“Finding a Spiritual Home:
Where Do Jewish Deaf Go?”
An interactive dialogue workshop
facilitated by
Marla Berkowitz
Sunday,
February 24, 2002
10:00 am to Noon
(registration opens at 9:30 am)
Dairy lunch to follow – 12:15 to 1 pm
College of the Holy Cross, Hogan 403
“Finding a Spiritual Home: Where Do Jewish Deaf
Go?” will be an interactive dialogue with the
goal of identifying strategies for finding a spiritual
home for Jewish Deaf. Questions such as the following
will be addressed: Where do Jewish Deaf go to identify
pathways to carry on the Jewish traditions in this secular
society? Why are there large numbers of Jewish
Deaf remaining unaffiliated from becoming members of
synagogues and local Jewish Deaf organizations?
Who will continue to carry the torch and keep the Jewish
Deaf flame burning on behalf of the Jewish Deaf community?
This workshop is intended for a range of participants:
Rabbis and hearing individuals in the Jewish community
to learn how to ensure better access for Deaf community
members; Jewish Deaf individuals to strategize how to
become more informed and involved; and, interpreters
to learn what their role is in helping to provide access.
Marla Berkowitz, who is Deaf and fluent in American
Sign Language, has presented extensively throughout
the USA and in Israel about Judaism and the Jewish Deaf.
She is a Wexner Alumna with an MA in Jewish Education
from The Jewish Theological Seminary, and is co-founder
of The Jewish Deaf Resource Center, Inc., based in New
York City.
This event is Part III in a series of workshops related
to religion in the Deaf community.
Northeastern University is approved by the RID CMP to
sponsor continuing education activities. This
program is offered for .2 CEUs or ACET credits in the
content area of Professional Studies and has an instructional
level of introductory. There is a $10 processing fee
for those participants requesting CEU or ACET credits.
Co-sponsored by the Deaf Studies
Program of The College of the Holy Cross, Holyoke Community
College, and the Northeastern University Interpreter
Education Project, U.S. Department of Education Rehabilitation
Services Administration, Interpreter Training Program
Grant #H160A0000-20. This workshop series is also made
possible by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment
Inc. to the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture
at The College of the Holy Cross.
For
information, contact Judy Fask, (508) 793-3344 (v),
(508) 793-3038 (tty) or jfask@holycross.edu
ASL/English Interpreters—Rebekah Barkowitz and
Diane McKeon—will be provided for the workshop
only.
*************************************Registration***************************************
Registration fee: $10.00
Due by 2/13/02
Please make checks (which are non-refundable) payable
to Northeastern University. If you will be requesting
CEU/ACET credits, please enclose an additional $10.00.
Name: __________________________________
Please send form and check
by 2/13/02 to:
Address: ________________________________
Diana Doucette, Project Coordinator
Interpreter
Education Project
Phone: __________________________________
405 Meserve Hall
Northeastern
University
E-mail: __________________________________
Boston, MA 02115
