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15

JUNE

A crazed gunman 
opened fire on 
a splash pad in 
Rochester Hills. A 
Jewish family from 
Shir Tikvah are 
among those shot 
and injured. 

20

JUNE

The Jewish 
Federation of 
Detroit announced 
that its 2024 
annual campaign, 
which ended on 
May 31, raised 
a record $36.7 
million. 

28-30

JUNE

B’nai Israel 
Synagogue in 
West Bloomfield 
celebrates its 90th 
birthday.

JULY

Tomer Shalom El, Tal Raviv, Eden Nahmias, Bar 

Cohen, Maayan Cohen, Achinoam Man, Eden 
Yehezkel, Bar Ashkenazi and Maor Levy. 

Nine Israeli Shlichim, instead of the usual small groups of two 
or four, make the JCC their summer home to help with camps 
and seniors. 

28-02

JULY - AUGUST
The 2024 JCC 
Maccabi Games for 
young athletes are 
held in Detroit. 

 THE J

AUGUST

09

AUGUST

Felony murder charges against 
Michael Jackson-Bolanos, suspect 
in the murder of Samantha Woll, are 
dropped. 

25

AUGUST

The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue 
building now named ‘Samantha Woll Center 
for Jewish Detroit.’

At the annual Isaac Agree Downtown 
Synagogue Block Party, the building 
was named in honor of Samantha Woll. 
More than 400 supporters, including 
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, attend the 
ceremony.

YEVGENIYA GAZMAN

About 900 people 
attended the Together 
We Rise rally.

University of Michigan 
students hold a large 
solidarity for Israel rally 
on the U-M Campus. 

STACY GITTLEMAN

The William Davidson Digital Archive of 
Jewish Detroit History at the Jewish News 
Foundation completes a 1.5 year project with 
the National Library of Israel. Every page 
of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and Detroit 
Jewish News is now also preserved by the 
NLI’s JPress project.

OCTOBER

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OCTOBER

Israel launched a ground operation 
against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Since 
Oct. 8, 2023, Hezbollah has fired 
an estimated 8,000+ rockets into 
Israel, displacing 60,000 Israelis from 
northern Israel.

A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard in 

Tehran, Oct. 26, 2024, when Israel retaliated for the attack.

Iran launches 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. As they did 
during the April 13 attack, Israeli Air Defenses, with the help 
of the U.S. military, destroyed most of the missiles. Two Israeli 
civilians, one Jewish and one Arab, died during the attack. 

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