Michigan

Jewish leaders uneasy over Senate candidate’s alliance with Hasan Piker

Jewish leaders have called Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's decision to host campaign rallies with Piker, a streamer accused of antisemitism, "alarming" and "shocking."

Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. He held a crowded Women for Abdul rally in a Detroit suburb. El-Sayed was born in Michigan to parents who immigrated from Egypt.
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

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard speaks during a press conference on March 19, 2026.

Sheriff who responded to Temple Israel attack faces online backlash

Cases of the measles rise in Israel.

Michigan announces measles outbreak after three linked cases reported


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.

Members of the Michigan House of Representatives say the Pledge of Allegiance at the state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, US, January 13, 2021.

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.

TWO INSTRUCTORS from the University of Michigan denied recommendation letters for a study abroad program because the students’ preferred destination was Israel

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.

 Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, U.S., February 13, 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.

 A GROWING series of violent attacks on Jewish facilities began at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in October 2018.

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.

Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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."

 US Vice President Kamala Harris is seen on the first day of the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2023

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.

An estimated 60% of adolescents have experienced some form of cyberbullying over social media.

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. 

 Random words.

See no evil: Many children, adults find good in villains - study

Both adults and children more often reported that villains were inwardly good than that heroes were inwardly bad, according to a University of Michigan study.

 The Dark Lord Sauron, main villain of The Lord of the Rings franchise (Illustrative).

Three men to be sentenced in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

A sentencing hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. local time in Jackson County Circuit Court.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer welcomes Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden