metro
Eugene Driker of Detroit, chairman of the National Yiddish
Book Center, introduced Lansky.
Lena Epstein
Koretzky
speaks
about her
generation's
need for the
JN to be
digitalized.
The crowd at the foundation's inaugural event
4*
K.-
•
qi
Dr. Charles Silow of Huntington Woods and Stefa Kupfer
of Oak Park
ur Ht)rwitx
IN Publiolwe
A scene from the Detroit Jewish News Foundation digitalization video, which can be seen at thejewishnews.com . Moira Saltzman of West Bloomfield, Nathaniel
Eichenhorn of Oak Park and Blair Nosan of Detroit
Accessibility from page 14
ing accessibility to the entire content of
the Detroit Jewish News is not just some-
thing for scholars and historians to have.
"Once this is in place by this time next
year, virtually anybody with any interest
in our community and its history will be
able to utilize the information:' Horwitz
said.
"Hearing Aaron Lansky explain the
remarkable and exciting digitalization
work going on for Yiddish literature and
culture underscores both the importance
of what we are doing in Detroit and
how the marvels of modern technology
16
October 25 • 2012
are empowering us to do things only
dreamed about five years ago."
A dessert afterglow followed the event.
"I think it's a fantastic idea," said
Michael Serling of Orchard Lake. "If
you've ever used microfilm, you just
give up. I don't want to give up knowing
Detroit Jewish history. Everyone should
have access; it reinforces what our par-
ents and grandparents taught us"
Joel Jacob of West Bloomfield traces his
longtime involvement in the community
to finding JN clippings of his grandpar-
ents and great-grandparents. "I never
met my great-grandfather, but I met him
through the Jewish News. They inspired
me," he said. "By having the JN digitized,
my descendants will forever have access
to that history."
Nathaniel Eichenhorn of Oak Park is
a student of Near Eastern languages at
Wayne State University and attended a
Steiner Foundation summer program
at the National Yiddish Book Center
in 2011. "Digitizing is one of the most
important ways of helping people my
age do research," he said. "You can just
search; it's incredible."
Charlotte Dubin worked at the JN for 10
years in the mid-1960s. "Phil Slomovitz
UN founder] was my first boss and men-
tor," she said. 'All that I came to know
about my community, my people and
Israel began with Mr. S (that's what we
called him) and the Jewish News. He
would have been amazed and proud of
what Arthur is doing to preserve this
newspaper and our history through digital
technology." ❑
See the DJF Foundation digitalization
video at www.thejewishnews.com .