Video: Deaf Jewish Boys Enjoy Summer of a Lifetime

A special summer camp for Jewish boys who are deaf, the only one of its kind in the world, recently concluded, with campers returning home inspired and exhilarated. The camp was conceived and directed by Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff, who is himself deaf, and did not have the opportunity to attend such a camp when he was a child.

The camp took place on the grounds of Camp L’maan Achai in upstate New York, with campers arriving from all over the globe.

A special thank you goes to the administration and staff of Camp L’man Achai, in particular, Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz, without whom this pioneering camp program for deaf boys would not be a reality.

The camp is a project of the Jewish Deaf Foundation. To learn more about their projects, visit www.jewishdeaffoundation.org.

Please note: When watching the video, keep the closed captioning option enabled in order to understand the sign language.