Michigan

Temple Israel rabbi slams Michigan Senate candidate for ‘offensive’ remarks on synagogue attack

Rabbi Jen Lader criticized Abdul El-Sayed for “suggesting that violence against a synagogue in suburban Detroit could be understood through the lens of Israeli actions.”

Temple Israel Rabbi Jen Lader talks to a reporter at Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026.
Harrison Hochberg, the first Jewish member of the University of Michigan basketball team to win a National Championship.

On the record and off the court: Meet the only Jewish player on the NCAA championship team

Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed greets supporters at a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7, 2026. The rally also featured Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who has been accused of antisemitism.

A defiant Hasan Piker boosts Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed in rallies taking on Israel

Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. He held a crowded Women for Abdul rally in a Detroit suburb. El-Sayed was born in Michigan to parents who immigrated from Egypt.

Jewish leaders uneasy over Senate candidate’s alliance with Hasan Piker


University of Michigan fires diversity administrator who said Jews are 'wealthy and privileged'

The administrator, Rachel Dawson, formerly worked as director of UoM's office of academic multicultural initiatives.

 Rachel Dawson,  The Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

'Clear act of intimidation': University of Michigan Jewish regent’s house, car vandalized

“The University of Michigan condemns these criminal acts in the strongest possible terms,” said UMich Public Affairs.

 Graffiti on the car of Jordan Acker

Demonstrators with Nazi flags target a Michigan production of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

Demonstrators held flags with Nazi swastikas and reportedly chanted a pro-Donald Trump slogan.

 (L-r) Demonstrators waved Nazi flags across the street from a community theater production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Howell, Michigan, Nov. 9, 2024; the group then moved onto nearby Fowlerville, Michigan.

Role reversal: Trump stumps for Arab votes, Bill Clinton speaks truth to state with large Arab pop.

Michigan is a critical swing state, one that Trump won by 10,000 votes in 2016 but lost by 150,000 in 2024. The Arab and Muslim vote is critical, but so is the Jewish vote.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, US, November 1, 2024.

Arab Americans ahead of US elections: 'Trump can end bloodshed'

Trump visited Dearborn, a city with the largest Muslim population in the US, on Friday, where footage showed Trump being endorsed by Albert Abbas, an Arab American.

 Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with local leaders of the Muslim community as they endorsed him onstage during a campaign rally at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan, October 26, 2024.

Trump, in battleground Michigan, says we have to get Lebanon conflict over with

"I know many people from Lebanon and we have to get this whole thing over with," Donald Trump told an audience of Arab Americans in Michigan.

 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee Donald Trump attends a rally in Wisconsin this week.

Emhoff and Torres highlight Kamala Harris' pro-Israel stance to Michigan Jewish voters

The event included get-out-the-vote calls and signups to canvas, along with Jewish-themed efforts to attract young voters, including one that riffs on the name of the first service of Shabbat.

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, together with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, plant a tree to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, in Washington.

Harris tells voters Sinwar’s death is opportunity to bring hostages home

Harris, while courting voters in the battleground swing state of Michigan, said that Sinwar's death is an opportunity to end the Israel-Hamas war.

 Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris waves after arriving at Capital Region International Airport in Lansing, Michigan, US, October 18, 2024.

Ex-KKK head David Duke endorses US Green Party candidate Jill Stein for president

Duke, long one of the country’s highest-profile white supremacists and antisemites, has repeatedly sought political office while spreading conspiracy theories about Jews.

 Former KKK president David Duke, left, announced on his radio show Oct. 15 that he is endorsing Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

'F*** Israel, Intifada' sprayed on Jewish Federation of Detroit office on Oct. 7

The Federation added that it was a stark reminder of "the rising tide of hate affecting Jewish people."

 Antisemitic vandalism on the windows of the Jewish Federation of Detroit, 7 October 2024