The Detroit Jewish
ews Foundation
Joey, 8, and Kacy, 4,
The Detroit Jewish News Foundation is
a Michigan 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that
supports the educational mission of the
Jewish News. Its goal is is to digitize
every issue of the Jewish News, dating to
March 27, 1942, and make them available
and searchable to the public. Thae Foundation will also
support and sponsor forums, town hall meetings and
other educational events to best utilize and share this
historical community resource.
Rankin of West Bloomfield
The Foundation's activities are designed to provide
an ongoing historical resource and venue as well
as to train and educate students, interns and others
to continue researching, writing and otherwise
understanding and telling the story and history of
the Jewish Community of Southeastern Michigan.
Historical Archiving
Founded in 1942, the Detroit Jewish News writes,
publishes and distributes a weekly newspaper.
Information contained in the Detroit Jewish News
is loosely catalogued, poorly indexed and largely
unavailable for educational, cultural and scholarly
purposes.
The Foundation will organize this archive by
computerization and otherwise for the purpose of
scholarly research and education on topics that
would include, but not be limited to:
The history of Jews in Detroit and Southeastern
Michigan
Demographic, geographic and religious trends
among Jews in Detroit and Southeastern
Michigan
The impact of Jews in Detroit and Southeastern
Michigan on the general community
The welcoming, education and absorption
of immigrant communities from Central and
Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and
their impact on the larger Jewish and secular
communities of Detroit and Southeastern
Michigan
The history of anti-Semitism, quotas and others
acts of intolerance as a framework for teaching
tolerance among persons from different racial,
ethnic and faith communities
Education and Training
The Foundation will fund and facilitate the training
and education of interns for the Detroit Jewish News
. It will fund curricula and train educators to use
the Detroit Jewish News archives in their classroom
and teaching environments. It will fund educational
forums and similar assemblages to review, discuss
and better understand the scholarly content of the
archives. The Foundation will also fund initiatives
to make the educational and scholarly content of
the archives available and accessible to those with
physical disabilities, including but not limited to
impaired vision.
Donations
The Foundation may make contributions, grants
and/or other donations to qualifying organizations,
the purposes of which are consistent with the
educational and other purposes of the Foundation.
44 November 17 - 2011
Near right: Beaumont
Medical Center Speech and
Language Pathologists
David Schneider and
Jessica Rankin speak
to parents at the West
Bloomfield Public Library
about educational toys.
Far right: Joey Rankin,
8, Janice Rolnick of
Farmington Hills and
Nori Warren Kiar, owner
of Toyology toy store in
West Bloomfield.
Experts tell how to turn
playtime into learning time.
Dolly Moiseeff
Special to the Jewish News
G
etting your kids to play never
seems to be a problem. Getting
them to learn something? Well,
that could be as easy as child's play, too.
Toys that teach are everywhere and,
with a little bit of thought, these poten-
tial Chanukah presents can help your
child hone mental and social skills.
Experts who use toys to help children
meet their potential suggest buying
interactive toys.
"Getting that social interaction
with another human being promotes
language development and compre-
hension',' said Jessica Rankin during a
recent program at the West Bloomfield
Public Library.
Rankin and David Schneider, both
speech and language pathologists with
Beaumont Medical Center, use toys
everyday on the job and at home. They
told parents how to make smart choices
when buying toys for their kids.
"Look for toys that will involve them
in pretend play' Rankin added. Baby
dolls and stuffed animals are at the top
of the list.
For early language development, she
suggested putting together a box of
common objects like a bottle, cup, keys,
telephone, toothbrush, hairbrush, toy
food, hat, spoon, keys, bike — objects
a parent can ask a child to name and
demonstrate how to use.
For kids who are a little older, a doll-
house or farm set with animals are per-
fect to help parents get the interaction
going with their children.
"A dollhouse is a great toy' Schneider
agreed. "You have those daddy and
mommy and baby figures, and you can
reinforce those social routines you do
everyday like mommy putting the baby
to sleep."
Parents at the program had a chance
to see educational toys up close with
items from Toyology of West Bloomfield.
Owner Nori Mar knows a thing
or two about toys, having sold toys
at her Warren Prescriptions store in
Farmington Hills.