[NFBJ] [Nfbj] Introduction and getting to know fellow members

Tue Jan 30 03:07:22 UTC 2018

I am not Jewish, but my Mother's side of the family is from West Nyac.

Dave

At 04:01 PM 1/29/2018, you wrote:
>Oh, I know just where that is. I grew up in 
>Newburgh, NY until I was 12, then moved to 
>Newtown, Connecticut, so Iâ€™m only about an 
>hour away from you. Rockland county is a nice 
>area. Well, most of it is. Ryan L. Silveira 
>×—×™×™× ××”×¨×Ÿ ×‘×Ÿ ××‘×¨×”× > On Jan 29, 
>2018, at 4:54 PM, Rachel Bodek via NFBJ 
><nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > Monsey-in Rockland 
>County > > -----Original Message----- > From: 
>NFBJ [mailto:nfbj-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Ryan Silveira via NFBJ > Sent: Sunday, 
>January 28, 2018 10:50 PM > To: NFB in Judaism > 
>Cc: Ryan Silveira > Subject: Re: [NFBJ] [Nfbj] 
>Introduction and getting to know fellow 
>members > > Where in New York are you, 
>Rachel? > > > > > Ryan L. Silveira > ×—×™×™× 
>××”×¨×Ÿ ×‘×Ÿ ××‘×¨×”× > >> On Jan 28, 2018, 
>at 10:43 PM, Rachel Bodek via NFBJ 
><nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote: >> >> I was thinking of 
>organizing a group to come to the New York 
>convention next year as many people in my 
>network live in this area. We'll see when it's 
>closer.... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> 
>From: NFBJ [mailto:nfbj-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Ryan Silveira via NFBJ >> Sent: 
>Sunday, January 28, 2018 10:33 PM >> To: NFB in 
>Judaism >> Cc: Ryan Silveira >> Subject: Re: 
>[NFBJ] [Nfbj] Introduction and getting to know 
>fellow members >> >> No, there is no group that 
>gets together at convention. Nor, to my 
>knowledge, has there been throughout the entire 
>history of the national Federation of the blind. 
>There is only this list which, as you can see, 
>got virtually no traffic before this week. 
>Perhaps, if we get enough people, we can start 
>getting a body together who would gather at 
>convention. >> >> >> >> >> Ryan L. Silveira >> 
>×—×™×™× ××”×¨×Ÿ ×‘×Ÿ ××‘×¨×”× >> >>> On Jan 
>28, 2018, at 10:00 PM, David Andrews via NFBJ 
><nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote: >>> >>> 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 ×—×™×™× ××”×¨×Ÿ ×‘×Ÿ ××‘×¨×”× > 
>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. Iâ€™d > be glad to help in 
>anyway I can with that. Iâ€™m glad to see that, 
>thanks to > Amanda, this list is actually not 
>completely dead. Letâ€™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 > ×—×™×™× ××”×¨×Ÿ ×‘×Ÿ 
>××‘×¨×”× > >> 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. Iâ€™ve 
>been on the >> list for over two years now, and 
>I think this is probably the second or >> third 
>email Iâ€™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 >> ×—×™×™× 
>××”×¨×Ÿ ×‘×Ÿ ××‘×¨×”× >> >>> 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! >>> >>> >>>