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A member of security staff during a community safety event hosted by the Oakland Jewish Alliance at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, Sept. 7, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

How Bay Area Jewish orgs are re-examining security after the Michigan attack

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

Jewish organizations and security experts in the Bay Area have reintensified their focus on community safety following the violent attack on a Detroit-area synagogue on Thursday.  Across North America, Jewish […]

Pallbearers carry a coffin
Posted inU.S.

Israel says slain brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 16, 2026March 16, 2026
Henry Herskovitz protesting outside Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2021. He holds a poster that says "No More Holocaust Movies." (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Herskovitz)
Posted inUncategorized

Born and raised Jewish, the man leading 19 years of protests against a Michigan synagogue embraces antisemitic tropes

by Stewart Ain and Forward August 11, 2022August 11, 2022
Rep. Shri Thanedar won his Michigan U.S. House primary despite more than $4 million spent on his behalf by the PAC affiliated with AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby. (Photo/JTA_Courtesy Thanedar's office)
Posted inNews

Self-funded House candidate beats AIPAC-backed opponent in Detroit as pro-Israel lobby marks rare primary loss

by Andrew Lapin and JTA August 3, 2022
Flanked by his family, Rep. Andy Levin concedes in his reelection campaign at an event in Pontiac, Michigan, Aug. 2, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Lapin)
Posted inNews

Jewish political dynasty ends as Rep. Haley Stevens ousts Rep. Andy Levin in Michigan Democratic primary

by Andrew Lapin and JTA August 3, 2022
Carl Levin at the World Bank in 2015. (The Washington Post-Lawler Duggan-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Carl Levin, longtime Michigan senator, dies at 87

by JTA and Ron Kampeas August 2, 2021August 3, 2021
Rabbi Zoe McCoon is a Detroit native who is moving to the Bay Area for her first rabbinical post at Temple Beth Torah in Fremont.
Posted inNews

‘Joyful, welcoming, wise’: Beth Torah gets new rabbi with roots in Flint, Michigan

by Gabriel Greschler June 23, 2021

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