Jeff Fox Sportsmanship Award winner, Glenn Scher, (second from left) celebrates with Inter-Congregational Men’s Club Summer Softball League organizers Mitch Klein, Steve Achtman and Michael Betman. Read more » »

(Pixabay) This competition, now in its sixth year, invites high school students across the Metropolitan Detroit area to submit an essay or poetry on any Jewish-related topic. Read more » »

Aaron Herskovic (left) and teammate Brad Friedman. (Gary Klinger) Aaron Herskovic shot 35 on back-to-back weeks in late June and early July at the Links of Novi, 1 over par and even par, respectively. Aaron Herskovic is making history in the weekly B’nai B’rith golf league. Read more » »

(William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History) The William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History holds a wide range of interesting stories about the uses of Apple products among Metro Detroit Jews. Okay, I confess. Yes, it’s true. I am one of “them.” I am a devout Apple computer user, and I have been so since 1996. Read more » »

Louis Dembitz Brandeis Louis Dembitz Brandeis made history as the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court. One hundred and five years ago, on June 1, 1916, Louis Dembitz Brandeis took his seat on the Supreme Court of the United States. This was a monumental moment, and its anniversary should be celebrated. Read more » »

Jeff Vieder tees off at the Links of Novi during the 2019 B’nai B’rith golf league season. (Gary Klinger) Twenty-four golfers, 12 teams of two are ready to do battle each week at the Links of Novi, the league’s home course for several years. It’s getting close to tee-off time for the B’nai B’rith golf league. Read more » »

The cancellation of the season is a league first. There won’t be any B’nai B’rith basketball league games this season. League spokesman Gary Klinger said the closure of the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield because of the COVID-19 pandemic left the weekly league, which normally starts in January, without a home. Read more » »

(Pixabay) For this first time in each league’s long existence, the season has been canceled. History has been made in the Brotherhood-Eddie Jacobson and Downtown Fox-MLZG B’nai B’rith bowling leagues. But it’s not the kind of history the weekly leagues want repeated. For this first time in each league’s long existence, the season has been canceled. Read more » »

Thoughts on “Dismantling Antisemitism,” the controversial discussion that featured Rashida Tlaib. At the Jewish News, we have used this year’s Antisemitism Project to attempt to get at some of the bigger questions of this “ancient evil” in 2020: what constitutes it, how we talk about it and what we can do to end it. Read more » »

With bowling establishments across Michigan closed due to COVID-19, two bowling leagues are left in limbo. Bowling establishments across the state were ordered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to close Nov. 18 to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The shutdown was supposed to end Dec. Read more » »