Six-year program reader Julie Zussman tapes an issue of the Jewish News
for the visually impaired.
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Lauren Herrin
Special to the Jewish News
L
eah Zucker of Farmington
Hills has been listening to
Jewish News on Tape for 10
years.
"I am legally blind and without
Jewish News on Tape, I would not know
what is going on in our community,"
says Zucker. "With all of the changes
in our population and community, it
keeps me connected ... this is my way
of knowing what is going on."
In 1990, members of the National
Council of Jewish Women, Greater
Detroit Section (NCJW/GDS), realized
that the visually and physically impaired
Jewish population of Metropolitan
Detroit needed a way to read the Detroit
Jewish News. In an initiative that was
spearheaded by past president Helen
Shevin, Jewish News on Tape was found-
ed to provide the publication on tape to
any individual in need.
Now co-chaired by Claire Kretchmer
of Huntington Woods and Janet Moses
of West Bloomfield, about 20 people
receive tapes every other week.
Kretchmer says that since the pro-
gram's inception, the Oakland County
Library for the Visually and Physically
Impaired has allowed Jewish News on
Tape volunteers the use of their equip-
ment to record and make copies of the
tapes for the program's participants.
Additionally, library staff mails them
out, all at no cost to NCJW/GDS.
Every other week, six-year program
reader Julie Zussman of Huntington
Woods obtains a copy of the publica-
tion from the Detroit Jewish News. She
then selects the articles and features
that will be recorded and edits them
down to fit into a 90-minute record-
ing. The tapes cover most of each
issue, including stories about Israel,
Frontlines, Obituaries and Life Cycles.
Birth announcements are not includ-
ed, due to the age demographic of the
program's clients.
After she and another reader record
the stories onto a master tape provided
by the paper, program volunteers, who
currently include daughters of women
who have been program clients as well
as husbands of the co-chairs, make the
copies.
Zussman became involved in Jewish
News on Tape through Shevin who
trained her and later handed her the
program's reins.
It's an act of volunteerism she does
consistently, and she says that she
keeps it going because of her elderly
aunt who has limited vision.
"I have always been sensitive to
her plight and have spent many
hours reading to her over the years.
Although, she has never lived in the
Detroit area, I find myself thinking of
her and how much she would appreci-
ate what I do.
"I am so happy that visually
and physically impaired people of
Metropolitan Detroit can enjoy the
wonderful information supplied
by the Jewish News. It keeps them
informed and enlightened about their
community," adds Zussman.
Based in Southfield, NCJW/GDS is a
grassroots organization of volunteers
and advocates who turn progressive
ideals into action through its many
programs that help the Metropolitan
Detroit community.
Currently, the program needs more
volunteers to make copies every other
week. To receive more information
about volunteering or becoming a
recipient of Jewish News on Tape ser-
vices, contact the NCJW/GDS at (248)
355-3300, ext. 0. I
Lauren Herrin is a senior account executive
at Marx Layne in Farmington Hills.