JN Digital Archive

On Target For 2013 Debut

Fellowships Created
=or Library Science Students

The Jewish News digital archive, comprising almost 270,000
pages of content and dating to the publication's creation in
1942, is on target for a 2013 debut. Current projections call for
its introduction to the community in November.

Due to the generosity of a cross-section of supporters, the
bulk of the digital archive will be available at no charge to
individual community members. A Google-style search engine
will enable users to find content by name, date and subject. An
inviting web portal to the site will include easy-to-use instruc-
tions.

The Jewish News content tells parallel stories — of the devel-
opment and success of the Detroit Jewish community and
of the individuals and families who, across the generations,
helped to shape it. The digital archive will be available 24
hours a day, seven days a week, from anywhere in the world.
It will be a unique destination for those who still reside in
the Detroit metropolitan area and for those who have moved
away, but are interested in their family roots.

How To Support
The Digital Archive Project

The independent, non-profit Detroit Jewish News Foundation
was established in 2011 to pursue an educational, cultural and
scholarly mission that provides opportunities to learn, discuss,
and know the story of the Detroit area Jewish community.
Its first project is to preserve, digitize and make available the
entire content of the Jewish News, dating to its founding in
1942. Your tax-deductible gift will enable the Foundation to
complete, maintain and update the archive and provide free
access to members of the community.

To contribute please go to

www.thejewishnews.com and click on the

"donate" button at the top right of the

home page. Or, send your contribution to:

The Detroit Jewish News Foundation,

29200 Northwestern Highway #110,

Southfield, Michigan 48034.

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Two of the Detroit area Jewish community's
most established businesses, M. Jacob & Sons of
Livonia and Ira Kaufman Chapel of Southfield,
have established fellowships at the Jewish News
Foundation for students pursuing advanced
degrees in library science and information
technology.

The fellowships will provide stipends to the
students, who will work under the direction of
Mike Smith, the Jewish News Foundation's archival consultant and long-
serving archivist at Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library.
The students, two per academic semester, will work to enhance the value
of the archive to the community. The first group of students will start this
October.

Mike Smith

Applebaum Honored
With Community's Highest Award

Eugene Applebaum, chair of the Jewish News
Foundation's honorary board of directors, will
receive the Detroit Jewish community's highest
award, named for the late Fred M. Butzel, on
September 10th as part of the Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Detroit and the United Jewish
Foundation's joint annual meeting. Applebaum
has been a strong supporter of the Jewish News
Foundation and its work to preserve and share
Eugene Applebaum
our collective history while linking past, present
and future generations to each other and the community.

Applebaum will join 12 other Jewish News Foundation honorary board
members who have also earned the Butzel Award. Additionally, Jewish
News publisher and editor Philip Slomovitz received the Butzel Award in
1982. Applebaum's daughter, Pamela, is a member of the Foundation's
operating board.