Israel

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Contents

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

Israeli Sign Language

Yiddish Sign Language

Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language


Related sign languages:

German Sign Language


Population of Deaf/deaf people

The population of the signers of Israeli Sign Language: 5,000 users including some hearing persons (Van Cleve 1986). (Ethnologue web Edition)


Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

The Association of the Deaf in Israel (WFD member)


Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

The Sign Language Research Lab of The University of Haifa


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.


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Researchers

History of sign language research

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Bibliography on Deaf and hard of hearing children in Israel

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