Tag: Michigan
Michigan Jewish community urges appeals court to restrict protests outside synagogue
Members of a synagogue in Ann Arbor, Mich., advocated before a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week that the city must enforce restrictions on protesters who have demonstrated outside their congregation every Saturday...
Michigan professor fired for anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic tweets
A physics professor at a Michigan university was fired on Thursday after being put on administrative leave in November for posting anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic comments on Twitter.
Thomas Brennan, who taught at Ferris State...
Tlaib retweets, then undoes, ‘from the river to the sea’ post
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) retweeted a post over the weekend that read “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” that was part of an “International Day of Solidarity” picture.
https://twitter.com/Claire_Voltaire/status/1333212176346087429
The legislator undid...
Political graffiti turns up on headstones in Michigan Jewish cemetery
A 100-year-old Jewish cemetery in Michigan was vandalized with the words “TRUMP” and “MAGA.”
The cemetery in Grand Rapids belongs to Congregation Ahavas Israel, a 125-year-old Conservative congregation. The graffiti was found on Monday and...
Tlaib says she’s not endorsing Biden, or maybe anyone, for president
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said on Monday that she would not endorse the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. In fact, it’s not clear that she will be endorsing...
Michigan’s Holocaust center goes online to host annual Yom Hashoah event
For the first time to date, the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus will host its annual community-wide Yom Hashoah commemoration online at 2 p.m. on April 26 while the museum is closed to...
Michigan’s Holocaust museum exhibit reveals secret history behind capture of Adolf Eichmann
The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington Hills, Mich., has announced its newest special exhibit, “Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann,” which runs Jan. 26 through mid-June. It reveals the secret...
Jewish prisoners granted rights to kosher meals in Michigan following lawsuit
A proposed settlement reached on Oct. 12 in a class-action lawsuit allows Jewish inmates in Michigan prisons to start receiving certified-kosher meals, The Jewish News reported.
The lawsuit was handled by the Civil Rights Clinic at Michigan...
Anti-Semitic posters found on door of Michigan synagogue
Black-and-white anti-Semitic posters were found this week on the door of a synagogue in Michigan.
Rabbi Michael Schadick of Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids, Mich., discovered the vandalism on Sunday morning, with one ominous-looking poster...