It is with great sadness I write today about Jasha
Levi, who passed away on October 22nd 2013. Out of respect and at the request
of his family this news is only being made public now.
Jasha led the most extraordinary life; in WWll he was
an engineering officer in the First Armoured Brigade, later he became a well respected
foreign editor and columnist, published
author, fundraiser, lecturer, introduced raised line drawings to accompany textbooks for
the blind, and much more than I can possibly type. He was an amazing
man, who accomplished more in his lifetime than most of us can hope to achieve.
Jasha's
most recent venture was founder of The indiePENdents, he did not want his dream
to fade away, and therefore his co-founder, Julia Petrakis will continue the work he began. Jasha was dedicated
to gain access of independent writers to bookstores and libraries by removing
the stigma of "lesser books" from self-published titles. The aim: to
achieve through a peer review and issuance of an indiePENdents SEAL founded on
basic standards followed by three professional reviewers per title.
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