Download the PDF or accessible Word document or view each section of the toolkit by following the links below:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Before the Service or Event
- Creating and Sending Invitations
- Accessibility in the Sign-up Process
- Inclusion is About More Than Disability – Ensure That All in Your Community Can Connect
- Provide Key Materials, Including Prayer Materials, Beforehand and Make Sure They Are Accessible
- Braille Machzorim
- Immediately Prior to the Event
- Remember Your Most Isolated Members
- During the Service or Event
- Ensuring as Many People as Possible Can Participate
- Live Captioning
- American Sign Language (AS) Interpreters
- Hebrew Text with Captioners and ASL Interpreters
- Two Sides of the Same Coin: Maximizing Your Investment and Acknowledging Cost
- After the Service or Event
- Ensuring Accessible Videos for Websites and Social Media
- A Note About Instagram
- Webinars on How to Make Your Programs Accessible
- About Our Co-Authors
- Appendix A: Live Captioning Companies
- Appendix B: ASL Interpreting Companies
- Appendix C: Materials Available
- Webinar about the Toolkit
Find Accessible Online High Holiday Services
For more questions about how to ensure accessibility of your virtual meetings, please contact JoshuaS@RespectAbility.org. If we do not know the answer, we will put you in touch with someone who does. Check out RespectAbility’s Jewish Inclusion Resources page if you are looking for textual or other content to weave the disability experience into your high holiday celebration. Wishing all a Shanah Tova u’Metukah, a sweet good year.
