Israel/Gaza 2023

A conversation with a Metro Detroit rabbi about how Hanukkah feels for her congregation this year, a multidisciplinary small press that focuses on "for us, by us" storytelling, and the impacts of a proposed state law requiring insurance parity for mental health care.

The University of Michigan is launching a new institute to combat antisemitism.

Students across Michigan have been protesting and organizing on college campuses. They’re drawn to advocacy by Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, and Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Gaza and the West Bank.

On this episode, a Michigan politics digest with Simon Schuster. We talked about the 2024 election Representative Rashida Tlaib, and intra-party conflicts in MI's GOP.

Pro-Palestinian students protested in front of University of Michigan President Santa Ono's campus home on Friday, criticizing his administration for canceling a student vote on a pair of competing resolutions.

Dozens of people gathered outside the Michigan state Capitol and governor’s mansion this weekend to call for a lasting ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Ella Krumerman’s grandparents have fled Israel, her cousins are fighting in the Israeli military, and she says one of her high school classmates is held hostage by Hamas.

A conversation with a Michigan-based rabbi in Israel, a radio station featuring Michigan musicians, opening day for firearm hunting, and the status of the Reproductive Healthcare Act.

The display was created by members of Ann Arbor’s Israeli and Jewish community, who said they feel some aspects of the Israel-Hamas conflict—which began with the October 7 attack by Hamas, and sparked Israel’s ongoing response campaign in Gaza—are widely misunderstood, especially abroad.

Israeli activist Shimri Zameret supports an immediate ceasefire. Long term, he said, the solution for Palestine and Israel is international democracy.