Connecting anyone who is blind, has low vision, or has a print disability to Jewish life
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JBI Library By the Numbers
11,000+
Current JBI Library Patrons
20,000+
Braille and large print materials produced
26
Countries where JBI Library Patrons Live
Our Free Circulating Library
Our Library includes over 16,000 Jewish-interest audiobooks, large print, and braille books, representing a wide variety of perspectives and experiences in the Jewish tradition. We have fiction, history, poetry, humor, folktales, religious texts, and more. We carry books for all ages, in many languages. Materials borrowed from JBI’s library travel postage-free to and from our patrons’ doorsteps. We also provide audio subscriptions to magazines, news digests, and cultural programs.
Upcoming Events
Virtual Author Talk with Minna Bromberg, author of Every Body Beloved, Audio EN408913, Large print LTE08913, and Braille BRN008913
Wednesday, October 14th, 12:00pm ET
In “Every Body Beloved: A Jewish Embrace of Fatness,” founder of Fat Torah Minna Bromberg lays bare the harm of anti-fat bias and the restorative potential for body liberation in Jewish tradition to confront fatphobia. She demonstrates what we can learn from Jewish tradition that will allow us to usher in a culture of healing and acceptance of all bodies created in the Divine image.
Virtual film screening of Babka (with audio description) and Q&A with the director and screenwriter Serena Dykman
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 5:30PM ET
In Hasidic Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a newly blind Jewish Orthodox baker forms an unlikely friendship with a Queer Catholic Latino guide dog trainer, embarking on an eye-opening journey to overcome personal and cultural barriers in his quest to reopen his beloved bakery.
Lori’s Book Club: The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker, available from NLS as DB 76801
Thursday December 3rd, 5pm Eastern
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. As the ship arrives in New York in 1899, Chava is unmoored and adrift until a rabbi on the Lower East Side recognizes her for the creature she is and takes her in.
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We are committed to increasing accessibility and inclusion for anyone who is blind, has low vision, or has a print disability. This includes everyone, from the youngest readers pursuing a Jewish education to adults seeking materials for pleasure or religious observance to families who read together—and everyone in between with an interest in Jewish life and culture. Our services are always provided free of charge!
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.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)Your mailings mean so much to me, especially the Cultural Series. As I become more and more immobile, and the pain becomes unbearable, you help me get through those dark hours. Some have made me laugh, and others have brought tears to my eyes. All help me learn.
– Peggy K., Torrington, CT