This website, joseph-levine.co.il, is the website of Prof. Joseph Levine. We want everyone, including people with disabilities, to be able to read its content, find their way around it and get in touch. This statement describes the website’s accessibility and the accessibility adjustments made to it, as required by regulation 35E (35ה in the Hebrew text) of Israel’s Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities (Service Accessibility Adjustments) Regulations, 2013.
Accessibility level
The website is built to meet Israeli Standard IS 5568 at level AA, the level regulation 35A(a) requires. The standard is based on the international Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The website’s structure and design have also been checked against the current version of those guidelines, WCAG 2.2, at level AA.
The checks described below found no failures in the website’s structure and design. However, the website as a whole does not yet fully meet level AA, because some of the content written and uploaded over the years is not fully accessible; see “Known limitations”. The website has not yet been tested with screen readers; this is planned, and the results will be added to this statement.
Accessibility adjustments made
- Language and direction: every page declares its language (Hebrew or English) and its text direction, so that screen readers can read it in the right language.
- Keyboard: every link, button and field can be reached and used with the keyboard, and so can the menu button on phones. The focus indicator is clear and visible: a dark outline with a yellow halo.
- Skip to content: the first link on every page is “Skip to content”, which goes straight to the page’s content.
- Consistent layout: the menu, search and sidebar appear in the same place and order on every page. Every type of page checked has a single main heading that describes its content.
- Different screen sizes, and zoom: the website adapts to computers, tablets and phones. None of the 17 page types tested scrolls sideways, even at a screen width of 320 pixels, the equivalent of zooming to 400%.
- Colour contrast: the contrast between text and background in the website’s design has been measured and meets the minimum of 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text, including text on gradient backgrounds.
- Forms: every field of the contact form and the comment form has a visible label. A required field left empty is marked with a red outline and a written message, so the information is never conveyed by colour alone.
- Videos: YouTube videos are shown as a picture with the video’s title and a play button that screen readers announce by name. The player loads only when the button is pressed, and the button also works with the keyboard.
- Tables: a wide table sits in its own area that can be scrolled sideways, including with the keyboard, without making the whole page wider than the screen.
- No movement: the website’s design has no flashing, moving or self-changing elements.
- Printing: a printed page shows its content only, without menus and sidebars.
Known limitations
Some parts of the website may not yet be fully accessible. These are the limitations we know of:
- Text alternatives for images: about 40% of the images on the website do not yet have a text description (alternative text). Most of them are on the gallery pages of artwork (painting, sculpture and photography). In the galleries, when an image without a description is also a link, a screen reader cannot say where the link goes. If a particular image matters to you, contact us and we will add a description.
- Attached documents: some pages link to documents for download in PDF, Word and PowerPoint formats. The accessibility of these documents has not been checked. If you have difficulty reading a document, contact us and we will send you its content in an accessible format.
- Tables: some tables in the content have no marked header row, so screen readers may read them as a plain grid of cells.
How accessibility was checked
Accessibility was last checked on 31 October 2026. The check included:
- an automated scan of every type of page, in Hebrew and English, on a computer and a phone, with the axe-core tool against the WCAG rules at levels A and AA;
- measuring colour contrast;
- checking the display at a screen width of 320 pixels;
- checking keyboard use.
The website has not yet been tested with screen readers.
Contact us about accessibility
If you come across an accessibility problem on the website, find an accessibility adjustment missing, or need information from the website in an accessible format, please write to us through the contact page.
So that we can deal with your request, please give the page’s address and describe the problem. We will reply as soon as possible, and fix a reported problem within a reasonable time, no later than 60 days from receiving the notice.
This statement was last updated on 31 October 2026.