Accessibility Statement

The Berman & Reich Family History project sees great importance in making its website usable by everyone, including people with disabilities. We have invested effort and resources so that the site is easy to use and navigate.

Accessibility level

The site was adapted in line with the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities (Service Accessibility Adjustments) Regulations, 2013, and Israeli Standard IS 5568, which is based on the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 at level AA. Our goal is to meet WCAG 2.1 at level AA.

What we did

• Pages are built with clear structure: headings, lists, landmarks and a logical reading order, so screen readers can follow them.
• The whole site can be used with a keyboard, with a visible focus outline, and a "Skip to main content" link at the top of every page.
• Images that carry information have text alternatives (alt text); decorative images are hidden from screen readers.
• Text and background colors were chosen for sufficient contrast.
• The site adapts to phones, tablets and computers, and can be zoomed up to 200% without losing content.
• Animations respect the "reduce motion" setting of your device and can be stopped from the accessibility menu.
• Each language is marked correctly, and Hebrew pages are displayed right-to-left.
• An accessibility menu (the round button at the bottom corner of the screen) lets you enlarge text, increase line spacing, switch to a readable font, change contrast, highlight links and headings, enlarge the cursor and stop animations.
• Every link to a scanned document has a descriptive title and says that it opens a scan in a new tab.
• Photo galleries can be browsed with the keyboard: arrow keys move between photos and Esc closes the viewer.

The accessibility menu is an extra aid. It does not replace the accessible design of the site itself, and it is not a substitute for the assistive technology you already use.

Known limitations

Despite our efforts, some parts of the site may not yet be fully accessible:

• About 60 historical records (ship manifests, census pages, certificates, passports, newspaper clippings) are scanned images or scanned PDFs. They have no text alternative and cannot be read by a screen reader. If you need the content of a document, please contact us and we will try to help.
• Many family photos come from the original website with captions based on file names; some have only a short or generic description.
• Links to outside genealogy websites (for example JewishGen, Geni and the Ellis Island database) lead to sites we do not control.

How the site was tested

• Browsers: Chrome (Chromium)
• Assistive technology: Keyboard only, Automated checks with axe-core (WCAG 2.1 A/AA rules)

Found a problem? Contact us

If you had trouble using any part of the site, or you need information in an accessible format, please contact our accessibility coordinator. To help us fix it quickly, please include:

• The page address (URL)
• A short description of the problem
• The browser, device and assistive technology you used

Date of this statement

This statement was last updated on September 28, 2026.