The first six Hebrew “talking books” ever recorded for the Israeli blind were presented here today at the Israeli Consulate by Solomon Petchers, president of the American Committee for the Central Library for the Blind in Israel, to Israel Consul Eliezer Doron. A copy of each of the six books was also presented to the Jewish Braille Institute of America for free circulation to the Hebrew-speaking blind in the United States and abroad, outside of Israel.
Hailing the achievement, Mr. Doron replied he was “happy to accept the records on behalf of the blind in Israel. I know that this fine gift to the Central Library for the Blind in Netanya will be received with joy, and listened to with great pleasure,” he said. The books were read and recorded at the Israeli Consulate in New York by Dr. Gershon Gelbart of Newark, Avraham Halkin of New York, and a number of Israelis now in the United States.
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