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Jewish community holds antisemitism rally in West Bloomfield, calling for unity between Jews and Palestinians.

Jewish community holds antisemitism rally in West Bloomfield, calls for unity Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press © Kirthmon F. Dozier, Detroit Free Press A couple hundred community members gathered two protest against anti-semitism along Orchard Lake road Sunday, June 6, 2021, in West Bloomfield. Jewish organizations, community members and allies came together to rally against an increase in antisemitism during the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian crisis.  The Sunday event, "Stand Up To Antisemitism," was hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council/American Jewish Commi...

View Comments LANSING – A state prosecutor handling cases related to an alleged plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been pulled off the cases because of alleged wrongdoing in an unrelated case, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Dana Nessel said Friday. Assistant Attorney General Greg Townsend "was reassigned from his docket while the Department of Attorney General performs a comprehensive audit of his work," spokeswoman Lynsey Mukomel told the Free Press. Mukomel declined further comment. The AG's action follows Friday's announcement by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald that ...

Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman submitted six overdue campaign statements to the Oakland County Elections Division on April 22.  Trachelle C. Young, Esq., Waterman's attorney, told The Oakland Press that "it's unfortunate that we are forced to seek redress in the courts on a matter that should be clear as it has been directly addressed by the courts." "Mayor Waterman is a history maker and game changer, which has tremendously benefited the Pontiac community," she said. "She will continue to stand for justice and equal access to ballots to prevent disenfranchisement and voter suppression ta...

Democrats were in trouble. It was November 1984, and white, working-class voters in Macomb County had overwhelmingly voted for President Ronald Reagan for a second term. The Dems were losing their suburban, blue-collar base, and nowhere was the loss more pronounced than in Macomb County, home of the white, unionized autoworker. Just 20 years earlier, three-quarters of Macomb County voters turned out for President Lyndon Johnson, making it the most heavily Democratic suburban county in the U.S. To figure out what happened, local Democratic Party leaders hi...