[NFBJ] Braille in Israel

[Eric Harvey]

Yes, I believe all braille, regardless of language or region, reads from left to right. There are a few small differences between American and Israeli Hebrew braille, but I think they have mostly to do with contractions and maybe a few of the niqqud. You might try inquiring of the Israeli analog to our National Library Service, which creates and distributes braille materials to blind people in Israel.
Their website is here: https://www.kolzchut.org.il/en/Libraries_for_the_Blind_and_Visually_Impaired 

If you would like more information about the history and development of Hebrew braille, I can send you an article I wrote and the introduction to the APH braille Tanakh.

Best wishes,
Eric

Eric J. Harvey, Ph.D.
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Brandeis University

www.blindscholar.com

> On Apr 13, 2021, at 5:15 PM, Rachel Bodek via NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by "frum braillewriters" but they use the same as we do and their Hebrew braille goes from left to right. Can anyone listen in to your presentation? If so, can you share the info with us? thanks! 
> 
> This  message  was  sent  with  my  mobile  phone,  please  disregard  any  typos  or  grammatical  errors.  Thanks,  Rachel
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> On Apr 13, 2021, at 6:40 PM, Dale HELTZER via NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I'm giving a presentation on braille, and as a side note, I'd like to mention Hebrew braille.
> 
> Perhaps an naïve question:
> It seems obvious to me that writing Hebrew braille from left to right was a concession to the fact that all the existing machinery in the rest of the world was geared for that.
> But is that true in Israel?
> Are there Frum braille writers there?
> 
> B'Shalom
> 
> 
> 
> Dale E. Heltzer
> deheltzer at msn.com<mailto:deheltzer at msn.com>
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> "A foolish consestency is tha hobgabljyn Qf littwe mjndz." - RW Emerson via HA Kranz
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