Michigan

Michigan Democrats nominate Eli Savit, progressive Jewish prosecutor, for state attorney general

Eli Savit beat out another county prosecutor for the chance to succeed Dana Nessel, the state’s current AG, who is also a Jewish Democrat.

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Eli Savit.
Amir Makled, a pro-Palestinian candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, addresses the crowd at a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Ann Arbor, April 7, 2026. Makled, who had praised Hezbollah's leader in a past social media post, bested Jewish incumbent regent

Michigan Democrats back pro-Palestinian candidate for university board

Amid national polls showing that Democratic voters largely disapprove of Israel, Makled’s selection adds to signals that the pro-Palestinian wing of the party appears to be ascendant in Michigan.

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Arab Americans gather at a restaurant for a presidential election watch party In Dearborn, Michigan, US November 5, 2024.

Michigan refuses Trump administration demand for 2024 election ballots

Last week, the Justice Department sent a letter to the clerk in Wayne County demanding ballots, ballot receipts, and ballot envelopes.

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Temple Israel Rabbi Jen Lader talks to a reporter at Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026.

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.”

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Biden reaches out to Michigan's Arab-American community amid Gaza war

The Biden administration is making overtures to Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Michigan in an effort to solidify the Arab vote while maintaining support for Israel.

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace group and allies rally in support of a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, during a protest in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., November 7, 2023.

Rashida Tlaib casts 'uncommitted' vote in Michigan primary protesting Biden's Israel policies

Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American woman in Congress, represents a district with the highest population of Middle East and North African people in the country. 

FEBRUARY 27, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) addresses attendees as she takes part in a protest calling for a ceasefire in Gaza outside the U.S. Capitol

Jewish students at University of Michigan strive for interfaith, inter-political dialogue

Resolutions against Israel further increased divisions on campus. 

FEBRUARY 25, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
TWO INSTRUCTORS from the University of Michigan denied recommendation letters for a study abroad program because the students’ preferred destination was Israel

Michigan's Arab American, left-wing communities vow 'uncommitted' against Biden in upcoming primary

"Michigan voters are sending Biden a clear message in the February 27 Democratic primary that he can count us out.

FEBRUARY 22, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
REP. RASHIDA TLAIB (D-Michigan) speaks at a climate rally in Iowa in January.

A Palestinian state is Biden's only hope to beat Trump in Michigan - opinion

The Biden administration’s fixation with getting Israel to capitulate and agree to a Palestinian state has gone far beyond persistence and has now entered the realm of obsession.

JANUARY 27, 2024ByMICHAEL FREUND
US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN attends the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023.

WATCH: Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with Democrats at holiday party

Bernice Smith, 90, was filmed hitting protesters with her cane, an act she insists was self-defense.

DECEMBER 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A brawl breaks out between Democratic Party activists and pro-Palestinian protesters at a Democratic holiday party in Detroit, December 2023.

Unraveling the Hamas narrative one fact at a time - opinion

A response to the publication of an op-ed in the Michigan Daily that sympathized with Hamas and proclaimed Zionism as incompatible with Judaism.

DECEMBER 9, 2023ByBOAZ EDIDIN, JORDAN STORFER
PRO-ISRAEL AND anti-Israel Jews are involved in a confrontation on the University of Michigan campus, during Parents and Family Weekend, last month.

Michigan State University ‘deeply sorry’ for showing Hitler on screen at football game

The photo was shown during a pregame trivia quiz at Spartan Stadium.

OCTOBER 24, 2023ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Adolf Hitler

Michigan Jewish man who said he planned to ‘hunt Palestinians’ charged with making terrorist threat

Carl Mintz, 41, was arraigned in Dearborn, a heavily Arab-American suburb of Detroit where large pro-Palestinian rallies were recently held following the deadly Hamas terror attack.

OCTOBER 20, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
A man under arrest (illustrative)

Hockey player removed from U of Michigan team after vandalism outside Jewish center

University of Michigan sophomore Johnny Druskinis was removed from the university's team for defacing a sidewalk near the Jewish Resource Center.

OCTOBER 5, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
The Jewish Resource Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 21, 2020.