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Shlomi Bennett

Apr 26, 2026, 6:09 AM

Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, former Detroit Health Department director, and longtime progressive figure now running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. He first rose to statewide prominence during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, positioning himself as part of a...

Apr 22, 2026, 10:30 PM

From Egypt to Michigan: Paying Attention Yet?

In the span of a few weeks, the Jewish calendar moves through one of its most compressed and revealing stretches. Pesach. Yom HaShoah. Yom HaZikaron. Yom HaAtzmaut — this year marking 78 years of Jewish sovereignty restored in our homeland. Not...

Mar 21, 2026, 9:41 AM

A Field Guide to Grassroots Jewish Advocacy

Know the terrain. Know the players. Not everyone moving is building. After October 7, something shifted. Not politically or abstractly, but internally. A low-level alarm that doesn’t turn off. The sense that something fundamental changed, even if you can’t fully explain...

Mar 15, 2026, 2:10 AM

Accountability After the Temple Israel Attack

On Thursday afternoon, March 12, an attack targeted Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan. It happened five minutes from my children’s Jewish school. Parents in this area know that stretch of road well. It is part of the daily rhythm of...

Feb 21, 2026, 10:08 PM

Michigan’s Israel Bonds: An Update

In my previous article, I wrote about Michigan’s Israel Bonds investment based on the information available at the time. Public records showed that prior bonds had matured, and there was no clear, publicly accessible confirmation that reinvestment had taken...

Jan 30, 2026, 7:42 PM

Michigan’s Israel Bonds and Jewish Leadership

Over the past year, Israel Bonds have quietly become a new pressure point in the broader campaign to push public institutions to distance themselves from Israel. For decades, Israel Bonds functioned as a largely nonpartisan financial instrument — purchased by...

Jan 23, 2026, 9:04 AM

Eastern Christian Anger Isn’t a Verdict on Israel

In recent days, senior Eastern Christian leaders in Israel and Jerusalem released a public statement sharply criticizing Christian Zionism. The language was forceful, and the reaction beyond the region was swift. Among Western Christians who support Israel on moral,...

Dec 23, 2025, 4:27 AM

October 8th Jews and the End of the Exile Mindset

In the two years since October 7th, something has been happening quietly and steadily, and everywhere I go I hear versions of the same story. I hear it from secular Jews who never once lit Shabbat candles. From parents who...

Nov 16, 2025, 10:14 PM

To Live Like We Mean It

In the past week, I published two essays exploring the future of Jewish life. The first, Why Don’t We All Just Go?, asked what would happen if American Jews stopped treating Israel as a hypothetical homeland and finally returned...

Nov 13, 2025, 6:11 AM

To End Exile

In my last essay, Why Don’t We All Just Go?, I asked what would happen if we stopped pretending exile was permanent. I wondered aloud why we don’t all pack up and start anew in the one place where...

About Me

Shlomi Bennett is the founder of Jewish Frontline, a Michigan-based grassroots initiative strengthening Jewish visibility, literacy, and pride through community engagement, education, and public activism.