Deaf Community Celebrates Chanuka in Sign Language

The hearing-impaired community of Paris, France gathered for a unique Chanuka event led by shliach Rabbi Isser Lubecki. The program included a full olive oil press exhibition and a menorah lighting all led in sign language.

Photos: Mordechai Lubecki

The deaf community of Paris, France gathered for a unique Chanuka event led by shliach Rabbi Isser Lubecki. The program included a full olive oil press exhibition and a menorah lighting all led in sign language.

Rabbi Lubecki works with Jewish students as part of Chabad’s Beth Loubavitch Étudiants in Paris’s 5th arrondissement, an area known for its universities and colleges, including the Sorbonne. He has long focused his energy on reaching out to Jews in the Deaf community.

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