(JTA) — A Belgian government-recognized organization caring for people with hearing impairments defended the inclusion in its sign language dictionary of a hooked nose gesture for the word “Jew.” The ...

Hence, it requires specific methods to explain words to them. Despite spending decades teaching sign language, Tan feels she ...

(JTA) — A gesture signaling a hooked nose is how one Belgian university described “Jew” in its online sign-language dictionary. The University of Ghent compiled the dictionary and features the gesture ...

Learn more about hand gestures and how some of them can mean two vastly different things depending on the culture you're in.

The state-recognized center for the hearing impaired did add the words “negative connotation” to the two videos depicting a long nose and sidecurls. (JTA) — A Belgian government-recognized ...