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Michigan Jewish leaders urge Democratic Party to protect Jewish delegates at convention

Soifer called on El-Sayed to “stand with and defend Nessel and other Jewish Democrats,” noting that JDCA would focus its campaign season on helping elect “Democrats who share our values.”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (C) holds a news conference with fellow Republican senators (L-R) Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), at the U.S. Capitol on May 09, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Michigan imam celebrated Graham’s death, prayed for Trump to die before El-Sayed win

Abbas Alawieh, Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and Layla Elabed, campaign manager for Listen to Michigan, speak to the press one day after the Michigan presidential primary, at Haraz Coffee House in Dearborn, Michigan, on February 28, 2024.

‘Uncommitted’ founder Alawieh who pushed Democrats to vote against Biden over Gaza wins primary

Abdul El-Sayed, winner of Michigan US Democratic primary, speaks during a press conference in Detroit, Michigan, US August 5, 2026.

El-Sayed won the Democrats a victory, but may lose the war - analysis


Man who threatened Jewish families sentenced after trying to illegally buy guns for 'God's wrath'

Hassan Chokr had pleaded guilty to illegal possession of multiple firearms on May 28, after originally being charged in 2022 with ethnic intimidation and for lying on federal firearms forms.

Hassan Chokr

Pro-Palestinian Detroit conference speakers under scrutiny as US places them on visa watch

Event organizers said that they rejected attempts by pro-Israel figures and media to "smear and silence" the conference and would not "cower in the face of their attacks."

Pro-Palestinian protestors hold up signs and banners along the parade route of the annual Labor Day Parade in Detroit, Michigan, US, September 2, 2024.

Detroit’s archbishop, outspoken on Gaza, tours Holocaust center: Step forward for Jewish allyship?

“I think overwhelmingly, the public is not antisemitic, but they need information," said Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger.

Detroit Archbishop Edward Weisenburger (left) studies an exhibit discussing Detroit-area "radio priest" Father Coughlin's antisemitism during a tour of the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on a tour led by museum staff Jamie Miskowski (right), who is Catholic, Aug. 18, 2025.

Terrorist released in hostage deal to speak at major Detroit Palestinian conference

Shaheen was released on February 1 along with hundreds of other terrorists as part of a ransom paid exchange for live and deceased hostages captured by Gazan forces during the October 7 Massacre.

 Palestinian prisoners who were released in a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas arrive to the West Bank city of Ramallah, February 15, 2025.

Eleven people injured during stabbing incident at a Walmart in northern Michigan

According to Fox News, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office is investigating the Traverse City stabbing, with one suspect already in custody.

Michigan State Police

Sonar survey confirms mastodon carving at 9,000-year-old Lake Michigan’s ‘Underwater Stonehenge’

High-resolution imaging shows a human-made mile-long boulder array 12 m under Grand Traverse Bay, predating Stonehenge by 4,000 years.

 Sonar survey confirms mastodon carving at 9,000-year-old Lake Michigan’s ‘Underwater Stonehenge’.

University of Michigan regents, execs get 24-hour security as threats, harassment persist

University of Michigan provided 24-hour security to regents and executives as harassment, property damage, and personal threats from pro-Palestinian protesters continued.

 The Rock memorial in honor of Bibas family at University of Michigan vandalized

A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin

“We knew he had a place. There’s a marker there with his name and date of birth on it,” Karl Crawford, superintendent of the Greenwood Cemetery, told the JTA. “But he was not there."

 Lawrence Rubin (left) shakes hands with W. Stewart Woodfill, owner of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, on the Mackinac Bridge around the time of its completion in the 1950s.

U of Michigan accused of monitoring of pro-Palestinian groups - report

According to the report, these operatives trailed students, recorded their conversations, and staged confrontations in what students describe as intimidation tactics.

 Students and other individuals gather with signs during a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza in front of the residence of the University of Michigan's president in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, November 21, 2024.

Florida board blocks hiring of U of Michigan president criticized over encampment response

Santa Ono drew criticism from both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel voices.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators adjust a photo of the University of Michigan President Santa Ono as people gather for a mock trial against the University of Michigan's Board of Regents on the university's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 21, 2025.