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DETROIT — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and several state lawmakers Monday pushed for action against terrorism and antisemitism in the wake of an attack on a West Bloomfield Township synagogue last week, including updating the state's anti-terrorism law and funding security measures for Jewish congregations.

A gunman rammed through ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Temple Israel will remain closed for the immediate future after a gunman rammed through the synagogue's front doors last week and exchanged gunfire with security before taking his own life.

Temple Israel officials said in a statement Sunday on social media that while the physical building on Walnut Lake Road, west of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: America is now celebrating its 250 th birthday. I am watching a series on the early days of America’s beginning, and it’s astounding to hear the references to God and the repetition of Bible passages from the halls of Congress to the small towns scattered across the land, calling on God to bless...Read more

The brother of the man who carried out Thursday’s attack at a West Bloomfield Township synagogue was a Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike days earlier, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday.

The IDF tweeted a post on X that identified the commander as Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali, saying he managed weapons operations in a ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Before the doors swung open at the ICNA Relief Food Pantry in suburban Glendale Heights on a recent Thursday, volunteers in lime-yellow hi-vis vests were putting out large boxes of vegetables and fruit and trays of breads, buns and a few smatterings of cookies from a nearby bakery. Families were lining up, ready to come inside two or ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can I teach my children that they can be happy and still be Christians? Somehow, they think that by living according to the Bible, they cannot become what they want to be. – R.C.

A: The most important thing is to nourish children with God’s truth. A child is too young to have enough wisdom ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin was in Michigan on Friday, the day after a Metro Detroit temple was attacked, working with Jewish and Lebanese American community leaders to find a way forward.

“Leaders have the responsibility to bring the temperature down, to remain calm and to lead with purpose in mind," Slotkin ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.— A Dearborn Heights man who attacked Temple Israel in West Bloomfield on Thursday and engaged in a gunfight with security officers died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the FBI said on Friday.

Ayman Ghazali, 41, of Dearborn Heights allegedly slammed his Ford F-150 through the front doors of Temple Israel on ...Read more

DETROIT — A Dearborn Heights man whose relatives were recently killed in a military strike in Lebanon is the accused assailant in Thursday's attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, two sources apprised of the investigation told The Detroit News.

Ayman Ghazali, 41, a restaurant worker in Dearborn Heights, is accused ...Read more

DETROIT — The suspected gunman who attacked a West Bloomfield Township synagogue on Thursday has been identified as a Dearborn Heights man.

Ayman Ghazali, 41, a restaurant worker, allegedly crashed his truck into the Temple Israel synagogue just after noon on Thursday and opened fire with a rifle. Authorities said he was killed by security ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Temple Israel, the nation's largest reform synagogue, rallied together on Friday after a gunman rammed his truck into the temple's building, with some saying they refuse to live in fear or let what happened derail them.

About 103 kids were attending classes at Temple Israel, along with 40 to 50 staff members,...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on Michiganians to "lower the rhetoric" of antisemitism in the state and the country less than 24 hours after a man drove his truck into a West Bloomfield Township synagogue and opened fire.

"Yesterday’s attack was antisemitism. It was hate. Plain and simple," Whitmer said ...Read more

DETROIT — The suspected gunman who attacked a West Bloomfield Township synagogue on Thursday has been identified as a Dearborn Heights man.

Ayman Ghazali, 41, a restaurant worker, allegedly crashed his truck into the Temple Israel synagogue just after noon on Thursday and opened fire with a rifle. Authorities said he was killed by security ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I have been a Christian for many years, but I’ve just recently discovered that I haven’t applied my faith very effectively, though I’ve tried. Where am I going wrong? – G.F.

A: You can never live life on the highest plane unless you are continually growing and moving forward. If Christians ...Read more