Hunter Rerun With Deaf Characters
    'Death Signs' episode of the Hunter TV series is scheduled to air again shortly. A beautiful wife, jealous brother and spurned suitor are suspects in the stabbing death of a deaf man. The character McCabe is played by Howie Seago, Rebecca by Mary Vreeland, Montgomery by David Balacater and Kati by Catherine Richardson.

Show By Hearing Mother Of Deaf Son To Be Interpreted
    Naomi Miller, who has a Deaf son and is co-founder of Parents For Deaf Awareness and also founded the Jewish Deaf and Hearing Impaired Council, is performing the show 'Love, Marriage, Children and Liposuction' at the Don't Tell Mama cabaret nightclub on 46th Street in New York City on Sunday, March 12th and Saturday, March 18th. Miller has just been nominated for the 'Best Debut Act' by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs. Winners will be announced on April 12th. Both performances will be interpreted by her husband, Harvey. Cover charge is $10 and there is a two drink minimum. No credit cards are accepted. She also appeared in a show, 'Klassy Klezmer' in Wayne, NJ on March 5th and at Club Moshavi, a glatt kosher restaurant in Livingston, NJ on March 12th. For information, contact Miller at 973/696-9280 TTY.

Homosexuality and Jewish Law Lecture Interpreted
    Manhattan's Young Adult Jewish Deaf (MYAJD), an affiliate of the Jewish Deaf Resource Center, Inc. (JDRC) and Congregation B'nai, Jeshurun has announced that the lecture by Rabbi Elliot Dorff who has a lesbian daughter on 'Homosexuality and Jewish Law' which took place on February 3rd with free admission was interpreted. Their upcoming Shabbat Service on March 10-11 and March 24-25 will also be interpreted as well as their second night of Passover. Marla Berkowitz, a graduate student studying Jewish Education at the Jewish Theology Seminary will lead the Seder in sign language at Village Crown, a Moroccan restaurant in Greenwich Village. For information, contact Berkowitz at mcbync@aol.com

Matlin Makes Appearance On NBC Show
    Oscar winner Marlee Matlin was a guest star in an episode of NBC's 'The West Wing' which aired on Wednesday, February 9th at 9pm. In this episode titled 'Take This Sabbath Day', Matlin plays the role of a feisty campaign manager begging for a meeting with the President when her democratic congressional candidate has purposely been under funded by his party before the upcoming elections.

Temple Beth Solomon To Relocate
    Temple Beth Solomon president Joe Slotnick has announced that their property is in escrow. It is being bought by Victory Outreach, an organization that helps gang members, drug addicts and prostitutes. Upon closing of escrow, TBS will have some space offered by Temple Judea. "Seriously, I was very impressed', he says, "and came away with the feeling that we at Temple Beth Solomon are very, very fortunate in having the people at Temple Judea extend their arms to us in welcome as we make plans to close down our present quarters and move there. We had a chance to look over the premises there, and are very pleased with what we will be able to use while we share a home with Temple Judea". The last Shabbat gathering at TBS "to celebrate our memories" is scheduled for Friday, March 17th at 8 P.M. with refreshments". TBS had been located at the Arleta property for thirty five years and are welcoming old pictures of TBS activities, people and the building for their upcoming 40th anniversary celebration on June 11th. Fred Lovitch is the chairperson for this 40th anniversary luncheon. For in formation, contact TBS at JSee@aol.com

Interpreted Service In Bay Area
    Congregation Sha'ar Zahav is scheduled to have interpreted services in March, April and May. If you are interested in attending the interpreted Passover Seder on April 20, please call 415/861-6932 or email Lea Salem at office 0shaarzahav.org She would welcome suggestions from the Deaf community about this program, "which is new to us, and which we would all like to see succeed" says Richard Inlander who sent us the announcement.

Two Websites for Jewish Interpreters
    Lore Rosenthal says there are two websites that maybe of interest to Jewish interpreters and students: David Bar Tzur's website which has sign glosses for the Silverman prayer book at http://www.rit.edu/~dabdis/ and the Transliterated Siddur, a website at http://members.aol.com/jordanleew/siddur/01toc.htm for hearing people trying to learn Hebrew. It has each prayer written out in transliteration (phonetic spelling of the Hebrew, using the English- "Roman" alphabet). This could be very helpful when we try to write our own glosses, in that we won't have to type out the transliteration.

Jewish Deaf High School Students Sought
    Darby Leigh with the New York Society for the Deaf shares that 'The March of the Living', a holocaust educational program which involves classes, lectures, and ultimately a two week trip to Poland and Israel (April 30 to May 15) to visit the sites of the former concentration camps and ghettos and then to celebrate Independence Day in Israel is seeking Deaf students to participate for the first time since the programs inception. Deaf students would be able to participate, along with 7,000 students from all over the world, in this international event with Deaf staff members and sign language interpreters. There is scholarship money available for qualified applicants. If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested, call (212) 777-3900, ext. 120 for more information.

Banter School Has New Superintendent
    The Boston Globe reported on March 3rd that Larry S. Taub, 47, of New York, an administrator and teacher at schools for the deaf for the past 15 years, was hired Thursday by the Baxter School Board. The Board hopes that Taub, who begins July 1st, will bring stability and improvements to the long-troubled state school. He becomes the second deaf superintendent in Baxter's 124-year history. Taub, using American Sign Language and speaking through an interpreter Thursday, said, "I'm very excited about the possibilities (at Baxter) and I look forward to joining the group here and working with them." Taub was selected over seven other applicants after a job search that lasted nearly a year. "We feel that Larry can spin things around and guide Gov. Baxter School for the Deaf back on track," said the board's chairwoman, Roxanne Baker. "I see him as our guiding light toward providing top quality education to deaf and hard-ofhearing students." Baxter currently has 50 students enrolled in kindergarten through high school in both residential and day programs at its campus on Mackworth Island. It also provides outreach programs for about 440 students throughout the state. The school, founded in 1876, hired its first deaf superintendent in 1995.

Philadelphia Gets Own Torah
    Temple Beth Or of the Deaf in New York, who closed at the end of last year, has passed on their Torah to the Philadelphia Hebrew Association of the Deaf, (PHAD) thanks to PHAD member Betty Oshman who also was previously a long time Temple Beth Or of the Deaf member. The ibrah was originally one of several Torahs saved in Czechoslovakia during the holocaust and was given to Temple Beth Or of the Deaf. Philadelphia HAD members Robert Katz and Dennis Simmonds drove up to East Elmhurst, NY to receive the Torah, prayer books and tallits on December 19th.