Most Recent
JFS Offers 2 Options for This Year’s Annual Fall Fix Up Event
For everyone’s protection, Fall Fix Up will be an outdoor-only event and COVID precautions are being taken.
Join Jewish Family Service’s 24th annual Fall Fix...
Detroit’s Religious Schools Confront COVID
Congregations adapt to the pandemic to ensure young people can grow and thrive Jewishly.
Drive-in Havdalah. Programs in the park and on driveways. Teaching in...
ASTROLOJEW Horoscopes for Chodesh Cheshvan 5781 / 2020 (18 October – 16 November 2020)
Cheshvan 5781: Transforming "Mar" (Bitter) into "Ram" (Greatness)
This year Chodesh Cheshvan will be both “Mar” in terms of bitterness and “Ram” in terms of...
Election Day Heroes: Poll Workers Persevere Despite COVID, Citing Safety Measures and Civic Duty
Some individuals and elected officials from the local Jewish community are working hard to ensure that Election Day and the absentee ballot count go...
Trump, Biden Are Surprise Guests At Beth Yehudah Event; Netanyahu Bows Out
The virtual fundraiser for the Oak Park yeshiva also featured notable Michigan Democrats, prompting some controversy.
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden...
2020 Election Guide: Rep. Mari Manoogian
Find all of our Election 2020 coverage and other candidate interviews here. More interviews will be added as the election draws closer.
Mari Manoogian...
2020 Election Guide: Julia Pulver
Find all of our Election 2020 coverage and other candidate interviews here. More interviews will be added as the election draws closer.
Pulver discusses her...
Guest Column: Communists, Authoritarians and Self-Interest
A flood of misinformation and disinformation has fostered a surge of uncritical, one-dimensional thinking that has compromised our ability to discuss and debate constructively.
Election...
Former Hockey Player, Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Talks About Being Resilient...
Mike Hartman recently participated in a virtual Q&A, presented by the Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service of Palm Beach County, Fla.
Former NHL...
Remembering Edward Meer: A Philanthropist Who Touched Many Lives
The Bloomfield Hills resident, who enhanced many lives with his philanthropy, kindness and integrity, died on Oct. 5, 2020, at age 95.
Edward Meer was...
Frankel Institute Event Series Highlights Diversity of Poetic Voices from Israel/Palestine
Stranger Still: Translating Contemporary Poetry from Israel/Palestine series begins with an event on Oct. 22.
Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellows Adriana X. Jacobs...
97.1 The Ticket’s Mike Stone Discusses New Radio Partner, Winning Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation’s...
Mike Stone's radio partner and longtime close friend, Jamie Samuelsen, died of colon cancer on Aug. 1 at age 48.
It’s been a busy few...
Michigan Board of Rabbis Revises Funeral and Simchat COVID-19 Policies
Recommended crowd sizes have increased in the revised policy.
The Michigan Board of Rabbis (MBOR) has revised their policies regarding funerals and simchahs based on...
2020 Election Guide: Regina Weiss
Find all of our Election 2020 coverage and other candidate interviews here. More interviews will be added as the election draws closer.
Weiss discusses her...
2020 Election Guide: Samantha Steckloff
Find all of our Election 2020 coverage and other candidate interviews here. More interviews will be added as the election draws closer.
Samantha Steckloff eyes...
Looking Back: Turning the Page
After 34 years as JN publisher, Arthur Horwitz is now publisher emeritus, a well-deserved honor.
As you likely know, it is a new era at...
Popular
Friendship Circle Buys Dakota Bread Company From Retiring Owners
Adults with special needs will staff the bakery, and the new owners are considering a challah membership program.
Dakota Bread Company, a popular West Bloomfield...
Remembering Robert Canvasser, a Man Devoted to Judaism
Robert and his wife, Beverly, raised four children who married and gave them many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who to this day follow in the...
Borrowed Time: Chicago Hope
You can read more about Marc’s life, heroically recounted and humbly submitted, here each month.
My brother-in-law Marc Rosenzweig was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin’s...
2020 Election Guide: John James and the Jews
Find all of our Election 2020 coverage and other candidate interviews here. More interviews will be added as the election draws closer. Click here...
Trump, Biden Are Surprise Guests At Beth Yehudah Event; Netanyahu Bows...
The virtual fundraiser for the Oak Park yeshiva also featured notable Michigan Democrats, prompting some controversy.
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden...
2020 Election Guide: Sen. Gary Peters
Find all of our Election 2020 coverage and other candidate interviews here. More interviews will be added as the election draws closer. Click here...
