Israel

by Mel Gurtov Donald Trump has turned the presidency into a vanity project, putting his name and image all over Washington (most recently, a banner of him atop the department of justice), campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, pimping…

by William Kennedy Twenty-one years ago, in December, 2003 ("Second Intifada") a young Jewish DJ was murdered by his Muslim neighbor who later remarked, "I killed my Jew. I will go to heaven." There were no less than three-hundred…

by Adam deAngeli I was amused to read a letter to the editor in the Ann Arbor Independent arguing that those who have concerns about the carnage in the Middle East should vote for Kamala Harris ("Jill Stein and Donald Trump Don’t Care…

by Addison Novosel-Fitzpatrick As a Michigander who has found the Israel-Gaza war heartbreaking, I find any idea of voting for Kamala Harris extremely misguided.  While Israelis continue to protest their government and call for…

By Emily Horne Like many of my fellow Michiganders, this past year of tragedy in Israel and Gaza has been gut-wrenching. That’s one of the many reasons I’m proud to support Kamala Harris for President: she believes a hostage deal is…

by Kellie Zell To the protesters at my daughter’s University of Michigan graduation on May 4th: I write this because I think it’s important for everyone to understand the impact of their actions.  So I suppose you should look at this…

by Rep. Debbie Dingell On Nov. 30, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) released a statement addressing the increase in hate crimes in the U.S., and calling for the continued release of all hostages. Mrs. Dingell is calling for a…

by Omer Bartov In 1903, a local mob killed 49 Jews, including several children, and raped and wounded 600 others, in the city of Kishinev, then part of the Russian Empire. These three days of violence later became known as…

by Helen Aminoff A FRIEND OF ours gave me a copy of an article that appeared in The Ann Arbor Independent’s 23 July issue, written by Donna Nevel entitled “The Problem With Israel: The Mass Expulsion of Palestinians.”  I would like to…

by Marjorie Winkelman Srebrenica, July 1995: More than 8000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serbian forces in what is often referred to as the worst mass murder on European soil since World War II. The Hague, July…