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The Michigan Capitol building in Lansing. Credit: Catherine Ottarson/Wikipedia.

Pro-Israel Democrat group denounces Michigan candidate who said Dems ‘not the Jewish party’

The comments by Al Williams “are deeply offensive and should be disqualifying,” stated Mark Mellman, president and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel.

Feb. 19, 2025

A copy of a women's commentary on the Torah published by the Reform Movement, which the Michigan Board of Rabbis gifted to Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), which she used for her swearing-in to the Senate on Jan. 3, 2025. Credit: Office of Sen. Elissa Slotkin.

Slotkin sworn in on women’s commentary on Torah published by Reform Movement

Some 40 relatives joined the Jewish Democrat at the ceremony, where she was sworn in as a Michigan senator.

David Swindle

Jan. 6, 2025

The booths of five Israeli AgTech companies invited to present at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market Expo in Grand Rapids, Mich., from Dec. 10-12, 2024. Photo by Elisha Breton/The Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest.

Israeli agricultural companies present tech at Michigan farm expo

“Our innovation is collecting real-time data in order to calculate the optimal fertilizer concentration for the plant,” the CEO of one of the presenting companies told JNS.

David Swindle

Dec. 17, 2024

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.). Credit: U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Slotkin meets with theater company whose ‘Anne Frank’ performance became neo-Nazi target

“This final community roundtable was an opportunity to reflect on how much more we can do when we work together,” the congresswoman wrote.

Izzy Salant

Dec. 17, 2024

Anne Frank. Credit: Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam.

Protesters wave Nazi flag, shout slurs outside ‘Anne Frank’ play in Detroit

Law enforcement asked agitators, described as in their 20s, to leave, prompting them to move across the street.

Nov. 12, 2024

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) speaks about the need for further gun control research during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on on March 29, 2023. Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images.

Newly-elected Michigan senator hailed as ‘whip smart’ and ‘big supporter of Israel’

“Rep. Elissa Slotkin has always been very popular in the Jewish community,” Rabbi Asher Lopatin, of a Detroit-area synagogue and the local Federation, told JNS.

David Swindle

Nov. 11, 2024

U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Maxim Kapytka/Pexels.

Michigan man arrested at US Capitol with weapons, letter about ‘war in the Middle East’

Austin Olson, 27, said that “the problem is Israel; the problem is you” and “Israel controls our media, our corporations, they control you and they own us."

Nov. 7, 2024

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Credit: Official U.S. Congress Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Michigan Rep. Tlaib passes on endorsing Harris for president

“The reality is that the Biden admin’s unconditional support for genocide is what got us here,” she wrote on X.

Nov. 4, 2024

Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris walks on stage as she arrives for a campaign rally at Michigan State University's Jenison Field House in East Lansing, Mich., on Nov. 3, 2024. Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images.

‘As president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza,’ Harris tells Michigan voters

The U.S. vice president said at a Michigan campaign event that it's been a hard year "given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon."

Nov. 3, 2024