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In this Oct. 17, 2019 photo, U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn is photographed in his office in Detroit. Cohn has declined to order prison sentences in an investigation of millions of dollars sent to Yemen by a group of Detroit-area men. Nine people have pleaded guilty, mostly for failing to register as a money transfer business. Cohn said Yemen's financial system is a mess and its residents desperately need help. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
October 21, 2019, 5:37 am
95-year-old Jewish US judge spares Yeminis who illegally funneled money home
District Judge Avern Cohn cites need for ‘compassion’ in refusing to jail defendants, rejecting sentencing guidelines for group that moved millions to war-torn country
By Ed White
Illustrative: A view of midtown Detroit, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
August 4, 2019, 4:40 am
Detroit Jews caught between a rock named Trump and a hard choice among Democrats
Community grappling with a president that many revile and a Democratic Party that appears increasingly driven by Israel-critical left, including Michigan congresswoman Tlaib
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: A view of midtown Detroit, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
July 2, 2019, 7:14 pm
Woman arrested after repeated threatening calls to Detroit Jewish organization
‘I’m coming over there and blow your head off,’ suspect allegedly warned employees during racist rant
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of white nationalist protesters at the Motor City Pride event, Detroit, Michigan, June 8, 2019. (YouTube)
June 11, 2019, 2:54 am
Neo-Nazis were trying to provoke gay pride event violence – Detroit police chief
White supremacists, one of whom apparently urinated on Israeli flag, wanted to spark ‘Charlottesville No. 2’ at weekend march
By AP and TOI staff
Screen capture from video of white nationalist protesters at the Motor City Pride event, Detroit, Michigan, June 8, 2019. (YouTube)
June 10, 2019, 9:29 am
Neo-Nazi appears to urinate on Israeli flag as group crashes Detroit pride event
Several dozen members of National Socialist Movement disrupt Motor City Pride; man photographed straddling Israel’s banner as it lies on the floor at his feet
By Stuart Winer
A health care worker prepares syringes, including a vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), for a child's inoculations at the International Community Health Services, February 13, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
March 26, 2019, 11:23 pm
Measles outbreak in Detroit linked to visiting Israeli
Vaccination centers set up as local authorities say people at synagogues, Jewish schools and a kosher market may have been exposed
By Stacy Gittleman
In this August 8, 2018, photo, Fadwa Tlaib, an aunt of Rashida Tlaib, points to a young Rashida in a 1987 picture with her mother Fatima and brother Nader, at the family house in the West Bank village of Beit Ur al-Foqa. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
November 8, 2018, 1:05 pm
In West Bank town, Palestinians celebrate family member’s ascent to Capitol Hill
Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib has expressed support for a one-state solution and an end to US military aid to Israel, but her Palestinian relatives are more circumspect
By Adam Rasgon
First United Methodist Church in Ferndale, Michigan. (Screen capture: Google Maps)
September 3, 2018, 7:03 pm
Anti-Semitic flyers in support of neo-Nazi website posted on Detroit-area church
Poster featuring caricatures of hook-nosed Jews reads, ‘The Jews came for the Daily Stormer, and I said nothing … they are coming for YOUR free speech next’
By JTA
Former US President Bill Clinton plays an Aretha Franklin song on his phone during Franklin's funeral at Greater Grace Temple on August 31, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (AFP PHOTO / Angela Weiss)
September 1, 2018, 12:24 am
Say a final prayer: Stars, dignitaries mourn Aretha Franklin at Detroit funeral
Peerless singer died of cancer on August 16, aged 76, closing curtain on a glittering six-decade career that spanned gospel, R&B, jazz, blues and even classical music
By Jennie Matthew
In a photo from July 26, 2018, US Senate Republican candidate Sandy Pensler makes a campaign stop in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
August 8, 2018, 10:48 pm
Jewish businessman loses Michigan primary to Trump-backed challenger
Sandy Pensler, once considered a shoo-in, defeated by John James; Lena Epstein wins Detroit-area GOP nomination
By Ron Kampeas
Patrons eat at a communal table in the Soul Cafe in West Bloomfield, Michigan. (Yaakov Schwartz/Times of Israel)
November 20, 2017, 5:08 am
Feed body and soul at Detroit’s kosher restaurant-art gallery combo
At the Soul Cafe and Soul Studio in Detroit, young adults with special needs learn the skills they need to go out into the world
By Yaakov Schwartz
Rasmea Yousef Odeh, November 10, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio, File)
August 17, 2017, 12:17 pm
Palestinian terrorist faces final hearing in US before deportation
Rasmea Odeh expected to be sent to Jordan after failing to disclose her terrorism convictions during immigration process
By Agencies
Matthew Kuppe, center, posing in a Facebook post dated Aug. 9, 2015 with the caption, “This is how you celebrate 21!” (Facebook via JTA)
June 18, 2017, 6:57 pm
Ex-JCC counselor convicted on child porn charges survives overdose
Matthew Kuppe, 22, of Detroit, found ‘unresponsive’ days before he was due to enter prison for 10-year sentence
By JTA
Noa
May 8, 2017, 2:00 am
Noa
The day they let the bullies win
Cancelation of her performance in Detroit was a victory for a vocal, intolerant minority
Achinoam Nini (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 6, 2017, 1:50 am
Michigan synagogue cancels Noa concert in face of right-wing protests
Israeli singer Achinoam Nini has been outspoken in support of a two-state solution and Jewish-Arab co-existence
By JTA
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