Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1993-03-25

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Gallery Players production
retnrns Isenitcitt to stage
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lemple plans Annual Meet
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BabM created spagogwe
lit 'forsaken' Somalia
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Over 300 attend
Israel Bonds dinner
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Ahavas Sholom to honor
Irving Baker at dinner
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M|fii language bridges communications gap
Jbr New American teen, and NCSY youth
fly Ina llurttHi-Wltllmttrn
Il was it blusteiy, snowy
Monday ulgbi in Lehtuaiy
a night that might keep many
iwoiw In ihi'it Itiuiies. Yel a
|tou|) crtget to comiituiilcitlt'
In slid ifltigiinge gathered ai
Agiulas Achim .Synagogue, li
Included P NCSV youth, Hi-
ieeloiuf Youth fid vices italt-
Id Hilled os, Hcsh-y fP'iide-nl
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Maicv.tllllitiait mid M-yent-
t)ld.Zhaiina.l!iifa!»is!taya,
It litis been a long tiidtlll
snuggle- lor i*.liinifia, who cmite
in C'lilnttiliu* wllti liei mothe.i
ttotll Hit* Hfctalirc aboill tun
nttd « half years rtgii, It hilt
mean! not only fid'tniing lo n
new life* it) a new idatt, bid
beeitiw she is deft! defil It its-
slan. she has bad lo teat'ti lit)
glisTislgtt language a ilifll
cull iask imi otit* slit* has
eotititteted ririri IS now teaching !o nfhei*
'Tiistitfitiiifiitonilif (irttiof
Hie kids In Hie gttnitt, who
have so much ct*e in e(o, ||iii(
(hey conn? here? every week
wanilrtf to Irttni signing,''said
Habbl Los,
flit! flass has been meeting
on Mwiidsjf*. for fiver 0ir**i*
months, tJtlliiiait, a iraehct of
(he tkal fen (It* l-tanldlit
County- ileum! «j J-diir«ifoii
(or Ihe HftiHrtf iniifalfcd in
IJiibilii, t ibid, das Iimo itri|i
tug /liiiuiKi by sigttiiti| with
her nnd •ltiJ(,i|)iH!»iij for Hit*
class whal slit* has sitid,
"Wt* wfic'ijullcfoilutittieio
find an iiisttiictof such as
Many,"said Habbl hM,"SiV
has made llic kids combo table
and tin' class trsctllfiir."
Zliaitlia'slcatiiliigaiidlfacli'
ina 1 iifiliili slau iintRUftdc
lilljlbl not hrtvp been l>oisiblt'
If not fid the ltcl|i (if Itattbl
Alain'int't and'Mabbi lioi ot
AKud«s Achiift,
"Von can imaaftit' Hip Mud
of wotlri nhe' lived lit when site
■His! aifivcii," said Habbl Los,
"Hfic Wrti tied ilble« lei comiitil-
iilcaip ttiiii nilti't Kusslans
find Americans, not wiili dcttf
AiiudJcans siitit* %\k coulei
Olllv Slfitl ill lti)«lrit), It WM
like*' living in it bos."
Site knew vety fiitfc abmii
Jiidabrin.'l In* Hieiitinej liml not
been a. comdty when* ocojilc
t)|«*i»ly lifrrciiccil tile* Je'wiih
religion lice {Hiiiiilintdhrr,
Hftn (ill!! Ilvrti lit ('{rlitridrtts,
had seen /liaima "crowing"
ite*r«f!l, Aecertelittd lo Nabiti
Lo*, slit* bad been going toir
vnuili gfotifi fur (he1 hero lug
fmiialffti iliai laugh! Chris-
fiatiliy,
Vi/iHutiTtr-r sltnatioM t-fltiii* in
ilre* fflbbl'S nttrtttlott ihtotifilt
IheJt'WiiliLariillySt'ivitfs.he*
i!tvift*d het lei aHetid setitte) In.
cai yomlt (inrgraiiis, bid I! was
veiyltaid Hit lifir lit uiiiiiiitini*
title,
Then about a year ago, n
i{i«ta! oiffiotttrniiy |tie«'iiicel
Itself, NCSY has a nnlional
iueigntrn fdt Htt' deaf called
"tint Way," which istliiHled
by |talibi i'lieict icektleiud
in New Voilt tT)y, Tlifoigaiib
e-rtiion whs Imlditig « iirttltutiil
Shtibbalon bu the .deaf, ami
ullli ihe itislstnuec of Kgbbl
t'llipi, the sviuigoglierl till It flit*
Iri ledcflciitd, /.haniia, her
mwlifrnnd graiiditroiliei were
able io ttttetid.
"they loved It," wtiilHiibbi
Lex. "i( wit*, ft tvltiili' wcekeitd
geitied toward Irumlng."
fiooiiaflen/liaiiiia'Aas able
lo t*o to si tegiriniil NCSY
fdiiitibnlfifi In (Irvi'lnitd.wlit'fe
die was alile lo lip wiih a
itollfsslmial iitieitlieipi. who
lelired bet Hiih Hie tteinsilloii
ofadtijilliiB to Aiitetk-an life as
»l|eittltigliH|ra!ffr|ludlvhltial,
I liter, she rtilr'tiib'tt sot Nt'<*V
(tifivculioil in New .leroe-y,
wheie* llti'tf wnsnisoflu inter-
Itieler jtieserii.
As /liHtiiin be»ait ltr sign,
feci! iiitd wriie in the iTiillih
language, Nf HY itm from
Agudai Aclillii witndHl (o bet
ier riintoiunicjite Willi liff
liirifiigli sign latigiiaic, Wiih
t iillman's assisiaiirr1, /.hanira
iiegari hei tlisi teacliiitg esoc-
lieiice.
"Windows have t!|tened u|i
for /hariftit," said Habbl Los,
"She has made ftiends ami Is
involved In swttd acllvltletr,
sut.'iiassttliiigatidtiasltt'UiftlL"
Zlianna, wh« used to attend
a sellout for Hie deaf, nowgoes
to a hrfttinfj itniiidtcd juogiam
III Tile iiublir school system,
Hite strid her fluency will) Ln-.
eilslr slgiilii(i Ciiine lioni belli
I'V her' tcmhets, by sitttiliig
wiili crtvy winds and "lois and
loiMd (uavtlic"
tilllniai). whose llrsl ei|w-
sttietodeiifursi wrisliavtngfl
hern lug irriiialied leiittlvc, said,
"We wanted to iintkr ^Itiinttit
iHoienwrtHof Hiliigs. JHielras
shown ttiote eoititdence in
leitihiiiK some eil Ihe* coiiifriu-
iticatiitit sMIis m well tts talk
iitg about lietself. Ami In addition, Hie class ha* hre-i) ginning
a«i tHidmfatidlng and rijiitfee I
aiitui ol deal'ness In Ihe com-
rituriliy." Hlllmari' alsei noted
that Ihe gioli|i tvflt ii "•.yitulet.
Inl" eTnss, which wits rdttmcly
iiilerested In commuiticailng
At one serjsitnt, tliilmaii
broirglil lieiiring olds set sitr^
dents could see whs! (hey were
(Ike
ihe teens iri (he ilitis have
enioyed «s well «l been lift-
(sitNsed Willi Banna's abilliy.
"I Hiiiik site's ieally geiiirtt far
Hi saying (he litiilli!) and sign
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