[Nfbj] Introduction and getting to know fellow members

Amanda Cape cape.amanda at gmail.com
Sun Jan 28 18:42:30 UTC 2018


Cool! What do you do now and how did you find out how many members are
subscribed?
Thanks,
Amanda

On 1/28/18, Ryan Silveira via Nfbj <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> We don’t actually have a moderator. We probably should, though. David
> Andrews runs the list, but he runs all of the lists. There are 53 members
> subscribed and three Have notifications turned off, so they won’t receive
> the e-mails. Before your email of the other day, Amanda, nobody had written
> to this list since November, 2016. Now, we are actually having discussions.
> This is great! And to answer your question, I am from Connecticut in the US.
> I do remember you from the NABS List, when I used to be involved with that.
>
>
>
>
> Ryan L. Silveira
> חיים אהרן בן אברהם
>
>> On Jan 28, 2018, at 1:01 PM, Amanda Cape via Nfbj <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Wow, who is the list moderator of this group? How many members are
>> subscribed?
>> Amanda
>>
>>> On 1/28/18, Dale HELTZER via Nfbj <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Shalom!
>>> I subscribed to the group a few years ago, and this is the most activity
>>> to
>>> date.
>>> I am in Rochester, MN.
>>> -D
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfbj [mailto:nfbj-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Silveira
>>> via
>>> Nfbj
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 9:49 AM
>>> To: NFB in Judaism <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbj] Introduction and getting to know fellow members
>>>
>>> Hi and shavuah tov, Rachel,
>>>
>>> I think it would be a fantastic idea to include a line for Jewish men.
>>> I’d
>>> be glad to help in anyway I can with that. I’m glad to see that, thanks
>>> to
>>> Amanda, this list is actually not completely dead. Let’s keep it that
>>> way.
>>> Maybe each of us, you, Amanda and I, can take turns each week picking a
>>> topic,  either from the parshat ha-shavuah or some other Jewish-related
>>> topic, and starting a discussion. When more people start talking on the
>>> list, they can start picking topics as well. What are your thoughts?
>>> Amanda,
>>> feel free to weigh in here as well.
>>>
>>> Ryan L. Silveira
>>> חיים אהרן בן אברהם
>>>
>>>> On Jan 27, 2018, at 11:30 PM, Rachel Bodek via Nfbj <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Ryan,
>>>> I just signed up for this list and I'm glad Amanda started this
>>>> conversation. I spoke with my friend who is starting the Insight Beyond
>>>> Eyesight for Jewish women. We agreed that as long as participants are
>>>> open
>>>> to keeping the conversations to Orthodox standards, anyone can join. Now
>>>> that I see your e-mail, I'm thinking of asking my friend to start
>>>> another
>>>> line for Jewish men. We have a list of possible participants to start
>>>> with
>>>> already. What do you think?
>>>> Also, as Sherley had requested, I am attaching a list of frum books
>>>> available on bookshare and JBI/NLS-the latter I just started so it's
>>>> not very extensive yet. If you have any more to add, please let me
>>>> know. Thank you
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfbj [mailto:nfbj-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Silveira
>>>> via Nfbj
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 12:50 PM
>>>> To: NFB in Judaism
>>>> Cc: Ryan Silveira
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbj] Introduction and getting to know fellow members
>>>>
>>>> Hi Amanda,
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, this list does not get a lot of traffic. I’ve been on the
>>>> list for over two years now, and I think this is probably the second or
>>>> third email I’ve ever seen. I am always interested in talking with other
>>>> blind Jews, especially orthodox Jews, so feel free to contact me
>>>> anytime.
>>>> There used to be a wonderful resource for Blind Jews called Yismahu, but
>>>> I
>>>> believe it was shut down due to lack of funds. Personally, I would love
>>>> to
>>>> see some more activity on this list.
>>>> As far as websites like J date, they are pretty accessible with the
>>>> iPhone
>>>> and voiceover and JAWS. I have never found a problem with them. Looking
>>>> forward to hearing from you more. Shabbat shalom.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ryan L. Silveira
>>>> חיים אהרן בן אברהם
>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 23, 2018, at 3:16 PM, Rachel Bodek via Nfbj <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Amanda I actually run a support network for Orthodox Jewish
>>>>> visually impaired adults and parents of visually impaired children
>>>>> would you be interested in talking to me to see if you would want to
>>>>> join? You can call me at 845-596-3744 thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> This  message  was  sent  with  my  mobile  phone,  please  disregard
>>>>> any  typos  or  grammatical  errors.  Thanks,  Rachel
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 23, 2018, at 3:00 AM, Amanda Cape via Nfbj <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>> My name is Amanda Cape. I am 26 years old and live in Montreal,
>>>>>> Canada. I am Jewish and was so happy to recently discover that the
>>>>>> NFB has a Judaism division. I would like to get to know everyone and
>>>>>> to learn about what is discussed on this mailing list. Has anyone
>>>>>> ever used the Jewish dating apps or websites with Jaws or VoiceOver?
>>>>>> If so, how did they work and which ones did you use?
>>>>>> I am interested in getting more connected within the Jewish community.
>>>>>> I look forward to hearing from everyone!
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Amanda
>>>>>>
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