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DETROIT — When first responders arrived Thursday at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township on a report of an active shooter emergency, smoke could be seen pouring through a vent on top of the synagogue, but arriving law enforcement had little idea what they would encounter inside.

More than 100 children and staff members were inside the ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’ve laughed at my grandma, who believed the world was headed for a cataclysmic end, something called the apocalypse. I loved her deeply, but couldn’t understand how an intelligent woman could believe such nonsense. But USA Today recently carried a headline: “Doomsday Clock is closer ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: When I see the extreme rebellion today on college campuses, on our city streets and even in the courts and churches, I wonder if God wishes he had created robots, like the United Kingdom did, naming them Adam and Eve. Where does all of this rebellion come from? – R.H.

A: Adam and Eve weren’t ...Read more

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