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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Michigan

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Democrat-Michigan, rehearses the Democratic response to US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress in Wyandotte, Michigan, March 4, 2025. (Paul Sancya/AP)
March 5, 2025, 8:43 am
Elissa Slotkin warns of recession as Democrats respond to Trump’s address
Jewish senator with a pro-Israel voting record chosen to rebut US president’s first joint congressional speech; warns he didn’t lay out a ‘credible plan’ to address rising costs
By Agencies
US Vice President Kamala Harris, right, holds a ceremonial swearing-in for Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Democrat of Michigan, in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 5, 2025, 7:07 pm
Elissa Slotkin sworn into US Senate on Reform women’s Torah commentary
Newly elected Michigan senator joins 33 other Jewish members of the 119th Congress
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Vandalism on the car of University of Michigan trustee Jordan Acker, December 9, 2024. (Jordan Acker/ Instagram)
December 10, 2024, 9:00 am
Home, car of Jewish U of Michigan official vandalized with Hamas symbol
Jordan Acker, university regent, calls tactics ‘Klan-like,’ after his house’s front window broken, symbol used to designate targets in Hamas videos spray-painted on car
By jacob gurvis
(L-R) Demonstrators waved Nazi flags across the street from a community theater production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" in Howell, Michigan, Nov. 9, 2024; the group then moved onto nearby Fowlerville, Michigan. (Screenshots via American Legion Howell and WLNS News via JTA, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 12, 2024, 11:44 pm
Masked neo-Nazi protesters target Michigan production of ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ play
5 demonstrators with swastika flags reportedly chant pro-Trump slogan outside community theater production in small town of Howell, near Lansing; audience told during intermission
By Andrew Lapin
Paul Manni, from left, Sam Alasri, Wasel Yousaf, Waseem Makani and Abrahim Tamimi, cheer as Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump's speech is broadcast during an Arab Americans for Trump watch party at the Lava Java Cafe, a hookah lounge, in the early hours of November 6, 2024, in Dearborn, Michigan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
November 11, 2024, 11:59 pm
How Trump broke the GOP’s losing streak in America’s largest majority-Arab city
The president-elect won Dearborn, Michigan for his party for the first time since 2000, after some of the city’s Arab and Muslim residents rejected Harris over Israel’s war in Gaza
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and Mike Householder
Abrahim Tamimi, left, and Nabeel Hamameh celebrate while watching results come in during an Arab Americans for Trump watch party at the Lava Java Cafe, a hookah lounge, in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
November 10, 2024, 3:42 am
Voters in Arab-American strongholds helped tip Michigan in Trump’s favor
Trump won swing state by 80,618 votes — 50,332 of them came from Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck, which are largely made up of Arab voters who voted for Biden in 2020
By Michael Traugott
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin speaks during an election night watch party, Wednesday, November 6, 2024 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
November 7, 2024, 12:23 am
Jewish Democrat Elissa Slotkin narrowly wins Michigan Senate seat
Slotkin’s win gives Democrats a bittersweet victory in swing state Trump managed to snag for a second time
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Paul Manni, from left, Sam Alasri, Wasel Yousaf, Waseem Makani and Abrahim Tamimi, cheer as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump's speech is broadcast during an Arab Americans for Trump watch party at the Lava Java Cafe, a hookah lounge, in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
November 6, 2024, 2:09 pm
In scene unimaginable 4 years ago, Michigan Arabs bask in Trump win they helped clinch
Buying notion he can succeed in ending Gaza war where Biden and Harris failed, minority community ostracized by GOP nominee in previous elections helps him flip key swing state
By Jacob Magid
Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump talks with owner Albert Abbas as he visits The Great Commoner restaurant, November 1, 2024, in Dearborn, Michigan. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
November 2, 2024, 3:35 am
Trump appears in Michigan with Arab supporter who claims ‘Palestine is being erased’
‘No amount of money or power should be prioritized over human life,’ Dearborn restaurant owner tells GOP candidate, who calls for end to Israel-Hezbollah fighting in Lebanon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Republican US presidential nominee former president Donald Trump, center, stands alongside local Muslim leaders during a campaign rally at the Suburban Collection Showplace, October 26, 2024, in Novi, Michigan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 1, 2024, 1:44 pm
Trump to visit Arab-majority city in Michigan, riding anger over Middle East war
Former president presses last-minute push in swing state, winning endorsements from some Muslim community leaders, as VP Harris linked to Biden administration’s support for Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
Former US president Bill Clinton speaks at a campaign event supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
November 1, 2024, 11:59 am
On campaign trail for Harris in Michigan, Bill Clinton defends Israel’s war in Gaza
Recalling efforts to broker peace during his own presidency, Clinton urges voters in crucial swing state to think ‘what you would do if it was your family’ killed on October 7
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with members of the press on board Air Force Two at Philadelphia International Airport, October 21, 2024, in Philadelphia, before departing to Michigan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
October 29, 2024, 7:40 pm
Disillusioned with Harris’s Israel support, some Arab Americans consider backing Trump
Community members in Michigan say they can’t forgive support for Israel in Gaza war, but don’t want a Republican victory given former US president’s anti-Muslim views
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Republican presidential nominee former US President Donald Trump, right, looks on as local Muslim leaders speak during a campaign rally at the Suburban Collection Showplace, October 26, 2024, in Novi, Michigan (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 27, 2024, 10:03 am
Trump invites Muslim leaders onstage, as he and Harris woo Michigan voters troubled by Gaza
In key state where polls give VP a razor-thin edge, US presidential candidates court Muslim voters, vow to end Gaza war; Michelle Obama makes impassioned speech at Democratic rally
By Reuters
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the killing of Hamas's top leader Yahya Sinwar in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza, on October 17, 2024, following a campaign rally at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)
October 20, 2024, 8:58 pm
Harris campaign says she did not agree with protester accusing Israel of genocide
Heckler also claimed ‘19,000 children dead’ in Gaza, VP said he’s ‘right’ about war needing to end, and ‘what he’s talking about, it’s real,’ prompting accusations she thinks Israel committing genocide
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 21, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
September 24, 2024, 10:32 am
Michigan attorney general calls Rashida Tlaib’s criticism of her ‘antisemitic’
Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, calls out pro-Palestinian Democrat congresswoman for suggesting she’s biased in prosecuting student protesters for ‘violence and criminal behavior’
By JTA and ToI Staff
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