The Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Persons in Israel (Hebrew: המכון לקידום החרש בישראל, Arabic: معهد النهوض بالصم في اسرائيل) was founded in 1993 to provide services and programming to the Israeli deaf community. This includes employment assistance,מיזם להעסקת בני נוער חירשים בחופש הגדול (Deaf Youth Summer Employment Initiative), Ynet creation of an electronic Israeli Sign Language dictionary, and organization of a national Deaf Day in 2009 to increase public awareness about the Israeli deaf community and Israeli Sign Language.כבוד יום החירש: קורס מזורז בשפת הסימנים (In Honor of Deaf Day: a Crash Course in Israeli Sign Language), Ynet
The institute is also the coordinator for government-provided interpreting services to deaf Israelis,When Israeli Sign Language interpreting make a difference between Life and Death, Israel Non-Profit News) including providing ISL interpreters, note takers, technology lending, and other support services for deaf university students.Equal Opportunity and Oppression in Education: The Case of Deaf Education in Israel These services are handled through the institute's Sela Center. The institute also organizes an annual Student Day (יום הסטודנטים) for deaf and hard-of-hearing university students throughout Israel.יום הסטודנט החירש: רוצים לצאת מהדממה (Deaf Student Day: Wanted to Leave the Silence), Ynet In addition, the institute also works with Arab-Israeli deaf communities in Israel, providing Arabic-language materials and professional training to deaf Arab-Israelis and the professionals who work with them,The Marc Rich Foundation: Welfare as well as works in conjunction with deaf communities outside of Israel.American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Turkey: Non-Sectarian Programs
See also Israeli Sign Language Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
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