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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Deaf Israelis of Israel

The Deaf Israelis of Israel, numbering approximately 45,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Israeli Sign Language is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Deaf Israeli

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Israel
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Israeli Sign Language (isr)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 45,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011772
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Pray for the Deaf Israelis of Israel

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

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%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Israeli Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

20%
%
Israeli Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Israeli Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Israeli Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Israeli Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Deaf Israelis:
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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
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Pray specifically for the Deaf Israelis of Israel

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Deaf Israeli Across Countries (ROP3 - 116601) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Deaf IsraelisPG011772Deaf IsraelisIsrael45,500Unengaged and UnreachedIsraeli Sign LanguageJudaism

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