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JBI 4.05 Newsletter FOCUS ON JBI The Newsletter of JBI International • Spring 2007 JBI International JBI Reunites Senior and Volunteer After 40 Years (established in 1931 become a well-respected actor in the Moscow as the Jewish Braille Theater, but never saw her classmate again. Institute) provides the visually impaired, blind, Irina hurried upstairs to her apartment and physically handicapped returned with a photo album with a picture of and reading disabled of their graduating acting class. Sure enough, it was Victor! all backgrounds and ages with free books, Until that presentation, Irina did not realize how magazines and special valuable her acting skills would be for recording publications of Jewish materials for JBI’s Russian Collection . She and general interest in JBI volunteer Victor Persik reunites and reminisces with jumped at the opportunity to “do some acting Audio, Large Print and old friend Irina Gusso. again,” and we arranged for her to visit the JBI Braille. JBI, an Affiliated familiar name from the past touched off a studios. Little did Victor anticipate the Library of the United Amemory, and then a happy reunion, at JBI. wonderful surprise we had arranged for him States Library of It all began last December during a JBI Russian when he arrrived for his recording session. Congress, enables language outreach presentation at a senior There stood Irina, waiting to greet her old individuals with residence in Irvington, New Jersey, where 20 friend with arms wide open! diminished vision to seniors listened as Inna Suholutsky, our Russian understand and Liaison and Outreach Assistant, spoke about JBI JBI offers a wide variety of materials and participate in the cultural Library’s wealth of Russian Talking Books programs for the Russian community world- life of their communities. available free of charge to the visually impaired. wide, from the JBI Voice magazine and Russian Talking Books to the JBI Senior Summer Our unique programs When Inna mentioned volunteer Victor Persik, Camp and Book Clubs in the Soviet Union. enrich the lives of over resident Irina Gusso excitedly exclaimed that she 35,000 individuals in the remembered Victor as a talented young fellow For further information on Russian language United States, Israel and actor from Moscow years ago. Irina went on to materials , please contact JBI at 1-800-433-1531. F around the world. Large Print Books Fill Void for Partial Vision Loss Many of us need and use reading glasses. In an instant, those with more serious vision everything becomes bigger and more legible. But what loss, have the following features: kind of solution is there for a person with more serious • text prints with intense vision impairment? contrast, black type on a white or light beige background; There are no easy fixes, but JBI helps by producing • type size is 19 points or larger; materials that enable such people to continue reading. • space between the lines is at For individuals with complete vision loss, JBI Audio least 25% of the point size; Books offer a wonderful alternative. For people with • fonts are straight, with no curved lines; partial vision, JBI’s Large Print Books , produced within guidelines developed by vision experts, often are the • word letters are not too close together; answer. While public libraries offer a selection of large • margins are extra wide with room for binding so the print books, the type in those books is only slightly larger book can be opened flat; than regular type. JBI’s Large Print Books , made for • paper is matte, not glossy, and more legible . F WHAT’S NEW... AT HOME & Seniors and Students Meet for Book Discussion JBI Volunteers Honored n In an unusual meeting of minds, sighted high school students and seniors from a JBI Low Vision Book Group in Plantation, Florida, ex changed ideas about the book, Sara and Eleanor: The Story of Sara Delano Roosevelt and Her Daughter-in-Law, Eleanor Roosevelt . It was a lively afternoon; students learned about the Roosevelt era in their history lessons, and the group of 30 people representing many different decades had much to JBI volunteer honorees (left to right): Audrey Flamberg (Dubov Award), Jessia Leonard Levine, Arlene Simon and Thom Carroll (Spirit Awards). talk about and many stories to tell. One senior who had met Eleanor Roosevelt shared personal impressions. Several n At JBI’s recent annual volunteer party, JBI Spirit students com mented later that it never occurred to them Awards were presented to narrators and directors who that people with limited sight could “read” in other ways had completed more than 200 hours of service. like Talking Books . Honorees included Thom Carroll, Roselyn Dlutman, Brian Lang, Jessia Leonard Levine and Arlene Simon . This intergenerational dialog was arranged by Goldie Witrock, JBI Library’s Outreach Coordinator for Broward Audrey Flamberg , one of our most prolific volunteers, County, Florida, who led the discussion. The event was received the Leopold Dubov Distinguished Volunteer such a success that Book Group members look forward Service Award at the party. A life-long New Yorker, artist to future student/senior discussions. F Audrey Flamberg spent her early career as art director for several leading fashion magazines, including Harpers JBI Subscriber is “A Big Hit!” Talking to Kids Bazaar and Vogue. about Blindness After her mother died more than 11 years ago, Audrey n Recently, Bill Gross, a longtime started reading for JBI to help others have access to the subscriber and JBI Board Member, larger world around them. Although not visually together with his wife Cheryl, impaired, her mother suffered from debilitating captured the attention of a arthritis which left her housebound for many years. classroom full of fourth graders in Narrating books is one way that Audrey felt she could Livingston, New Jersey when they help expand people’s lives beyond their own realities. talked with them about blindness. Cheryl and Bill Gross Arlene Simon sums up her volunteer experience, “Each “The presentation couldn’t have gone better, they were full of time I leave the studio, I know that vision-impaired questions and seemed very enamored of Bill,” said Cheryl. individuals will have access to additional reading material because of the work my colleagues and I did.” With this success behind them, Bill and Cheryl plan to speak with other classes interested in learning more If you’re interested in volunteering, please call JBI’s vol - about the blind and visually impaired. unteer hotline at 1-800-433-1531, Ext. 300 and leave a message for Lisa Kirsch. Here are a few of the many thank you notes Bill and Cheryl received following their presentation: Authors Contribute to ‘Writers Who Read’ ryl, n Dear Bill and Che Thank you for Through its exciting Writers Who Read program, JBI is fortunate to have distinguished authors read You taught me so much. telling all of us hat you portions of their newest books for The JBI Library . I am so glad t about blind people Most recently, Anne Roiphe read from her newest were able to come and and Braille. You book, Water from the Well: Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and ain. I hope you come ag just taught me a Leah ; Marion Cuba read from Shanghai Legacy ; and much and Rabbi David Ellenson read from After Emancipation: I learned so lot. My grandpa Jewish Religious Responses to Modernity . Their want to share it with an d my uncle are enthusiastic participation adds a unique dimension to other people. blind, too. Yael our subscribers’ experience in reading Talking Books . 2 Max WHAT’S NEW... AT HOME & ABROAD Update: The Complete Artscroll Siddur JBI Prepares for Building Renovations Braille Translation n JBI is getting ready to begin construction on its n We are pleased to announce that Dr. Abraham Nemeth Manhattan headquarters which is in desperate need of has completed a Braille translation of The Complete repair and modernization. Artscroll Siddur , the most popular Orthodox Siddur in use today. This labor of love took him well over six years and It is hard to believe that this aging double brownstone comprises 14 volumes of Braille. serves so many thousands of people around the world! As the number of visually impaired individuals whom we Following his work on JBI’s Hebrew serve continues to rise, it becomes more apparent each Braille Bible , the first of its kind, day just how crucial the redesign and reorganization of combining the oldest language, our headquarters is to our ability to serve those who need Hebrew, with the newest one, Braille, us now and will need us in the future. JBI enlisted Dr. Nemeth to work on several Braille projects. “What Dr. Dr. Nemeth Our Building Renovation Campaign is still underway. Nemeth does requires a lot of textual knowledge as well as Become a part of it! We’ve come this far in our planning a perfect knowledge of Hebrew Braille,” Dr. Isler said. thanks to our wonderful donors, including the Harry and “There aren’t many people who have the combined Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, who awarded a challenge knowledge needed to do this editing and compilation. He grant that will match every dollar you donate up to is a unique resource and a motivating force for sighted and $500,000. Just think — your matched gift can accomplish blind alike. twice as much for the blind and visually impaired! A $100 gift becomes $200 and $1,000 gift becomes $2,000! (Reprinted, in part, from The Detroit Jewish News Online) Naming opportunities are still available and are a great JBI’s Low Vision Clinic Expands way to show your dedication to JBI or honor someone to Help More Children special in your life.
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