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LIBRARIES

Ann Arbor Chabad House Chanah Privah
Library
715 Hill St.
Ann Arbor, VI 48104
Contact: Rabbi Aharon Goldstein
Phone: (734) 995-3276
Fax: (734) 996-2479
Email: chabad@jewmich.com
Web Site: www.jewmich.com
Extensive Judaic library that includes
books on a diverse range of topics
including basic Bible text, Bible com-
mentaries, mysticism, Chassidic philoso-
phy, novels, poetry and history. Jewish
records and cassette tapes can also be
borrowed.
Association of Jewish Libraries-Michigan
Chapter, The
Temple Israel
5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Contact: Francine Menken, president
Phone: (248) 661-5700
Email: fmenken@hotmail.com
Provides library management workshops
and promotes information sharing
among synagogue, school, community
center, academic and public library pro-
fessionals. Supports Judaic libraries and
advances Judaic literature and librarian-
ship.
Charles & Frances Driker Library
Jewish Community Center-JPM Building
Contact: Andy Roisman
Phone: (248) 967-4030
Fax: (248) 967-0060
Email: aroisman@jccdet.org
Web Site: www.jccdet.org
Collection of Jewish fiction and non-fic-
tion, newspapers, magazines and jour-
nals, children's books. Selections in
Russian. Browse or read.
Congregation Beth Shalom
14601 W. Lincoln Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
Contact: Tziona Szajman
Phone: (248) 547-7970
Fax: (248) 547-0421
Email: cbs@congbethshalom.org
Web Site: www.congbethshalom.org
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Judaica
Collections
The University of Michigan
920 N. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205
Contact: Elliot H. Gertel, the Irving V
Hermelin Curator of Judaica
Phone: (734) 764-0400
(734) 764-9373 reference line
Fax: (734) 763-6743
Email: egertel@umich.edu
Web Site: www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/
rrs/egertel.html
Judaic and Hebraic holdings number
over 46,00 hooks, periodicals and micro-
films in Hebrew and Yiddish. English and
other Western language Judaic holdings
number approximately 35.000 titles.

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Henry & Delia Meyers Library
Jewish Community Center-Kahn Building
Contact: Elaine Schonberger
Phone: (248) 432-5476
Fax: (248) 432-5540
Web Site: www.jccdet.org
A large collection of Jewish fiction and
nonfiction, magazines, journals, chil-
dren's books, videos, books-on-tape,
music, Internet access, story times,
book groups and more.
Holocaust Memorial Center Library
28123 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Contact: Feiga Weiss; Judy Rosenzveig
Phone: (248) 553-2400
Fax: (248) 553-2433
Email: info@holocaustcenter.org
Web Site: http://holocaustcenter.org
Multi-lingual research collection special-
izing in the Holocaust, European Jewish
history, genealogy with an extensive
memorial book collection and Judeo-
Christian relations. The collection
includes books, archives, artifacts, maps,
microforms, newspapers, oral histories,
periodicals, photographs, posters,
videos, documentaries and vertical files.
Jacob E. Segal Library of Adat Shalom
Synagogue
29901 Middlebelt Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 851-5100
Fax: (248) 851-3190
Email: adatshalom@aol.com
Web Site: www.adatshalom.org
A contemporary and classical collection
of 7,000 Judaic books, fiction and video-
tapes for all interests. Includes a reading
room and library programs for children
and adults. The library is open to the
public.
Mardigian Library
University of Michigan-Dearborn
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, MI 48128
Contact: Jamie Wraight
Phone: (313) 583-6300
Fax: (313) 593-5561
Email: jwraight@umd.umich.edu
Web Site: holocaust.umd.umich.edu
Houses more than 150 interviews with
Holocaust survivors conducted by Dr.
Sidney Bolkosky. As interviews are tran-
scribed, the transcript and accompanying
audio portion are made available at Web
site.
Prentis Memorial Library
Temple Beth El
7400 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Contact: Eileen Polk
Phone: (248) 851-1100, ext 3138
Fax: (248) 851-1187
Email: epolk@tbeonline.org
Over 8,500 volumes of Judaica, includ-
ing a rare book collection.
Purdy/Kresge Library at Wayne State
University

Judaica Collection
5265 Cass Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Contact: Paul Beavers,director of infor-
mation services (313) 577-2360
Phone: (313) 577-6424
Fax: (313) 577-3436
Web: http://www.lib.wayne.edu/purdy/
General university research collection in
business, social sciences, education and
humanities. The Kasle Collection of
Judaica and Hebraica provides the core
of an extensive collection on the Jewish
religion and culture.
Temple Israel Libraries & Media Center
5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48323
Contact: Rachel Kamin, M.S.I., director
Phone: (248) 661-5700
Fax: (248) 661-1302
Email: tilibrary@aol.com
Web Site: www.Temple-Israel.org
The Weinberg Family Library houses
over 10,000 Judaic volumes. Hodari
Family Children's Library and Media
Center includes over 2,000 Jewish
books, audio and video tapes, compact
discs and computer with Judaic soft-
ware.
Thelma Pollock Keller Resource Center
JARC
30301 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 100
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Contact: Cheryl Watson
Phone: (248) 538-6611
Fax: (248) 538-6615
Email: jarc@jarc.org
Web Site: www.jarc.org
A library and resource center specializing
in materials for those with disabilities
and their families.
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wayne State University
5401 Cass Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
Contact: Michael Smith (313) 577-2658;
Thomas Featherstone (313) 577-4024
Fax: (313) 577-4300
Email: m.o.smith @wayne.edu
Archives offer documents on 20th-centu-
ry labor and urban issues. Include unpub-
lished records, published materials, pho-
tographs, audio- visual tapes and films.
Also houses the papers of Leonard N.
Simons Jewish Community Archives.
Yitschak Meir Kagan Memorial Library
14000 W. Nine Mile Road
Oak Park, MI 48237
Contact: Rabbi Mendel Shemtov
Phone: (248) 544-7844

MEDIA

Detroit Jewish News, The

29200 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 110
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 354-6060
Fax: (248) 304-8885
Web Site: www.detroitjewishnews.com
The Detroit Jewish News has been the
largest and most comprehensive Jewish

