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ne could say that 2024 was a typical year 
for the JN. We reported the many ups-
and-downs that occur every year.
We published plenty of positive stories. The 
University of Michigan’s football team winning 
the College National Championship 
was a good story for Wolverine 
alumni, and we noted that Lone 
Soldiers from Detroit, Yaffa Magier 
and Jonah Peterson, were engaged 
while serving in the IDF. 
Many Jewish Detroiters won 
prestigious awards, such as Beverly 
Liss receiving the Butzel Award, and 
important communal organizations 
held anniversaries. Our children had their bar/
bat mitzvahs, graduated from high school and 
college, and married. We also published many 
stories of volunteers and acts of kindness from 
Detroit Jewish community members.

Unfortunately, we also published necessary 
stories about sad affairs. In particular, 2024 was 
about Israel’s ongoing wars against Hamas in 
Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and region-
al conflicts with Iran and its proxies such as 
the Houthis. As this was written, an estimated 
100 hostages are still being held in captivity by 
Hamas, more than 800 IDF soldiers have died, 
and a fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah is holding. 
Anti-Israel protests also continue in America, 
especially on campus. Globally, antisemitic inci-
dents rose in 2024.
Nevertheless, the local and national Jewish 
community is resilient, and it moved forward 
as always. Jewish Detroiters and Michiganders 
continued to volunteer in Israel, send funds and 
supplies, and demonstrate their support for Israel 
in many ways. As this Year-in-Review will show, 
the JN reported that Jewish Detroit accomplished 
much in 2024. 
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SGT. MATAN ABARGEL • SHMIL ABASOV • MAJ. JAMAL ABBAS • LT. COL. ALIM ABDALLAH • SEMION ABDILEMOV • EDEN ABDULAYEV • GAL ABDUSH • NAJI ABDUSH • ODED 

ABERGIL • LOTAN ABIR • STAFF SGT. NOAM YOSEF ABOU • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) BOAZ ABRAHAM • MICHAEL ABRAMOV • LIOR ABRAMOZ • SUHEYB ABU AMAR • OSSAMA ABU ISSA • 

YAZAN ABU JAMA • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) AHMAD ABU LATIF • DALIA ABU MADIAM • OSSAMA ABU MADIAM • FAIZA ABU SABIEH • MAI ZHUIR ABU SABIEH • YAZAN NAYEIF ABU 

SALEH • AMEER RABEEA ABU SALEH • FAJER LAITH ABU SALEH • HAZEM AKRAM ABU SALEH • AMAR ABU SEBILA • MUSSA ABU SEBILA • SHALOM ABUDI • MAJ. ADIR ABUDI • 

OREL ABUHAZERA • MASTER SGT. (RES.) RAZ ABULAFIA • SGT. KAMAY ACHIEL • BENJAMIN ACHIMEIR • MAPAL ADAM • CAPT. ELAY ADANY • GILI ADAR • TAMIR ADAR • VINEES 

ADHAM ALSAFADI • MICHAL ADMONI • CAPT. GUY ADMONI • ANGELINE AGIRS • STAFF SGT. ADAM AGMON • STAFF SGT. YOGEV AHARON • STAFF SGT. TOMER YAAKOV AHIMAS 

• STAFF SGT TOMER AHIMAS • OMRI AHRAK • SGT. BINYAMIN MEIR AIRLY • NIV AIVAS • AMIN AKEL ALKARAN • ARYEH AKUNI • OR AKUNI • RUTH (RUTTI) AKUNI • STAFF SGT. 

MARU ALEM • HALED ALFAHRIN • MAJ. DAVID NATI ALFASI • SOLOMON ALIAGOYEV • TALEB ALKARAN • LORETTA ALKARRA • MOTTI ALKAVETZ • SIVAN ALKAVETZ • SGT. 1ST 

CLASS SALM ALKRESHAT • CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT (RES.) DANIEL ALLOUSH • MARINA ALMAGOR • MATAN ALMALAM • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) LIRAN MONES ALMOSNINO • SGT. 

ERAN ALONI • SGT. 1ST CLASS LIAV ALOUSH • ABED ALRAHMAN • ABED ALRAHMAN ALENSARA • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) MATANYA ALSTER • FATMA ALTLAKAT • DANI ALUSH • 

MOFID ALZIR • HANANIA HANAN AMAR • MERCEDES ORIA AMAR • SGT. ITAY AMAR • STAFF SGT. REGEV AMAR • CAPT. NITAY AMAR • CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER MAHMOOD 

AMARIA • SGT. 1ST CLASS JAWAD AMER • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) NADAV AMIKAM • MORDEHAI (MODI) AMIR • STAFF SGT. DOLEV AMOUYAL • MASTER SGT. (RES.) AVIHAY AMSALEM • 

ELDAD ANGEL BERGMAN • STAFF SGT. IDO APPEL • YOSSI (ZIGI) APPLETON • NEVO ARAD • URI ARAD • SGT. OZ SHMUEL ARADI • DIKLA ARAVA • MASTER-SGT. LIOR ARAZI • SGT. 

1ST CLASS(RES.) OFEK ARAZI • STAFF SGT. OFEK ARBIB • RAVID ARIE KATZ • DAN ARIEL • AYELET ARNIN • STAFF-SGT. SHAY ARVAS • LIAV ASAYAG • SERGEANT ORI ASHKENAZI 

NECHEMYA • HAIM ASHRAF • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) NOAM ASHRAM • SGT. SHAY ASHRAM • SAHAR ASHUAN • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) OHAD ASHUR • SGT. SIVAN SIMHA ASRAF • STAFF 

SGT. RUBEN MARC MORDECHAI ASSOULINE • MASTER SGT. (RES.) DAN ASSULIN • LIOR ASULIN • LIRAZ ASULIN • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) SHIMON YEHOSHUA ASULIN • DORIN 

ATIAS • MASTER SGT. (RES.) LIAV ATIYA • OFEK ATON • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) EVYATAR ATUAR • LIOR ATUN • AVIV ATZILI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) SHACHAR AVIANI • SGT. BEN AVISHY • 

SGT. MAJ. (RES.) GIL AVITAL • SGT. OR AVITAL • DOR AVITAN • STAFF SGT. YAIR AVITAN • NOY AVIV • MASTER SGT. (RES.) IDO AVIV • GIL YOSEF AVNI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) HAGAY 

AVNI • MAJ. (RES.) EYAL AVNION • ILAN AVRAHAM • STAFF SGT. TZUR AVRAHAM • AVIAD AVRAHAM EDRI • CPL. NOAM AVRAMOVICH • MIRA AYALON • SHIRA AYALON • SGT. 1ST 

CLASS (RES.) BARAK AYALON • SGT. ITAMAR AYASH • LT. SHAI AYELI • GUY AZAR • CPL. ILAY AZAR • WARRANT OFFICER (RES.) YEHEZKEL AZARIA • SGT. LIOR AZIZOV • STAFF SGT. 

YEDIDYA AZUGI • GABI AZULAI • YOCHAI AZULAI • GIDEON BABANI • CARMEL BACHAR • DANA BACHAR • GEULA BACHAR • MAZI BACHAR • YEHUDA BACHAR • DROR BAHAT • 

NEOMI BAKER • STAFF SERGEANT AMIT BAKRI • ITZHAK (ITZIK) BALATO • CAPT. IDAN BALOI • SGT. 1ST CLASS(RES.) OMER BALVA • FRABASH BANDARI • ITAY BANJO • STAFF SGT. 

SHOHAM BAR • MAAYAN BAR • YUVAL BAR • COL. (RES.) LION BAR • ILAY BAR AM • STAFF SGT. NETA BAR AM • YUVAL BAR ON • MAJ. MOSHE AVRAM BAR ON • SGT. ILAY BAR 

SADEH • YORAM BAR SINAI • SGT. TAMIR BARAK • STAFF SGT. TOMER BARAK • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) AVIV BARAM • NOA BARANES • NIR BARANES • STAFF SGT. SHALEV BARANES • 

STAV BARAZANI • STAFF SGT. DVIR BARAZANI • LIRON BARDA • STAFF SGT. ROY BAREKET • GABRIEL YISHAI BAREL • ADAM BARIMA • STAFF SGT. URI BAR-OR • NADAV BARTA • 

TAL BARTIK (KLEIN) • SAHAR BARUCH • URIEL BARUCH • CAPTAIN IDO BARUCH • CPL. EDAN BARUKH • SGT. OSHER SIMHA BARZILAY • COL. ITZHAK BEN BASAT • STAFF SGT. OREL 

BASHAN • ZAHER BASHARA • BERTA BASTAIN SHEMAYEV • SGT. 1ST. CLASS ITAY YEHUDAH BAUSI • SGT. 1ST CLASS URIJA BAYER • SGT. GUY BAZAK • MAJ. GAL BECHER • ORON 

BEILIN • ZINAIDA BEILIN • SAGIV BEILIN BEN ZVI • CPT. ROY BEIT YAAKOV • CORPORAL NIK BEIZER • STAFF SGT. BENYAMIN BELAY • STAFF SGT. NARYA BELETE • MASTER SGT. 

(RES.) OMRI BELKIN • HEN BEN • AMIT BEN ABEDIRA • HAVA BEN AMI • SHANI BEN AMI • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES) EFRAIM BEN AMRAM • HANA BEN ARTZI • ORTAL BOBETS BEN 

AYUN • CAPT. YOTAM BEN BASSAT • MAYA BEN DAVID • MAJ. (RES.) AMISHAR BEN DAVID • STAFF SGT. NERIA BEN DAVID • STAFF SGT. BARAK BEN DAVID • STAFF SGT. MICHAEL 

BEN HAMO • MASTER SGT. (RES.) DANIEL YACOV BEN HAROSH • DAN BEN HEMP • RIVKA BEN HORIN • MICHAEL BEN MOSHE • MAJ. ARIEL BEN MOSHE • SGT. ILAY NOAM BEN 

MUHA • SHAHAR BEN NAIM • CAPTAIN SHLOMO BEN NUN • LIEUTENANT SHAHAR BEN NUN • MOSHE BEN PORAT • STAFF SGT. ELISAF BEN PORAT • EDEN BEN RUBI • DANIEL 

BEN SENIOR • MASTER SGT. (RES.) OMRI BEN SHACHAR • STAFF SGT. SHIMON ALROY BEN SHITRIT • PETTY OFFICER 1ST CLASS DAVID MOSHE BEN SHITRIT • SERGEANT MAJOR 

(RES.) MORDECHAI YOSEF BEN SHOAM • LT. ADAR BEN SIMON • AMITAI BEN TZVI • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) BARAK HAIM BEN VALID • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) LIOR BEN YAAKOV • STAFF SGT. 

YAAD BEN YACOV • STAFF SGT. YOVAL BEN YAKOV • GILAD BEN YEHUDA • YUVAL BEN YEHUDA • STAFF SGT. ITAMAR BEN YEHUDA • YOHAI BEN ZECHARIA • IDO BEN ZINO • 

HAIM BENAIM • STAFF-SGT. SHOAM MOSHE BEN-HARUSH • STAFF SGT. OMER SARAH BENJO • CAPT. (RES.) ARNON MOSHE AVRAHAM BENVENISTI VASPI • HADAR 

BERDICHEVSKY • ITAI BERDICHEVSKY • NURIT BERGER • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) NICHOLAS BERGER • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) SHAHAF BERGSTEN • MASTER SGT. (RES.) EYAL MEIR 

BERKOWITZ • BEN BERNSTEIN • ELIYAHU YA’AKOV BERNSTEIN • SGT. REEM MEIR BETITO • AMNON BETZALEL • STAFF SGT. DANIEL BEZGODOV • CAPTAIN (RES.) ROEY BIBER • 

MAJ. ORIEL BIBI • ARIEL BILIA • SAPIR BILMAS • SGT. IDO BINENSHTOCK • RON BINYAMIN • CAPT. (RES.) NIR BINYAMIN • ORON BIRA • TAHEL BIRA • TAIR BIRA • TAL BIRA • 

YASMIN BIRA • YURI BIRNBAUM • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) ADAM BISMUT • SGT. 1ST CLASS(RES.) OMER NISSIM BITAN • STAFF SGT. NADAV BITON • BNAYAHU BITON • MAYA BITON • 

MORDEHAI BEN ARIEL BITON • MASTER SGT. (RES.) YAKIR BITON • SGT. SHIR BITON • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) SHAY BITON HAYUN • STAFF SGT. NOAM BITTAN • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) 

GAVRIEL BLOOM • EDNA BLUESTEIN • STAFF SGT. OR BLUMOVITZ • NETA BOAZIZ MORELLI • STAFF SGT. DAVID BOGDANOVSKYI • STAFF SGT. GILAD ARYE BOIM • CAROLINE BOL 

• DORON BOLDAS • SOPHIA BONGART • CPL. NAAMA BONNY • STAFF SGT. AMIT BONZEL • LIAM BOR GALON • STAFF SGT. (RES.) ADI ODEYA BORECH • PETRO BOSKO • MAJ. 

CHEN BOUCHRIS • WARRANT OFFICER (RES.) GIL BOWOM • COMMAND SGT. MAJ. HADAS BRANCH • MASTER-SGT. (RES.) YEHONATAN YOSEF BRAND • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) OR 

BRANDES • ROMI BRANDT ELIYAHU • CH. INSP. ARIK BEN ELIYAHU • DANIEL BRASLEVSKI • SHIRAZ BRODASH • SGT. KIRIL BRODSKI • STAFF SGT. KIRIL BRODSKI • MAJ. (RES.) 

ROMAN BRONSHTEIN • MAJ. BEN BRONSHTEIN • SHOSHANA BROSH • STAFF SGT. JOSEF ITAMAR BRUCHIM • YAGEV BUCHSHTAB • SGT. LAVI BUHNIK • RAZ BUKOBZA • AMIT 

BUSKILA • YARDEN BUSKILA • STAFF SGT. ITAY BUTON • CAPT. OSHRI MOSHE BUTZHAK • INBAR BUYUM • YUVAL BUYUM • GRACIE CABRERA • GALIT CARBONE • PAUL VINCENT 

CASTELVI • YULIA CHABAN • ISRAEL CHANA • MAJ. ROEY CHAPELL • JAROON CHATDUMDEE • ASHISH CHAUDHARY • CHIEF SGT. 1ST CLASS GIDEON CHAY DEROWE • SGT. 1ST. 

CLASS JONATHAN CHAZOR • SGT. OSHER CHEMAYA • SGT. DANIEL CHEMU • SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) ZIV CHEN • SGT. MAJ. (RES.) REOUVEN CHICHEPORTICHE • LIEUTENANT YARON 

ELIEZER CHITIZ • ELIYAHU CHURCHILL MARGALIT • CAPT. SHILO COHEN • AMIT COHEN • AMIT HAIM COHEN • BERNARD COHEN • BINYAMIN COHEN • DANIEL ASHER COHEN • 

DANIELLE COHEN • MILA COHEN • MOR COHEN • OHAD COHEN • PESSIA (PESSI) COHEN • YONA COHEN • SGT. ILAN COHEN • STAFF SGT. NADAV COHEN • MAJ. (RES.) YAIR COHEN 

• MASTER SGT. 1ST CLASS (RES.) URIEL COHEN • MAJ. (RES.) EVYATAR COHEN • MASTER SGT. (RES.) ILAY ELIYAHU COHEN • MAJ. YEHUDA NATAN COHEN • CAPT. SHILO COHEN • 

SGT. MAJ. (RES.) AVIAD GAD COHEN • CPL. HADAR MIRIAM COHEN • SGT. ITAMAR COHEN • STAFF SGT. AVRAHAM NERYA COHEN • MAJ. TAL COHEN • CAPT. ETAI COHEN • SGT. 

DANIT COHEN • SGT. 1ST CLASS OHAD COHEN • LIBI COHEN MAGURI • AMIRAM COOPER • YITZHAK COZIN • WARRANT OFFICER ZIV DADO • AVI DADON • STAFF SGT. SHALEV 

We mark the 
one-year 
anniversary 
of the Oct. 7 
attacks.

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We 
We 

Remember
Remember

Yeshiva Beth Yehudah’s 
Annual Dinner brings 
Detroiters together.

See page 8

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Congregation Shaarey Zedek 
renews its entry plaza for the next 
generation of Jewish Detroiters.

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RIGHTEOUSNESS

A New Gateway to

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JN “Best Of” 
winner Harold 
“Hersh” 
Rothenberg 
knows the way to 
women’s hearts 
— and closets.

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Forward 
 
 Thinking
Forward 
 

 Thinking

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 A Young 
Soldier’s 
Soul

At Detroit’s rally for Israel, an 
IDF soldier honors the memory 
of the slain and fallen. 

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Chanukah!

 Happy

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3-D puzzle competition 
raises funds for those 
wrongly imprisoned.

‘Solve 
 4 Justice’

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Celebrating the 40-year 
camaraderie of Hillel 
7th-graders and JARC.

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 Eye-to-Eye
Seeing 

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Season 
No. 
2
in

Motor City’s 

Ryan Turell 

continues his drive to 
become first Orthodox 
player in NBA.

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NCJW | MI and JFS 
celebrate a hearty 
50-year partnership 
with Kosher Meals 
on Wheels.

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Stories from the 2024 Detroit Jewish News

Mike Smith
Alene and 
Graham Landau 
Archivist Chair

