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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

01

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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