New Five-Year Jewish Calendar Is Available
Following the success of its original calendar mailing in 1996, the Jewish Deaf
Community Center has issued its second Five-Year Jewish Calendar to make sure that Deaf Community Leaders avoid planning its events during major
Jewish Holidays.
JDCC mailed Five-Year Jewish Calendars to two thousand organizations and
Community Leaders in the Deaf and hard of hearing community nationally
during the end of January. This two-color Calendar for the 2001-2005 years is
imprinted on write-on memo boards with magnetic backing. Although there are
many Jewish Holidays during the year, the Calendar lists the most important
six holidays: Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and
Shemini Atzeret.
The idea came when JDCC founder Sharon Ann Dror noted certain incidents
that indicated lack of respect for Jewish Holidays. In contacting organizers of
these events, she realized that many of them were ignorant or unaware of the
conflict or importance of certain Jewish holidays. "We hope that the Five-Year
Calendar continues to remind Deaf organizations to plan their conferences,
tournaments, conventions, performances or events so that it does not conflict
with either of these six major Jewish holidays," Dror says, "this would enable
Jewish Deaf people to participate in services or be with their families and
friends."
Copies of this updated Five-Year Jewish Calendar is available for $5.00 each (plus $2.95 postage) through JDCC, 507 Bethany Road, Burbank, CA 91504. Orders can also be faxed to 818/845-9936 or e-mail JDCCNews@aol.com