Detroit Jewish community

Canadians celebrated the opening of the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge. Why weren't American officials invited? Also, how the war in Gaza has shifted the opinions of Michigan’s Jewish voters ahead of a tight Democratic primary. And, a book about the threats to American birds—from Victorian hats to feral cats.

How the community around Temple Israel is trying to move forward after an attack on the synagogue last week. Then, a professor who turned her academic research on Black girlhood into a book of poetry. And how the Erie Canal transformed Michigan.

Jewish state officials in Michigan are calling for stronger laws against terroristic threatening and better coordination against political and religious extremism.

Elyssa Schmier is a congregant of the Temple Israel synagogue and also serves at the Michigan Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League. She said her family has been worshipping at Temple Israel for four generations.

A conversation with human rights activist Keshia Thomas about the 1996 Ku Klux Klan march in Ann Arbor that changed her life forever. Plus, The Dish team gives us the inside scoop (or should we say ladle) on where to get authentic French crepes in Northern Michigan.

Today, how it started, and how it’s going with Flint’s child health experiment, Rx Kids. Also, a year of open conflict between Israel and its neighbors takes its toll in Michigan. Plus, how to get up to speed on Michigan Supreme Court candidates.

Today, the personal stories of the Michigan Central Station. Also, a conversation with the Michigan Chef taking home a James Beard award for Best Chef in our region this year. Plus, two Jewish professors in Ann Arbor reflect on the climate of protest at the University of Michigan this year.

Detroit's Muslim-Jewish Forum has been barely active for the last few years. The loss of one of the group's founding members and ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip presents a lot of pain and tension for both religious minorities. But a group of new and old forum members say there is an opportunity in that "agony" to build bridges and act to support each other politically.

A Metro Detroit rabbi shared her perspective on Hanukkah this year, in the context of the violence unfolding in Gaza and the fact that many hostages' lives are on line.

What Coach Harbaugh's suspension means; the attitude shaping media and how it affects our perception of Arabs, Jews, and Muslims; and the Upper Peninsula adds another book-store to its short list.