18 | DECEMBER 29 • 2022 

NOVEMBER 
» Nov. 19-21 — The first 
#nomoreantisemitism 
International Conference is 
held in Hamilton, Ontario, 
Canada. 

» Nov. 22 — Terrorist 
bombing at Jerusalem 
bus stop, the first major 
bombing in the city in 
many years. 

DECEMBER
» Dec. 2 — Hassan Yehia 
Chokr, 35, drives into the 
Temple Beth El Parking lot 
in Bloomfield Township 
during preschool drop-off 
time, spewing anti-Israel 
rhetoric and anti-Jewish 
and racist language. 

» Dec. 14 — Federal, coun-
ty and local law enforce-
ment officials with leaders 
of the Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit stand 
on the bimah of Temple 
Beth El to let everyone 
know they have the backs 
of the Jewish communi-
ty during a Community 
Forum on Antisemitism. 

Police and security personnel at the scene of a terror attack in Jerusalem, Nov. 22, 2022. 

(OLIVIER FITOUSSIL/FLASH90)

ABOVE: Hassan 
Yehia Chokr was 
charged with 
ethnic intimidation.

OUR COMMUNITY

JOHN HARDWICK

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ABOVE: Nearly 1,000 people attended the forum.