[NFBJ] [Nfbj] Introduction and getting to know fellow members
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Mon Jan 29 03:00:26 UTC 2018
Is there a group that gets together at National
Convention. If so, who organizes that.
Dave
At 08:07 PM 1/28/2018, you wrote:
>David, If by organized activity, you mean
>something akin to nabs for blind Jews, no, there
>is not, so there is no so-called division
>president who would, by rights, be the
>moderator. It would be one of us, the people who
>are posting on this list now. I will volunteer
>for the job, if nobody else wants it. Ryan
>L.Silveira ×××× ×××¨× ×× ××ר×× >
>On Jan 28, 2018, at 7:34 PM, David Andrews via
>NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > There are 54
>persons who are subscribed to the group. The
>list moderator of record is Harold Snider. This
>shows how inactive the list has been -- Harold
>died some years ago, at least five, and probably
>more. > > Is there any kind of organized
>activity on Judaism in the NFB, so we can find
>another moderator. > > As list owner, I of
>course watch all lists, so no moderator is
>absolutely necessary.. > > Dave > > At 12:01 PM
>1/28/2018, you 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. Iâd > be glad to help in
>anyway I can with that. Iâm glad to see that,
>thanks to > Amanda, this list is actually not
>completely dead. Letâs 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 > ×××× ×××¨× ××
>××ר×× > >> 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. Iâve
>been on the >> list for over two years now, and
>I think this is probably the second or >> third
>email Iâve 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 >> ××××
>×××¨× ×× ××ר×× >> >>> 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!
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