So, you’re thinking about learning sign language? Or maybe you’ve just been curious like, what’s it really like to sign with your hands instead of speak with your mouth? Well, you’re in for something pretty amazing. Most people assume sign language is just for those who are Deaf or hard of hearing, but honestly? It’s…
With summer right around the corner, it’s time to pull together a summer reading list for those quiet moments.
Signs of Survival is a memoir of the Holocaust by Renee Hartman and Joshua M. Greene. The book is about two sisters, one deaf, one hearing, and how they survive Hitler’s Final Solution. Renee Hartman was the hearing daughter of a deaf Jewish couple living in 1940s Czechoslovakia. As the only hearing person in her family,…
Over nine years ago, when I moved into my current home, I started a website and blog where I posted my published novels and used the blog to review books that interested me. In 2024 I read and reviewed 15 books from psychological thrillers like Scream Collector, love stories like Doc’s Double Delivery, and books on the…
My novel, The Abduction of Joshua Bloom will be published November 20, 2024. And The Lip Reader won a prestigious award.
Matt Hay’s hearing was never good. Born with Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors to arise on nerves, especially those located in the spine. Matts tumors affect his balance and hearing until one malicious one causes his deafness. Born and raised in Indiana, Matt relates his story and how the…
Our Way offers a network of support services for the Deaf.
(Tabby Refael is a weekly editorial columnist for The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, as well as a contributor to Newsweek, Los Angeles Magazine, the Los Angeles Review of Books and other publications.) Author Michael Thal has been nominated as BEST AUTHOR for the 2025 International Impact Author of the Year. Prior to the…
It’s June and so many parents and kids are thinking about summer camp. If this includes you, get motivated by reading Koolura and the Mystery at Camp Saddleback. (It’s the second book in the Koolura Series, but no worries. You don’t have to read book 1 because the stories are independent of each other.) I got…
“Around the World in 80 Years” was a celebration of a life well lived and loved.