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"Accessible Materials For Spiritual Life," Eyes on Success podcast, download here, more info. here, 12/4/24
“JBI program provides free braille, audio and large-print materials to NYC nonprofits,” JBI Press Release, JNS.org, 12/10/24 "Let us all be lights unto the nation," Jewish Disability Inclusion News (JDIN), 12/4/24 "2024 JBI Nathan L. and Suzanne K. Wolfson Merit Award Winners Announced," Jewish Link News, 11/27/24 "2024 JBI Nathan L. and Suzanne K. Wolfson Merit Award Winners announced," JBI Press Release, JNS.org, 11/21/24 “JBI adds three new members to its board of directors,” JNS.org, 10/31/24 “JBI offers prayer materials for visually impaired to make High Holy Days open to all,” by Haley Cohen, eJewishPhilanthropy, 10/11/24 “JBI Expands Programs to Combat Isolation and Enhance Jewish Life for the Visually Impaired,” by Ayala Or-El, Jewish Journal, 09/18/24 “JBI Expands Free Accessible High Holy Days Programming for People Who Are Blind, Have Low Vision, or a Print Disability,” JDIN Substack, 09/08/24 “JBI Expands Accessible High Holy Days Programming for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision,” Boulder Jewish News, 09/06/24 “JBI expands accessible High Holy Days for people who are blind or have low vision,” The NH Jewish Reporter, 08/09/2024 “JBI expands accessible High Holy Days for people who are blind or have low vision,” JNS.org, 08/09/2024 “JBI and Rabbinical Assembly announce first-ever braille edition of ‘Siddur Lev Shalem’ prayerbook,” JNS.org, 07/24/2024 “JBI Offers NYC Synagogues and Nonprofits Free Braille, Audio and Large Print Materials for the High Holidays,” JNS.org, 07/16/ 2024 “Batya Sperling-Milner on Torah Reading for the Blind,” In the Spotlight, JBS, 06/03/2024 “When the Accessibility Barrier Is the Law Itself,” by Ashley P. Taylor, Lilith.org, 05/16/24 “More Disability Resources in the Jewish World,” by Arielle Silver-Willner, Lilith.org, 05/16/24 “How to Build an Accessible Synagogue,” by Ashley P. Taylor, Lilith.org, 05/16/24 “Living the Jewish Value of Inclusion,” by Livia Thompson, eJewish Philanthropy, 05/10/24 Podcast Episode 428: Reading with Our Hands and Ears - Livia Thompson, JudaismUnbound.org, 04/26/24 “A Place at the Table: How an Accessible Haggadah Creates a Seder of Belonging,” ReformJudaism.org, 4/8/2024 “Making Passover Accessible for People Who are Blind, Low Vision, or Print Disabled,” JDIN Substack, 4/5/24 “JBI offering free Haggadahs for people with visual challenges,” The Jewish World, 4/3/24 “Bringing Passover to All: JBI’s Mission of Inclusion Through Accessible Haggadot,” by Ayala Or-El, Jewish Journal, 4/3/24 "To Increase Inclusion During Passover, JBI Offers Free Large Print, Braille & Haggadot to Visually Impaired, Blind, or Print Disabled," Westchester Jewish Life, April 2024, Vol. 30, Issue 4 “To Increase Inclusion During Passover, JBI Offers Free Large Print, Braille & Audio Haggadot to Anyone Visually Impaired, Blind or Print Disabled,” (pg. 22), The NH Jewish Reporter, 3/27/24 "Interview with JBI Executive Director Livia Thompson," Shirim with Mitch, WCUW, 91.3 FM, 3/17/24 "Free Easter and Passover Materials and Activities for People with Vision Loss," Readers Digest Partners for Sight, 3/7/2024 "JBI Offer Large Print Megillot and Haggadot" (pg. 111), The Jewish Press, 3/1/2024 “People of the Book: With New Grant, Jewish Braille Institute Hopes to Get Materials to Any NYC Nonprofit,” eJewish Philanthropy, 2/28/24 "NYN First Read," NYN Media, 2/12/2024 "Jim Speaks with Livia Thompson of Jewish Braille Institute," L'Chaim Jewish Radio, 2/2/2024 "What JBI Offers People Who Are Blind, Have Low Vision, or Are Print Disabled," JDIN Substack, 1/19/2024 "Making the High Holy Days Accessible for People Who Are Blind, Low Vision, or Print Disabled," JDIN Substack, 8/23/23 "From a Kanye West Parody to AI Versions, Here Are 10 New Haggadahs to Try This Passover," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 4/4/2023 "Making the Written Word More Accessible: Large-Print, Braille, and Audio Haggadot," Reform Judaism blog, 3/14/2023 “Free Annotated Haggadah Available for the Visually Impaired: Jewish Braille Institute Partners with Kehot Publication Society,” Chabad.org News, 3/13/2023 "PJ Library Unveils a Braille Haggadah, More Passover Resources for Kids," Publishers Weekly, 02/22/23