✨March 2024 – Women History Month!✨
*The Women Who Saved the Persian Jews
* Rabbi David Kastor’s Wednesday Lecture on Purim
* ASC’s Shabbat Services – JDC’s Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration
A Treat for You for Women’s Month and Purim!
The Two Women Who Saved the Jews of Ancient Persia from Annihilation
Zoom Lecture by Ephrat Dvir
Thursday March 21, 2024 at 7 PM – 8:30 PM EST
The Jewish Deaf Congress proudly presents Ephrat Dvir, a fabulous storyteller who transforms dry verses to fascinating spiritual stories.
Purim is probably one of the Jewish holidays where women are the center of the plot and the ones who persist and change the course of history. BOTH Vashti and Esther’s transformation and actions (both passive and active) influenced the lives and history of Jews. Through Ephrat, you will learn more about Vashti the queen and understand better Esther’s transformation.
Ephrat Dvir, a Deaf Israeli woman, was born into a hearing family. One of her two sisters is also Deaf. Ephrat is a pioneer who has broken the glass ceiling in Israeli society: Ephrat was the first deaf officer in IDF (and as a result later many deaf persons were able to became officers in IDF too). Upon her release from IDF, Ephrat went to law school and became the first deaf lawyer in Israel. She has many specializations in the field of medicine and in the field of the Land of Israel (history, geography, culture and of course the Tanach aka Torah, Prophets and the Writings).
Efrat’s style is through the Midrash – learning the Torah, Neviim (Prophets) and Ketuvim (The Writings) through a narrative dimension to discover the deeper and hidden layers of the Hebrew Bible’s stories, not only by the dry verses but by the spirit of the people involved.
A Purim Treat for You, No Charge
Please register (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtduqsqj8qG9EcPK61RKo0mwNE6HxdWfW7) to get the zoom link.
DONATIONS WELCOMED!
https://jewishdeafcongress.org/donate
April 2024 – SAVE DATE and JOIN US for ASC’s Shabbat Services includes Bar/Bat MItzvah Celebration
Friday April 12, 2024 7:00 PM EST
JDC has made it possible for 4 young students from different cities to celebrate their year-long completion of their virtual Jewish education of rituals, prayers and Hebrew/Israeli Sign Language. These students will participate by sharing their mitzvah project as well as do the prayers as part of the Shabbat Services. Hillel Goldberg and Daniel Israelov served as their teachers and guides throughout their preparations for this monumental simcha occasion.
Stay tuned for the link.
The monthly Shabbat services in ASL is made possible through collaborations among the Hillel Club of Gallaudet, Jewish Deaf Congress and Jewish Deaf Resources Center and your donations.