Online program brings Jewish learning to deaf, hard of hearing The course, which focused on loss, happened to come a few days after Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attacks. It provided comfort to one Jewish deaf woman. Mike Wagenheim Nov. 30, 2023
First deaf member of Knesset joins new Israeli government A staunch advocate for empowering people with disabilities, Shirley Pinto has cultivated a career supporting people with disabilities in general and deaf people in particular. June 14, 2021
TAU team develops new gene therapy for deafness Replacing defective genes that cause gradual hearing loss in mice is successful and could lead to treatment for human babies with similar mutations. Abigail Klein Leichman Jan. 4, 2021
Scientists at Tel Aviv University develop new gene therapy for deafness A novel therapy could lead to a breakthrough in treating children born with various mutations that eventually cause deafness. Dec. 25, 2020
American-Israeli linguistics professor inducted into arts and sciences academy Wendy Sanders has most focused her work on developing models of sign-language phonology and prosody. May 4, 2020
Online social network geared to deaf, signing community launches in Israel SignTalkers gives members of the signing community, both hearing and Deaf, a space for thoughtful, thriving and engaging conversation. May 22, 2019
Rabbi works to make Jewish life more accessible for deaf community The whole point of services—the experience—is so that a deaf person doesn’t feel like he or she is catching up or totally lost in prayer.” Howard Blas Sept. 23, 2018