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Jon Kalish reports on two congregations in New York for deaf Jews. The ability to speak Hebrew is very important for Jewish worship. What makes these congregations special is the way they prevent Hebrew from becoming an obstacle between deaf worshipers and their faith.

NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the shutdown of the Federal Government, now being felt far beyond the Capitol Beltway, may turn out to be the defining issue of the 1996 Presidential race.

Liane Hansen speaks with Ron Schultz, author of "Living out of he Moment - 100 Ways to Obtain Happiness Through Total Denial" (Tuttle ublishing). Schultz, who writes under the pen name Guru Babaloo Rum Dust, calls imself The Father of Descendentalism.

Noah Adams speaks with Jon Krakauer, author of Into the Wild. Mr. Krakauer pieces together the true story of a daring young man who walked into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a .22 caliber rifle and a ten-pound bag of rice. Krakauer orginally wrote this story for Outside magazine and has continued his pursuit of the story of Chris McCandless, who had intended to demonstrate his survival skills in the wilderness in 1992 but instead starved to death. (8:00) (published by Vi

Noah speaks David McCumber and Tony Annigoni, authors of a

Michael Frank of the Heritage Foundation, and Steven Wagner of the polling firm, Luntz and Associates about the second session of the 104th Congress. The budget stalemate has been keeping lawmakers occupied, but other big issues remain on the Republican agenda.

a patient who had a recurrence of breast cancer a year and a half ago, and elected to have a bone marrow transplant in an attempt to beat the cancer.

Host Liane Hansen speaks with John McCaslin, political olumnist for the Washington Times, about the partial shutdown of the federal overnment, term limits, and McCaslin's wish for Christmas inside the Beltway

NPR's Margot Adler reports on the founders of the "Trickle p" program. Since its founding, the program has helped start 50 thousand small usinesses in one hundred twelve countries by giving amounts as small as $50

Liane Hansen speaks with Phoebe (fee-bee) Snow and Lois alden, two of the singers from "The Sisters of Glory". Their new gospel CD is alled "Good News in Hard Times" (Warner Bros. 9 45990-2).