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The site, www.djnfoundation.org , will
be available 24/7 from anywhere in the
world. According to Arthur M. Horwitz,
Detroit Jewish News Foundation founder
and president, "A visit to the Jewish News
digital archive is like discovering our com-
munity's DNA: the small building blocks
of information about individuals, families,
organizations and businesses that, when
linked together, paint a compelling and
comprehensive picture of a community
navigating America and attaining the
American dream:' (See Horwitz's letter,
page 10.)
The content available starts with the
first edition of the JN (March 27, 1942)
and contains 267,832 documents (pages).
What To Find
Many callers want to recapture a special
event (birth, bar mitzvah, engagement,
etc.) and, in so doing, commemorate an
anniversary of the happening. Others
need proof of death dates to help settle
an estate. Still others want to research big
issues of the day — war, peace, the found-
ing of Israel — as they affected and shaped
this community.
"Imagine students at the Frankel Jewish
Academy being able to download stories
about what was happening in Detroit dur-
ing the time of the Holocaust, or someone
being able to research their family tree
from the convenience of their own com-
puter:' Horwitz said.
Such access marks the realization of the
Detroit Jewish News Foundation, whose
focus is to support the educational mission
of the IN and to make sure the commu-
nity's history is known and accessible to
students, researchers and the community
at large.
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A tragedy can create acute awareness. This
was the case of the fire of January 2002,
which destroyed the JN offices on Franklin
Road in Southfield.
The paper had microfilm of all editions
offsite and had original bound volumes of
the Jewish News in the building, though
some were damaged by water and soot.
Concern was raised about the preservation
of the history of the community and families
reflected in the weekly pages of the paper.
Thus was born, in July 2011, the Detroit
Jewish News Foundation, which was
approved by the IRS as a 501 (c)(3) indepen-
dent, nonprofit entity. The Foundation board
is comprised of 15 members, 12 of whom
have no JN affiliation; they are a cross-
section of the community's emerging leaders.
"I want to be engaged in this commu-
nity in a meaningful way and help create
a link for my generation from the past
and build a bridge to Detroit's future
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Huntington Woods.
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leaders that make up the JN Foundation. I
am very excited for the future of this orga-
nization, for the future of the Jewish News
and for the future of Detroit.
"I hope people will enjoy poking around
the archives to relive good times, recall
fond memories and relish the past while
eyeing the future. I also enjoy catching a
glimpse of the golden age in Detroit, when
our community lived in the city or were
just moving into the suburbs. It is also fun
to see all the ads from years past:'
Board member Lena Epstein Koretzky of
Bloomfield Hills said, "There's a tremen-
dous amount of history in our community
gone unrecognized and unspoken, and
it's very important for us to have access to
it and utilize it for generations to come.
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When Arthur said that was the main idea
of the Foundation, it was very compelling
for me to get involved and support it.
"I'm very excited about the Foundation's
activities. I would like to thank Arthur for
his leadership and insight:' she said. "The
JN Foundation would not exist without
him:'
An honorary Foundation board also
was created to advise the working board
on its activities. The chairs are local
leaders Eugene Applebaum, Mandell L.
"Bill" Berman, the Hon. Avern Cohn and
A. Alfred Taubman as well as Michael
Steinhardt of New York.
"I love the idea of bringing together
those from across the community, estab-
lished leader and young leaders:' Koretzky
said. "These two groups have started a
community conversation to reinforce
the objectives of the Foundation. These
relationships will definitely grow and
solidify:'
The Foundation has raised more than
$300,000 from the community to pre-
serve, digitize and make available the JN
archive.
Businessman and philanthropist Bill
Berman said, "This is a record of the
Jewish community; and there is not
another way to know it, especially the
details. The memory of our community
is in the documents, and that's why I and
others are more than ready to support
this. We need that record:'
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