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… groups, as well as immigrants, claiming they are responsible for the virus. According to Carolyn Normandin, regional direc- tor of ADL ’ s Michigan office, extremists have accused Jews of using the…

…28 | JUNE 11 • 2020 O ver the centuries Jews have been blamed for plagues, economic depressions and wars. Now the coronavirus is being connected to Jews by some conspiracy theorists and…

… white suprema- cists on social media, includ- ing encrypt- ed online platforms as well as in tra- ditional media. In fact, the Leelenau Enterprise in Northern Michigan ran a letter to the edi- tor a…

… Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) COVID Conspiracy Theorists Blame Jews Extremists seize on coronavirus for anti-Semitic attacks. SHARI S. COHEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Jews in the D webinar about white…

… disseminated on Facebook or Twitter. ADL cites this Twitter post by David A. Clarke, former Milwaukee County sheriff and right-wing media favorite, as typical of messages tying the virus to Jews, including…

…- ing people to get vaccinated so Jews can profit. ADL ’ s monitoring indicates that “Many anti-Semites on 4chan and Telegram are sharing the news of coronavirus cases in Israel, while others are…

… JUNE 11 • 2020 | 3 contents Views 5-12 Special Coverage: Jews and Racial Justice “Heartbroken, Scared and Exhausted” 14 Local Jews of color respond to George Floyd’ s death. Jewish Groups…

… black community. Community Protests 22 The suburbs mobilize for Black Lives Matter. Attacked in Detroit 25 Downtown Synagogue VP among protesters injured, arrested by Detroit police. Jews in the D…

… life, and Jewish life, in Southeast Michigan. thejewishnews.com Facebook @DetroitJewishNews Twitter @JewishNewsDet Instagram @detroitjewishnews 36 44 T …

… Unity, a partnership between the Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC and the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, along with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Michigan chapter…

…. “It just means that we mustn’ t pretend that we stand in their shoes, just like they don’ t stand in ours. Many Jews can surely relate to the ways in which non-Jews can empathize and support us and…

… work with us in effective coalitions. Many American Jews lost family in the Holocaust. We know that many non-Jews are empathetic, and that touches our hearts immensely. ” The statement emphasizes…

… the need to acknowledge the growing number of Jews of color in the community, and how Jews should not perceive them as invisible during this time. The organizations ask communities to come together…

… Coalition’ s Facebook page. Also on June 4, Coalition members marched peacefully in Detroit alongside Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and several…

… aunt Rose, married a non-Jew- ish African American man from Oklahoma and moved away from St. Louis and the family, settling in Vandalia, Michigan. Rose was the aunt I never met. I looked for her for…

… Kishinev pogrom, a three-day binge of violence and terror during which 49 Jews were murdered, 600 women were raped, 700 houses destroyed, 600 business- es looted and 2,000 families left homeless…

…, drove hundreds of thousands of Jews to leave Eastern Europe. My grand- mother, Yetta Schwartz, was among them. She was 16 when she left Romania in 1903. In the late 1930s, Yetta’ s second born, my…

… Michigan. In May 1921, 19-year-old Zebedee Arnwine was living in Muskogee, Oklahoma, work- ing as a farmer with his father. Not an hour away, the black community of Greenwood in Tulsa was attacked by a…

… see, not a Negro dwell- ing-house or place of business stood." One purported trigger for the Kishinev pogrom was news- paper articles accusing Jews of killing a Christian child to make matzah from…

… that happen, ” Lawrence said. The black community was also devastated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Michigan. Lawrence knew many people, including two family members, who were…

… World Detroit say they will follow the lead of Detroit Jews for Justice (DJJ), since “they work so closely in organizing and activism, especially around anti-racism.” “We acknowledge that in most…

… supporters to demonstrate following the leadership of our trusted partners.” Alpert said DJJ has been approved for a grant from the Jews of Color Field Building Initiative to work with syna- gogues on…

… diversity, equity and inclusion. “The grant will also support us to amplify the voices of Jews of Color, who have been telling us unequivocally that we in the Jewish community must show up for black…

… Jews and for all black people targeted by state violence,” Alpert’ s statement read. The Detroit Free Press reported that faith leaders from varying backgrounds through- out Metro Detroit have come…

… and police chief also gathered at the Dearborn Police Station and criticized the injustice. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, Rt. Rev. Bonnie Perry, also acknowl- edged Floyd’ s death…

…Views 10 | JUNE 11 • 2020 promoting the area where most JN readers live as a thriving economic hub that welcomed Jews. Patterson did this while disparaging Detroit and its citizens in vile…

… anymore. We must realize that our fates are directly tied to those of our black and brown brothers and sisters, including Jews of color, with whom we share the Detroit Metro area, and indeed this…

… civilians on a peaceful march. And since protests began, Sheriff Bouchard has sup- ported Michigan Senate Bill 945, requiring mandatory bias training for the state’ s police forces. Many more reforms…

…. Years After BBYO, One Friend Gives Another the Gift of Life 4. Graduation Without a Celebration 5. Flint Rabbi Delivers Food After Mid-Michigan Flood Devastation …

…6 | JUNE 11 • 2020 editor’ s note Learning from History Views Why Metro Detroit’ s Jews should stand up for justice and equality. I n March, the Jewish News ran a story about Oakland County…

… from outside the city) have seized on the protests as an excuse for violence and looting. One 21-year-old man was shot and killed, not attributed to police. Other Michigan cities, including Royal…

… JCRC/AJC, Repair the World Detroit and Detroit Jews for Justice. National groups working toward reform include the Marshall Project, a non- profit investigative news- room focused on criminal…

… students Thomas Callahan of Southfield and Raniyah Reynolds of Detroit. The pair founded an organization called Black Leader’ s Reformative Institute. Reynolds, a junior at Michigan State University…

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…. CHRIS HARRISON, WATERFORD As a Jew, I can’ t think of a better form of sacred action than protest. And protest can mean anything from being on the front lines marching with signs to donating money…

… surrounding communities, but because there may very well be black Jews and black family members of Jews in your very Jewish communi- ties who need to be listened to and actively included. Address your…

… Telegraph Road, Suite 300 • Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 @HFLDetroit STORY Our STORY Our “It began with rain, and our roof leaking into our house,” said Diane Starr. “We didn’t know the cause, or…

… less than a modern-day lynching. ” The caucus also called for an end to systemic racism and demand- ing justice. U.S. Representative Brenda Lawrence (D), who represents Michigan’ s 14th district…

… on that.” — BRENDA LAWRENCE Jews in the D jews and racial justice …

… said there were “definitely other Jews there. ” At the beginning, Goldenberg told the Jewish News, there were roughly 1,000 protesters walking northeast on Gratiot. Eventually, the group was split…

…, as the police had confiscated their bicycles. Goldenberg says they have yet to return his. Protests in Detroit, the largest such demonstrations in southeast Michigan, have continued on a nightly…

… their ser- vices are open to any student in Michigan. Parents can register their children for a session by heading to Big Buddies of Bloomfield’ s website and filling out a registration form. The…

… certain big buddy would be a good fit. Big Buddies of Bloomfield sessions are free. Participants are encouraged to donate money to the United Way of Southeastern Michigan COVID- 19 Community Fund…

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