Judie Cronlund, a Deaf lay leader with short gray hair and black-framed glasses, is wearing long earrings. She has on a black shell blouse beneath a multicolored jacket. Facing the camera, she translates the candlelighting blessing into American Sign Language to usher in the Jewish Sabbath.

The Jewish Deaf Resource Center thanks UJA Federation of New York for partnering with JDRC through their operating grant that makes the ASL Prayer Video series possible. “