Detroit

Political standoff causing DHS shutdown delays security grants for synagogues

The grant program has become a cornerstone of security planning for Jewish institutions across the United States, especially in the wake of sometimes deadly attacks.

Security cameras hang across the street from the Park East Synagogue, NY, 3, 2017, Illustrative.
Smoke rises from the building after the Michigan State Police reported an active shooting incident at the Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, US, March 12, 2026 in a still image from video.

Shooter in Michigan synagogue attack dead, all others safe and unharmed

People march in the 50th annual Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 30, 2019.

FBI records reveal ISIS terror plot targeting Chicago's 2024 Pride Parade - NBC

US Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA) speaks during a Republican political event about the One Big Beautiful Bill at ALTA Refrigeration in Peachtree City, Georgia, US, August 21, 2025.

Georgia Rep. to censure Rashida Tlaib over antisemitic, pro-terror remarks at Detroit conference


'I would be Hamas': Rashida Tlaib, Hassan Piker attend conference with pro-terror rhetoric

Protests, anti-American rhetoric, and support for Gaza’s “liberation” dominated speeches at the People’s Conference, attended by political figures like Tlaib and Stein.

 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, in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2023.

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.

Rashida Tlaib to appear at same conference as PFLP terrorist for second time

Rafeedie, who ran a clandestine publishing house for the PFLP during the 1980s, also appeared at the same conference as Tlaib in May.

Rashida Tlaib and Wisam Rafeedie to speak at PACC's 7th Annual Conference:

'This is not the Jewish party': State Democratic chair candidate's comments draw condemnation

Rabbi Asher Lopatin, community relations director at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, called Al “BJ” Williams’s remarks “blatantly antisemitic.”

Al "BJ" Williams (left), candidate for Michigan Democratic Party chair, films an endorsement video with Michael Schwartz, whom his campaign identifies as an "attorney," to refute charges that he is antisemitic, Feb. 15, 2025.

'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

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager

The cartoon, published on Thursday, showed a woman sitting next to an exploding pager. The woman's desk in the cartoon had a name card saying "Rep. Tlaib."

 Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24.

Murder case dropped against man accused of killing Detroit synagogue leader

Judge Margaret Van Houten ruled Friday that retrying Jackson-Bolanos on the felony murder charge would constitute double jeopardy, violating his Fifth Amendment rights.

 Samantha Woll, 60, was found stabbed to death outside her home in Detroit.

A Jewish bagel shop in Detroit closes after staff walk out on new ‘Zionist’ owner

The Detroit Institute of Bagels is hardly the first workplace to be upended by divides over the Israel-Hamas war since it began with Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

 The closed storefront of the Detroit Institute of Bagels in Detroit, Michigan, after staff walked out in protest of the store's new "Zionist" owner, July 31, 2024.