The Jewish Braille Review marked its 20th anniversary as the only Jewish Braille magazine in the world with the publication this week of its 20th anniversary anthology, in letterpress for sighted readers.
Leopold Dubov, editor of the Jewish Braille Review, said that before the publication came into being in 1931, “the Jewish blind were completely cut off from any bonds of information, knowledge and cultural contact with the peoplehood of Israel and the Jewish heritage. ” Before then there wasn’t a single line in Braille of Jewish interest or content that the Jewish blind could read for themselves, he explained.
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