Michigan

FBI arrests Michigan man for planning mass attack on synagogue

Seann Pielia, 19, now faces charges of transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure another individual.

Michigan House condemns state GOP tweet likening gun reform to Holocaust

The offending tweet used an image of wedding rings the Nazis seized from Jews at the Buchenwald concentration camp as a way of protesting gun reform legislation.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
24/03/2023
TWO INSTRUCTORS from the University of Michigan denied recommendation letters for a study abroad

Feds arrest Michigan man who plotted to kill Jewish elected officials

“Probable cause exists that” Jack Carpenter’s Twitter account “made threats to cause injury and death to Jewish members of the Michigan government,” FBI Special Agent Sean Nicol wrote.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
02/03/2023

Three killed, 5 injured in Michigan State University shooting, suspect dead

Four classmates were killed and six other students and a teacher were wounded in that attack, the deadliest US school shooting that year.

By REUTERS
14/02/2023

Michigan GOP candidate who was raised Jewish now says she’s a Messianic Jew

Lena Epstein, who was raised Jewish, made the comments at a candidate forum at a Baptist church in Holland, Michigan.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
09/02/2023

Michigan middle school dean resigned after receiving antisemitic death threat

One school leader in Michigan left his role as dean of the school after receiving a death threat.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
21/01/2023

Pro-Palestinian UMichigan students call for intifada during Kamala Harris visit

Pro-Palestinian chants hurled at the vice president included "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" and "not another nickel, not another dime, no more money for Israel’s crimes."

Mother of the year: US teen discovers cyber bully was her own mother

The mother even initially reported her own bullying to authorities, disguising herself using juvenile language and a VPN.

By WALLA!
04/01/2023

GOAT tops the 2023 banished words list

The survey received over 1,500 entries of words and terms that should be banished for misuse, overuse and uselessness. 

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