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Judge dismisses murder charge against man accused of killing Samantha Woll

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Prosecutors have lost the opportunity to try again in convicting Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 29, following a jury deadlocking last month on two of four charges in the slaying of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll. Judge Margaret Van Houten sentenced Jackson-Bolanos...

Ex-boyfriends testify in Woll murder trial, no evidence links them

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In Detroit, the trial of Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 29, for the slaying of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll revealed details of the investigation to track down the killer. On Monday, Jeffrey Herbstman, an ex-boyfriend of Woll, testified that he called...

Trial set to begin for accused killer of Samantha Woll

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A Detroit man alleged to have stabbed to death a well-known Jewish community leader in Michigan on Oct. 21 will soon face a judge and jury. The prosecution begins on June 10 against Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28, who is...

Is Biden worrying about losing the wrong voters?

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Maybe President Joe Biden and his White House handlers are looking at their re-election problems through the wrong end of the telescope. Their top priority these days is doing something about their problems with...
JCRC/AJC board member Samantha Woll lighting candles in March 2018. Credit: Courtesy of JCRC/AJC.

Accused killer of Samantha Woll charged with first-degree murder

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Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28, faces multiple charges for allegedly stabbing to death Detroit Jewish leader Samantha Woll on Oct. 21. In a hearing on Tuesday, Judge Kenneth King set an arraignment date for Jan. 30 and added an additional charge...
JCRC/AJC board member Samantha Woll lighting candles in March 2018. Credit: Courtesy of JCRC/AJC.

Samantha Woll stabbed eight times in face, neck

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36th District Judge Kenneth King rescheduled the next court date for convicted thief Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28—the man prosecutors allege killed Detroit Jewish community leader Samantha Woll on Oct. 21—so that defense attorneys could receive evidence from prosecutors. Jackson-Bolanos is now...
JCRC/AJC board member Samantha Woll lighting candles in March 2018. Credit: Courtesy of JCRC/AJC.

Award announced for information leading to killer of Samantha Woll

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Following the arrest and release without charges of an unnamed suspect in the death of synagogue leader Samantha Woll, Detroit law enforcement has put forward a reward for clues. Those providing information leading to the arrest of her killer...
Members of Israel’s Indian community celebrate in Tel Aviv during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, July 5, 2017. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

JCRC/AJC event to celebrate Israeli, Indian 75th birthdays

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The Jewish Community Relations Council/American Jewish Committee (JCRC/AJC) plans to honor 75 years of Israeli and Indian independence at a July 16 event at Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy, Mich. “The Hindu community in Detroit...
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Jewish family sues Michigan high school for scheduling graduation on Shavuot

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For the last decade, the family of 18-year-old Minaleah Koffron says it shared advance notice of Jewish holiday schedules with the Portage Public Schools—a school district in southern Michigan almost halfway between Chicago and...
A photo of rings stolen from Jewish victims of the Nazis was part of a tweet by the Michigan Republican Party on March 22, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Michigan GOP party slammed for tweet trivializing the Holocaust

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“History has shown us that the first thing a government does when it wants total control over its people is to disarm them. President Reagan once stated, ‘If we lose freedom here, there is...