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Year in 
Review

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JUNE

03

JUNE

The X/Twitter photo that went viral of 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 
shaking hands with U-M student Nathan 
Rosenberg.

A delegation of U.S. Jewish college 
students visit Israel’s Knesset to 
urge it to support the fight against 
antisemitism on campus. Michigan 
students are among them. 

04

JUNE

Nathan Weeden 
is convicted 
five years after 
he vandalized 
Temple Jacob in 
Hancock, Mich., 
with swastikas 
and other 
antisemitic hate 
symbols.

09

JUNE

Famous local Jewish boxing promoter, 

Jackie Kallen, was inducted into the 
International Boxing Hall of Fame in 
Canastota, NY. 

SEPTEMBER

15

SEPTEMBER

The Klezmephonics

Michigan’s first Klezmer 
Festival, “Klezmitten,” is held 
at the International Institute 
in Downtown Detroit. 

A University of 
Michigan student 
is assaulted after 
he tells attackers 
that he is Jewish. 
The attackers 
are still at-large 
amid ongoing 
investigations. 

17-18

SEPTEMBER

 Much of 
Hezbollah’s 
leadership is killed 
by explosives 
planted in 
electronic pagers 
and walkie-talkies.

23

SEPTEMBER

The IAF begins 
air assaults 
upon Hezbollah 
weapons 
and military 
installations after 
warning Lebanese 
citizens of 
pending attacks. 

27

SEPTEMBER

People listen to a speech 
by Hezbollah leader Hassan 
Nasrallah on November 3, 
2023, in Tehran, Iran. 

Hezbollah Leader Hassan 
Nasrallah is killed in a IAF 
air strike on a Hezbollah 
facility in Beirut, Lebanon. 

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