Sign language

Na Laga’at Center marks Int’l Sign Languages Day with performance of ‘The Little Prince’

Directed by Yaara Reshef Nahor, actors Yaroslav Bernatsky and Shoval Ben Zeev will depict the fable about the prince who sought a friend among the stars using Israeli Sign Language (ISL).

 YAROSLAV BERNATSKY and Shoval Ben Zeev in ‘The Little Prince’ at Na Laga’at.
 ADOLF HITLER reviews his troops during the victory parade in Vienna following the German annexation of Austria, March 16, 1938. Hitler called Lueger ‘the greatest German mayor of all times’ in ‘Mein Kampf.’

Jewish comedian Gianmarco Soresi goes viral after learning how to sign ‘Nazi’ in ASL 

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 HILA ALMOG demonstrates live interpretation at the company’s Tel Aviv office.

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'I love you' hand sculptures seeks to promote sign language use

One of the figurines will be one-and-a-half meters high, and will be taken around the country.

A hand sculpture gesturing in sign language 'I love you.'

Israeli professor accepted to prestigious US Academy of Arts and Sciences

Members of the academy are selected as people recognized for discovering advanced knowledge, and those who apply knowledge to the problems of society.

Wendy Sandler, Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Haifa.

Belgian university denotes 'Jew' with the same hand-sign for hooked nose

A dictionary of sign language in The University of Ghent uses the same sign for hooked nose to say 'Jew'

A sign language interpreter translates a prayer during a ceremony on the eve of the International Day of Commemoration to honour the victims of the Holocaust in Minsk

‘Signing is cool’

Douglas Ridloff struggled through his bar mitzvah. Now the deaf performer is giving back to the community and helping kids like himself.

HEADLINER DOUGLAS Ridloff of New York performs at the SignTalkers kickoff event.

80 deaf Israeli children have bar and bat mitzvah ceremony

The bar and bat mitzvah at the Nitzanim synagogue were sponsored by the International Young Israel Movement and the Jewish Agency.

Pair of tefilin with black straps with blue kippah on white wooden background. (illustrative)

Israeli emissaries use sign language to make Eurovision accessible

Jewish Agency emissaries produce a video in which they translate the Israeli 2019 Eurovision song into sign language.

Kobi Marimi

Rishon Letzion adds sign language interpreter to municipality meetings

The municipality made a huge leap in the direction of accessibility by listening to residents and tried to help them out.

Cameras of the Rishon Letzion municipality meetings intended for raising city-wide awareness, 2019.