CHHA - Manitoba

Dear web site editor:

I'm writing to tell you about a wonderful inspirational man.  I hope you will add my note, along with a link to the full story about Bill Tepper to our web site.

This man is my niece's husband.  He is hard of hearing, and both his mother and sister are deaf.  They all communicate very successfully through speechreading.  When my wife first met Bill she didn't recognize that he had a hearing loss until she asked him a question when he wasn't looking at her, and she could see that he didn't realize she had spoken.

Bill is an inspiration to hard of hearing people.  He has overcome many challenges with great finesse.  He has both a BA and an MA in theatre, as well as a degree in education.  He taught high school drama and English for several years.  After four additional years of study, he has recently been ordained as a rabbi.  He has now been appointed as rabbi for the Mizpah Congregation in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  To read more about Bill and his new career click on this link to see the news release issued by the search committee of the Mizpah Congregation:  http://www.mizpahcongregation.org/.

BG