Deaf rabbi to lead Mass. synagogue
Reconstructionist college grad a heavy metal fan
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Rabbi Darby Leigh signing 'Shma Israel.' (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
JTA — A deaf rabbi is slated to become only the second deaf spiritual leader of a hearing synagogue.
Rabbi Darby Leigh will take over at Congregation Kerem Shalom in Concord, Mass., on Aug. 1, Tablet reported.
A 2008 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Leigh previously toured with the National Theater of the Deaf and worked as a substance abuse counselor for the New York Society of the Deaf.
Leigh will use a combination of lip reading and American Sign Language to communicate with the congregation. A longtime heavy metal fan, he hopes to enable a thriving musical culture in the synagogue.
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