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APRIL

Visitors tour the exhibit “In the 

Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings 
Street” at the Detroit Historical Museum.

Jewish Historical 
Society of 
Michigan’s 
exhibit, In the 
Neighborhood: 
Everyday Life on 
Hastings Street, 
opens at the 
Detroit Historical 
Museum. It was 
displayed until 
July 14.

ZOA-Michigan launches “America Stands with Israel” campaign and 

places billboards along I-275. 

MAY

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MAY

NCJW/Michigan and JFS celebrate 

50-year partnership delivering 
Kosher “Meals on Wheels.” 

Michigan Region 
BBYO celebrates 
its 100th birthday 
at Congregation 
Beth Ahm.

03

MAY

A protester carries a Palestinian flag at U-M Commencement.

Pro-Palestinian protesters attempt to disrupt the University of 
Michigan commencement ceremony. Some Jewish students carried 
Israeli flags, and a plane flew overhead with a banner: “We Stand 
With Israel. Jewish Lives Matter.” 

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MAY

JOHN HARDWICK

Jewish Federation of Detroit 
sponsors “Walk the Zoo in 
White & Blue” in honor of 
Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s 
76th Independence Day. An 
estimated 2,500 community 
members attend the event. 

JUNE

After a long time 
as an independent 
organization, the 
Jewish Community 
Relations Council 
becomes a unit of the 
Jewish Federation of 
Detroit. 

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JUNE

The Goodman Acker 
Law Firm building in 
Southfield was defaced 
by antisemitic graffiti on 
June 3.

The Goodman 
Acker Law Firm 
in Southfield is 
defaced with vulgar 
anti-Israel graffiti. 
Goodman Acker 
partner, Jordan 
Acker, is a University 
of Michigan Regent. 

