Detroit Jewish News Foundation

Detroit Jewish News Foundation A DECADE IN THE MAKING

About 10 years ago, the Jewish News suffered a devastating fire that destroyed or damaged many of its nearly 60 years of print issues.

The mission of the Detroit Jewish News Foundation is to educate and strengthen the Jewish community of Detroit and Southeast Michigan by capturing, telling and learning from the community's ongoing story. Thankfully, those issues were backed up on microfilm at another location, so they were not lost for good. However, that fire sparked a dream in JN Publisher Arthur Horwitz to digitize the entire

history of the Jewish News and make it available and searchable for the public. That dream is getting closer to fruition. Earlier this year, the Detroit Jewish News Foundation was born, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that will support the educational mission of the Jewish News. Its first initiatives will be to digitize every issue of the Jewish News, dating from March 27, 1942, and to create forums, town hall meetings and other events to best utilize and share this historical community resource. Our Greater Purpose

To pursue an educational, cultural and scholarly mission that offers new and additional opportunities to research, learn, discuss and know the ongoing story of the Jewish community of Detroit and Southeast Michigan. OUR GREATER PURPOSE
To provide an historical resource and venue for this purpose while training, educating and informing students, interns, community leaders and others.

On March 27, 1942, the first issue of the Detroit Jewish News was published. Eighty years later, the JN is still publish...
07/14/2022

On March 27, 1942, the first issue of the Detroit Jewish News was published. Eighty years later, the JN is still published every week. It has been a remarkable run for one of America’s prominent English-language Jewish newspapers.

Thank you for your loyalty and support for the Detroit Jewish News.

There are too many career highlights to name for Barbara “Bunny” Kukes Kratchman in this column.
07/11/2022

There are too many career highlights to name for Barbara “Bunny” Kukes Kratchman in this column.

Barbara “Bunny” Kukes Kratchman is mentioned on hundreds of pages in the William Davidson Archive of Digital Detroit History.

Simmons & Clark was established in 1925 by Fred F. Simmons and Harry Clark at 1535 Broadway Street.
07/05/2022

Simmons & Clark was established in 1925 by Fred F. Simmons and Harry Clark at 1535 Broadway Street.

Moving to a new home, or just renovating and need a few new appliances? Maybe a stove, refrigerator or new cooling syste...
06/29/2022

Moving to a new home, or just renovating and need a few new appliances? Maybe a stove, refrigerator or new cooling system? Well, We've got some suggestions for you from the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History.

Take a look back at the retro appliance advertisements.

There are a few Detroit Jewish connections to 𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘎𝘶𝘯.
06/24/2022

There are a few Detroit Jewish connections to 𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘎𝘶𝘯.

"Top Gun: Maverick" made a Memorial Day weekend record $156 million in America and $320 million worldwide.

The Six-Day War was a monumental turning point for Israel.
06/20/2022

The Six-Day War was a monumental turning point for Israel.

Fifty-five years ago, there was only one big story in the JN: The Six-Day War.

There are 2,690 pages in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History citing this essential food.
06/13/2022

There are 2,690 pages in the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History citing this essential food.

Beginning on Memorial Day, it is prime time for backyard grills, picnics and BBQs … and hot dogs!

Borenstein’s thrived and followed Detroit’s Jewish community as it moved northwest.
06/01/2022

Borenstein’s thrived and followed Detroit’s Jewish community as it moved northwest.

William L. Cohodas, known to all as “Bill,” did not have a degree in Holocaust studies, but he left his mark on this fie...
05/25/2022

William L. Cohodas, known to all as “Bill,” did not have a degree in Holocaust studies, but he left his mark on this field of study in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, or the “UP.”

For more than 100 years, Jews have lived in the UP.

The pages of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and JN provide indisputable proof of close communal ties between Jewish Detroi...
05/16/2022

The pages of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and JN provide indisputable proof of close communal ties between Jewish Detroiters and Windsorites.

Beginning in its first year of publication, Mother’s Day was a celebrated holiday in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle.
05/08/2022

Beginning in its first year of publication, Mother’s Day was a celebrated holiday in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle.

Early stories about Holocaust education in the JN appear in 1978.
05/05/2022

Early stories about Holocaust education in the JN appear in 1978.

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