Deaf News Briefs: Israeli lawmaker; “Audible” release date; deaf swimmer breaks world record
Here are three Deaf News briefs.
The first — Shirley Pinto became the first deaf member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, last week as a part of the transition of power from the outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the incoming Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett. “The Times of Israel” reported that Pinto used (Israeli) Sign Language when she swore her allegiance to the Knesset. Here is a video clip from an Israeli news channel called Kan.
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Pinto is a member of the “New Right” party, which was co-founded by Prime Minister Bennett.
Bennett said seeing Pinto becoming a MK was one of the most meaningful moments for him.
The second Deaf News brief — the release date of Netflix’s “Audible,” which follows several deaf students at the Maryland School for the Deaf and has Nyle DiMarco as one of its producers, is set for July 1st. Netflix released a 2-minute trailer and MSD released an exclusive scene that showed a close game between MSD and the Texas School for the Deaf. I will show you short clips from each.
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“The Daily Moth” reporter Renca Dunn did an interview with one of the stars of “Audible,” Amaree McKenstry Hall, last month. Check it out if you haven’t. The link is in the transcript.
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The third Deaf News brief — SwimSwam . Com reported that deaf swimmer Matthew Klotz tried out for the U.S. Olympics at the swimming trials in Omaha this week and broke his own “Deaf Swimming World Record in the 50 back” with a time of 25.75. Swimswam said he came in 63rd place in the competition and in the 100 back, came in the 37th place. Klotz was a four-year swimmer for the Louisiana State University (LSU) and plans to compete in the 2021 Summer Deaflympics in Brazil, which has been postponed to May 2022. Klotz holds five Deaflympics gold medals and three minor medals.
That’s the three Deaf News briefs for today.
Shirley Pinto: https://www.timesofisrael.com/shirley-pinto-the-first-ever-deaf-mk-is-sworn-into-knesset-using-sign-language/
https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1405080666681774080
Netflix Trailer: https://youtu.be/SOHfiGqsoUI
MSD Exclusive Clip: https://twitter.com/MSDeafAthletics/status/1405963478737768448
Daily Moth Interview with Amaree: https://www.dailymoth.com/blog/interview-with-amaree-from-netflixs-audible
https://swimswam.com/matthew-klotz-re-breaks-deaf-swimming-world-record-in-50-back/
https://www.deaflympics.com/news/postponement-of-the-2021-summer-deaflympics