC, Inc. was founded by two young women in 1996, one Deaf and one
hearing. They dreamed that the Jewish Deaf can participate in and
shape the rich worlds of Jewish liturgy, education, culture, and communal
life on an equal basis with hearing Jews.
JDRC was created as a response to painful experiences and troubling
observations about the status of the Jewish Deaf and their role in
the greater Jewish community. They saw that the leadership of the
Jewish Deaf population is aging, and that no new generation was coming
forward to hear thier stories or take their lead. They were meeting
many Deaf Jews who were unaffiliated, who had nowhere to worship or
to give their children a quality Jewish education. Nor could they
even conceive of a Jewish life because there was no way for them to
gain access to the greater Jewish community. They were dismayed that
there was not an advocacy and policy organization to serve as a clearinghouse
and support center for the Jewish Deaf, and to be a resource for any
individuals or institutions interested in closing the gap between
Deaf and hearing Jews. |
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