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."

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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

41-year-old Ayman Ghalazi filled his truck with fireworks before ramming it into the Detroit area's largest synagogue around midday on March 12.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard speaks during a press conference on March 19, 2026.

Sheriff who responded to Temple Israel attack faces online backlash

Oakland County Mike Bouchard denounced social media users who spread antisemitic memes about him online, stating that they're hiding behind free speech rights "as cover to hide their antisemitism."

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Cases of the measles rise in Israel.

Michigan announces measles outbreak after three linked cases reported

The department said the first Michigan measles case was tied to travel to Florida, and the additional linked cases show how quickly the virus can spread among people who are not immune.

|ByREUTERS

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.

Michigan man known for exposing child predators shot in confrontation

Known for his online personality as "Boopac Shakur," 40-year-old Michael Lee was inspired to catch pedophiles by his love for his own children.

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A child being kidnapped (illustrative)

Three defendants acquitted of plotting to kidnap Michigan governor

The group of men were accused of taking part in an elaborate plot to abduct the governor from her vacation home, then put her on trial for treason.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByREUTERS
A combination of Antrim County Sheriff's Office police mugshots shows William Null, Eric Molitor, Michael Null and Shawn Fix, four of thirteen men arrested on October 7, 2020 on charges of conspiring to kidnap the Michigan governor, attack the state legislature and threaten law enforcement.

US minor catches swine flu at agriculture fair - first case this year

Since 2005, there have been 37 cases of swine flu in the US, WHO said, and 512 globally.

AUGUST 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pig at pig farm

Michigan state senator apologizes for visit to Israel

Michigan State Senator Sylvia Santana said that she "should have exercised better discretion" before going on the trip.

AUGUST 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Senator Sylvia Santana.

Toddler shoots and kills himself after finding gun at Michigan home

This tragic incident took place on Sunday, June 11, leaving the local community in shock and disbelief.

JUNE 22, 2023ByMAARIV
Police officers surround a scene where the suspect was located as they respond to a shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, US, February 14, 2023

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.

JUNE 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The FBI seal is seen at its headquarters before a news conference by Director Christopher Wray on the US Justice Department inspector general's report about the FBI's actions in the 2016 US election in Washington.