Eve Silberman, at The Blogs

Eve Silberman

Dec 23, 2025, 6:47 AM

I don't remember her name. But I remember her Christmas tree. She and I were both about ten, in the same class, and I happened to visit the day her family put up their tree. It was tall and green,...

Oct 14, 2021, 6:37 AM

Finally, I’m fighting for the rights of my own tribe

“Stand Up to Anti-Semitism” urged the e-mail invite last spring. A week later, I stood on a suburban Detroit traffic strip, waving a homemade sign which read “Jewish Lives Matter.” Soon afterwards, I called a woman in my city...

Jun 19, 2021, 8:31 AM

Jew Daughter in a Black Church

“Praise Jesus!” The congregation of this black church in downtown Detroit was on its feet, shouting, arms raised. “Jesus! Jesus! Hallelujah!” In this atmosphere of joyous intensity, I, the one white and Jewish person in attendance, fought the temptation...

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I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and recently retired as writer and profiles editor for the monthly Ann Arbor Observer magazine. I've freelanced for Hour Detroit magazine and the Detroit Jewish News and taught feature writing at the University of Michigan.

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