Israel
From AASL
| Name of the country/area | Israel |
|---|---|
| Formal name of the country/area | State of Israel |
| Country/area information | The World Factbook (CIA) |
| Wikipedia (English) |
Indigenous signs for "Israel"
Illustrations in the literature
"Israel" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 83.)
Spoken languages
Hebrew
Sign languages
Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
Related sign languages:
Population of Deaf/deaf people
The population of the signers of Israeli Sign Language: 5,000 users including some hearing persons (Van Cleve 1986).
Legal status of sign languages
Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf
The Association of the Deaf in Israel (WFD member, cited from WFD website)
Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies
Education for the deaf
Deaf communities and cultures
Religious activities by the Deaf
Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages
Sign language dictionaries
Savir, Hava ed. 1992. Sha'ar li-´sefat simanim Yi´sra'elit = Gateway to Israeli Sign Language. Tel Aviv: The Association of the Deaf in Israel.
Namir, Lila, Israel Sella, Mordechai Rimor and Izchak M Schlesinger. 1977. Dictionary of sign language of the deaf in Israel. Jerusalem: Ministry of Social Welfare.
Bibliography
Most, Tova, Amatzia Weisel and Shay Ezrachi. 2009. Deaf Education in Israel. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 101-118.
Plaut, A. 2007. What has changed? The history of educational frameworks for students with hearing impairments in Israel 1932-2005. Tel Aviv : Mofet Institute Publishing.
Meir, Irit and Wendy Sandler. 2007. "A Language in Space: the Story of Israeli Sign Language." New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Most, Tova. 2006. Communication rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment in the educational setting: A guide to the educational staff. Jerusalem : The ministry of education/Maalot publishing.
Wade, Nicholas. 2005 February 1. A new language arises, and scientists watch it evolve. In:The New York Times v.CLIV no.53,112, p.F3. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/science/01lang.html
Meir, Irit and Wendy Sandler. 2004. "safa bamerxav: eshnav le- sfat hasimanim hayisraelit (Language in Space: a Window onto Israeli Sign Language)." Haifa : University of Haifa Press. (in Hebrew).
Weisel, Aamtzia. and Zandberg, S. 2002. Issues of special education: Unit 8. Hearing impairment.Tel Aviv : The Open University.
Weisel, Amatzia. 2001. Equality, excellence, and parental choice in the education of deaf and hard of hearing children in Israel: Ethics and balancing individual, group and national agendas. In: Rod G. Beattie ed. Ethics in deaf education (chap. 6). New York : Academic Press.
2000. Israel. In : Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman eds. The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders, second edition. New York : Facts on File. 114-115.
2000. Israeli Sign Language. In : Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman eds. The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders, second edition. New York : Facts on File. 115.
Gorni, Z. and Hacohen, R. 1999-2000. Guide of rights and services for the hearing impaired (deaf and hard of hearing) in Israel /Jerusalem. Jerusalem : The ministry of Labor and social services, rehabilitation branch.
Zweibel, Abraham. 1999. Education of the deaf in Israel: Past, present, and future. In: William H. Brelje ed. Global perspectives on the education of the deaf. Hillsboro, OR : Butte Publications. 191-204
Gur, H. 1997. Equal opportunities and repression: The case of the deaf. In: Theories in education, 2. 205-219.
Dromi, A., and Reingold-Frimerman, D. 1996. Intervention by communication and language with children with hearing impairment, the pre-verbal stag. Tel Aviv : Ramot Publications.
Weisel, Amatzia. 1995. Are there angels in heaven who know sign language? In: David. Chen ed. Education towards the 21st century. Tel Aviv : Ramot Publications. 503-515.
Zwiebel, Abraham. 1994. Judaism and Deafness: A humanistic heritage. In: Erting, Carol J., Robert C. Johnson, Dorothy L. Smith, and Bruce D. Snider eds. The Deaf Way: Perspectives from the international conference on Deaf culture. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press. 231-238.
1992. Israel. In : Turkington, Carol, and Allen E. Sussman eds. The encyclopedia of deafness and hearing disorders [first edition]. New York : Facts on File.
Zwiebel, Abraham and N. Milgram. 1982. Cognitive and communicative development in Deaf children. In: Israel journal of behavior sciences. 26 : 115-130.(in Hebrew)
Weisel, Amatzia. and Reichstein, J. 1991. Routes to postsecondary education for hearing impaired students in Israel. In: Enid G. Wolf-Schein and J.D.Schein eds. Postsecondary education for Deaf students. Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press. 57-65.
Schlesinger, I.M. 1987. Sign languages : Israeli. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.3. 84-85.
Reichstein, Jerry. 1987. Israel. In : Van Cleve, John V. (editor in chief), Gallaudet College eds. Gallaudet encyclopedia of deaf people and deafness. New York : McGraw-Hill. vol.2. 102-105.
Schlesinger, Izchak M. and Lila Namir. 1976. Recent research on Israeli Sign Language. In: Report on the 4th International Conference on Deafness. Tel Aviv, March, 18-23, 1973. Silver Spring, Md.: National Association of the Deaf. 114.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Events
Links
Bibliography on Deaf and hard of hearing children in Israel
The Sign Language Research Lab of The University of Haifa
Notes
| Middle East (general) | Middle East (general) |
|---|---|
| Anatolia | Turkey |
| Arabian Peninsula | Bahrain | Kuwait | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Yemen |
| Iranian Plateau | Iran |
| Levant | Israel | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria |
| Areas and others | Palestine |
