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Judge rules that lawsuit against rallies denouncing 'Jewish power' outside Michigan synagogue for 18 years was 'frivolous,' week after appeal sent to Supreme Court

A small group of protesters have gathered weekly outside a Michigan synagogue for the past 18 years.

The city council of Ann Arbor for the first time issued a formal resolution condemning the weekly protests outside of Beth Israel Congregation as antisemitic, 18 years after they begun. 

Ann Arbor's municipal council calls on anti-Israel protesters who rally outside synagogue 'to renounce extremism, disband and cease their weekly show of aggressive bigotry'

The Michigan city council issued its first formal resolution against the protesters, who have targeted a local shul for nearly two decades.

The Michigan city council issued its first formal resolution against the protesters, who have targeted a local shul for nearly two decades.

Pro-Palestinian protests outside a Jewish synagogue in Michigan are protected by the Constitutions First Amendment, a federal court of appeals has said.

A protest at the Michigan state capitol was mostly peaceful, especially compared to the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. However, there was one commonality – antisemitism. Just as a D.C. protester was photographed with in a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt, the far-right protesters in Michigan were also seen bearing antisemitic imagery. In one photo taken by the AP’s Anna Liz Nichols, a man is seen holding a sign which features a smiling caricature of the president weari...

100 images that defined the Ann Arbor area in 2020 Updated Jan 01, 2021; Facebook Share Twitter Share ANN ARBOR – 2020 is history. It will no doubt go down as one of the most unusual years in our city’s - and our country’s - history. Never content to simply be along for the ride, Ann Arbor has taken on every issue that the year presented in its own unique way. From the eerily quiet streets that characterized the early peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April to the fever pitch of...