WHAT WE DO
1. Nurturing a richer and more meaningful Jewish communal life for everyone.
2. Educating the wider Jewish community to increase awareness of Jewish Deaf individuals.
3. Negotiating for and developing resources to increase communication access for Jewish Deaf individuals to services, rituals, educational, and other Jewish experiences.
4. Partnering with Jewish organizational leaders and decision makers to establish policies and programs for Jewish organizations to increase such understanding and access.
5. Increasing representation of Deaf individuals in Jewish communal leadership positions.
6. Raising and managing funding for resources and programs to enable such increased access.
7. Advising Jewish organizations on the logistics of creating programs and environments that enable full participation by the Jewish Deaf.
8. Supporting and assisting Jewish Deaf individuals to navigate their relationship with the wider Jewish community.
9. General advocating within the Jewish community for issues of concern to the Jewish Deaf community.
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and the individuals and organizations which serve the Jewish community throughout North America.
