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mittees. Materials include print,
photographs, audio/video tapes
and digital holdings. For more
information, contact Lauren
Marcus Johnson at
ljohnson@temple-israel.org or
(248) 661-5700.
COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS
Leonard N. Simons Jewish
Community Archives
(LNSJCA) of the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit document the rich
and varied history of Detroit’
s
Jewish community. Its holdings
include more than 60 collec-
tions of organizational records
and personal and family
papers. With more than 2 mil-
lion documents, 25,000 pho-
tographs and a growing oral
history collection, LNSJCA
is an expansive community
resource for primary source
records. Explore the holdings
at jewishdetroit.org/archives
or contact Robbie Terman at
archives@jfmd.org.
Holocaust Memorial Center
Zekelman Family Campus
Library Archive is a research
and reference collection doc-
umenting the history, back-
ground, aftermath and impact
of the Holocaust. Its holdings
include oral histories, records
of local survivors, maps, pho-
tographs, and many other doc-
uments and artifacts pertain-
ing to the Holocaust, European
Jewish history, Judeo-Christian
relations and general Judaica.
To learn more, or for research
assistance, call (248) 553-2834.
UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS
The Bentley Historical Library
collects materials on the state
of Michigan and the University
of Michigan records. It is both
the repository and host of the
William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit
History, a digital archive
comprised of the contents of
the Detroit Jewish News and
Detroit Jewish Chronicle. To
explore the Detroit Jewish
News Archive, visit
djnfoundation.org.
Walter P. Reuther Library
of Labor and Urban Affairs’
archival collections span
labor history, urban and
Metropolitan Detroit and
the records of Wayne State
University. In addition to
housing the Leonard N.
Simons Jewish Community
Archives, the Reuther Library
collections also include other
Jewish-related materials. View
the holdings at http://reuther.
wayne.edu.
Robbie Terman is director of the
Leonard N. Simons Jewish
Community Archives and Laura
Williams is director of cultural
resources at Temple Beth El.
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Jews in the D
Telegram sent
to the Jewish
Federation on
Feb. 10, 1948,
requesting $2
million for
United Jewish
Appeal.
COURTESY LEONARD N. SIMONS JEWISH COMMUNITY ARCHIVES.
MJAC Annual Event
Seventy politically conservative Jews gathered to meet Rabbi
Yitz Tendler at Michigan Jewish Action Council’
s annual
membership event. Tendler is a young conservative and has
succeeded in identifying and nurturing future leaders from
among young Jewish conservatives. Trips he has led to Israel
have shaped the outlook and skills of current aides to con-
gressmen and ambassadors.
The annual CPAC convention, though not a Jewish event,
draws conservative Jews from throughout the country. Rabbi
Tendler has turned it into a Jewish networking opportunity
by organizing a Shabbaton that runs concurrent with the
convention. Following up on these meetings, he co-founded
Young Jewish Conservatives.
COURTESY OF MJAC
Rabbi Yitz
Tendler
Jewish Family Service is planning
its 23rd annual Fall Fix Up on
Sunday, Nov. 10. The annual event
serves homebound older adults by
preparing their homes for winter.
This year, there are three ways
to help. Families and people of
all ages are invited to meet at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield for 9:30 a.m. registra-
tion, breakfast and supply pickup.
Young adults are invited to meet
at B’
nai David Cemetery, 9535
Van Dyke in Detroit, at 10 a.m. to
help clean up the grounds in part-
nership with NEXTGen, Repair
the World, The Well and Hillel of
Metro Detroit.
Students in sixth-12th grades
are invited to meet at Adat Shalom
Synagogue in Farmington Hills at
1 p.m. for an afternoon Fall Fix
Up in partnership with J-Serve.
Participants will travel to pre-
assigned sites.
Register for any of the three ses-
sions by Nov. 1 at jfsdetroit.org.
Fall Fix Up Time
Fall Fix Up Time
The children’
s story experts at PJ Library
expand their engaging offerings for children
with the launch of the podcast “Have I Got
a Story for You!” The podcast lifts classic
Jewish folk tales from the page, gives them
a modern twist and brings them to life for
families seeking an entertaining, enriching
diversion from digital life.
“Have I Got a Story for You!” will initially
launch with three stories: “Two Sisters,”
about a pair of siblings who are best friends,
alike in every way — except that one has
really bad allergies; “The Truth About Cats
and Dogs,” which follows the friendship
between the first of their species in the time
of Adam and Eve, based on an old story
from the Middle Ages; and, the hilarious
“Moon Station One,” which takes place 70
years in the future on a crowded moon
base, a story that ultimately teaches children
about gratitude. Eight more streaming
episodes will post on Tuesdays throughout
the fall at pjlibrary.org/podcast.
PJ Library Launches Podcast