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Detroit Jewish News
Foundation website
updated to be quicker
and easier to use.

The home page
was changed
from a down-
scrolling flow
and several
clicks to access
the archives to a
quicker, simpler
layout.

While enhancing
the navigation
process and
making it flow
more smoothly,
it has a similar
look to the
original website.

The new website
is mobile-
friendly.

Jackie Headapohl | Managing Editor

V

isitors to the Detroit Jewish News
Foundation’s William Davidson
Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit
History will be able to more easily access
the info they’re looking for — and it will be
quicker, too.
The website, djnfoundation.org, was
recently upgraded to make it easier to navi-
gate and now requires fewer clicks to enter
the archive. The site also has been enhanced
with a new section comprising custom biog-
raphies of community leaders and interac-
tive opportunities for users to add their own
videos, audio clips and/or text offerings to
important historical events impacting the
Detroit Jewish community.
This is the first major update of the site
since its launch in November 2013. The
William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish
Detroit History — which comprises more
than 300,000 pages and 100 years of content
contained in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle
(1916-1951) and the Detroit Jewish News
(1942-present) — receives an average of
more than 4,600 page views per week,
according to Google Analytics, putting it on
a pace for almost 240,000 annualized page
views.
“The update of the website is an indicator
of the broader success of the Foundation’s
work,” said Arthur Horwitz, DJN Foundation
founder and president.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
“The DJNF Foundation board, and its hon-
orary board, have been pleased and hum-
bled by the positive impact the Foundation’s
William Davidson Digital Archive has had
on the community,” Horwitz said.
Many people in the local Jewish commu-
nity have put this free resource to work. For
example, with the Foundation’s permission,
the Ira Kaufman Chapel has produced more

16 September 15 • 2016