I am sorry to hear, I wish you good luck w/ finding a synagogue that will accept
you. Perhaps you might find more support w/ a Chabad even though you are
reformed? Anyway, good luck w/ your radio station too. Any chance of 60's 70's
& 80's rock on there?

--- In Empoweringjewswithdisabilities@yahoogroups.com, "journeyhome"
<journeyhome@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Group,
> We have not posted in a while because we did not see any posts. We are still
in the process of starting up our Internet Jewish radio station. It is K.J.W.N.
Radio. It will be on the U-Stream Tv.com site. It will broadcast 7 hours a day,
7 days a week. During Sunday- Thursday we will play Soul, Disco, Rock, Country,
Smooth Jazz and Classical music and some Jewish music as our library grows. The
majority of music we play that is not Jewish will have some principle or just be
for entertainment. On Friday- Saturday it will be all Jewish music and parashat
readings from the various branches of Judaism as we can find them on the
Internet.. We also will have children and adult story time. We have the support
and contributions from various Jewish children and adult authors and Jewish
musicians. We do not know the exact day we will begin to broadcast but it will
be this month hopefully. Here is a link to the site.
> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kjwn-jewish-world-network
>
> We still are looking for a Reform synagogue that will be willing to provide
transportation for the two of us to attend services and Jewish community events.
I am in a power wheel chair and Makedah is blind. We don't drive or have a
handicapped vehicle to drive ourselves. We have never step foot in a synagogue
of any branch of Judaism, so we feel cut off. We do not speak or read Hebrew,
which limits the music we can play, because we want to know what we are putting
on the Internet radio station. It hurts when people ask us what synagogue we
belong to or attend and we have to say none. They then have the look in their
eyes that say " they are not really Jewish". We have run into all kinds of
barriers to keep us out. Our races, we cannot afford temple dues living on
Social Security Disability, we unable to get to and from synagogue services and
community events on our own. It has been almost six years since we converted
and yet to have anyone from Minneapolis, St. Paul or Rochester reach out to
include us. So we kinda wonder if Disability Awareness Month is just lip
service. I cannot say the names of the synagogues we have wrote by email. But
needless to say we need help and inclusion.
>
> Micaiah Ben Malachi
> Makedah Bat Leah
> Faribault, Minnesota
>