Detroit

Michigan anti-Israel activists indicted for threats, vandalism against UMich officials, Jewish site

The activists face a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment for conspiracy to transmit threats.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators 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; Illustrative.
Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel in Detroit holds Lego blocks, urging families to add the children’s toy to their Seder plates in the wake of a recent attack on the synagogue.

A Lego on the seder plate: Temple Israel calls for new ritual object after attack

School buses and emergency vehicles are parked near the site after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S., March 12, 2026.

Michigan synagogue attack was Hezbollah-inspired terrorism, FBI confirms

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR Gavin Newsom attends the inauguration of new installations at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center as part of the prison’s transformation plan, in San Quentin, California, US, February 20, 2026.

Grapevine, March 20, 2026: A legislative battle against Jews


Wanted parents of suspected Michigan school shooter taken into custody

The couple's 15-year-old son, Ethan Crumbley, is being held without bail and has been charged as an adult on suspicion of carrying out the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021.

Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly shooting where at least three were killed and six were wounded at a high school in Oxford, Michigan, about 35 miles (55 km) north of Detroit, US, November 30, 2021.

Jill Biden pays tribute to Jonathan Sacks at yeshiva fundraiser in Detroit

First Lady Jill Biden quoted one of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writings during a yeshiva fundraiser in Detroit.

US first lady Jill Biden delivers remarks at Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny Campus, in Ankeny

Dr. Jill Biden to be guest speaker at Detroit Jewish school dinner

Prior speakers at the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah annual dinner included then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba.

TANDING BEFORE a playground, Dr. Jill Biden speaks during a ‘back to school’ tour of Shortlidge Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, on September 1.

Police chief in Michigan apologizes for liking pro-Israel Facebook post

Haddad came under fire from local leaders after he liked a change in a profile picture by an officer who added an “I stand with Israel” banner to his picture.

PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators attend a protest outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, earlier this month.

Female polar bear killed by male bear at Detroit Zoo

“This was completely unexpected and the Detroit Zoo staff is devastated by the loss of Anana in this sudden and tragic event.”

Polar bear eats watermelon

Evangelical leader moves to Israel

Bishop Glenn Plummer, who was put in ninth place among Israel’s top 50 Christian allies, plans to open a media institute in Israel for African-American students.

Bishop Glenn Plummer and his wife, Dr. Ruth Pauline Plummer

Detroit JCC closes major facility, citing membership decline and COVID-19

The JCC of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., has seen a 50% membership decline in its health club in the past decade.

While Jewish newspapers struggle, Detroit's decides to go nonprofit

That model, its publisher and newly formed foundation hope, will allow the paper to stave off the financial pressures that have caused many papers to shutter or switch to digital only in recent years

A newsstand in Manhattan outfitted with ‘Fake News’ headlines was a stunt by the ‘Columbia Journalism Review,’ in October 2018.

Rashida Tlaib joins Detroit protesters, slams federal agents in the city

"To all the federal agents, you messed with the wrong district."

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) listens as Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on "Trump Administration's Child Separation Policy" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2019

Detroit man shot dead as 'I can't breathe' protests spread across America

"The only way we get what we really want is through non-violence," Bernice King said in her father's hometown. "Let's do this the non-violent way to deal with the evil of our time."

Protesters flee tear gas during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 29, 2020.