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.