Four More Charged in Michigan Plot

Four more people were charged in an alleged Michigan campaign against Jewish groups and university leaders. That makes 12 defendants. Prosecutors in Detroit say the group spray-painted "intifada" on the Jewish Federation of Detroit's building on the anniversary of Oct. 7 and left fake bloody corpses outside University of Michigan leaders' homes. ¹

Israel's Joint List will back an anti-Netanyahu government without joining it. "I don't want a ministerial post," Ahmad Tibi, its No. 2, said Saturday. Yashar, B'Yachad and Yisrael Beytenu have ruled out a coalition with Arab parties, so outside support is all that's on offer. Arab turnout hit nearly 80%. ²

Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee is feuding with the rival he beat, days before the midterms. Rep. Haley Stevens wants Abdul El-Sayed to condemn a PAC ad blaming Israel for grocery prices; he says she is "relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." Their joint rally is off. Our view: El-Sayed should condemn the ad. Refusing hands Republican Mike Rogers an easy argument. ³

Three generations of Granoffs share a start line at Sunday's New York City Marathon. Marty Granoff, 90, is one of two runners over 90 in the field. He's running with his son Michael, 57, a tech investor in Tel Aviv, and his grandson Avi, 22, who recently finished his Israeli Air Force service. Marty ran five marathons in the '70s and '80s and trained for this one by walking at least seven miles a day. "Everybody tells me I'm crazy," he told Jewish Insider. Michael has run New York 18 times; Avi only recently took up running, and Sunday is the first time the three have run together. Since 2014, exactly one runner over 90 has finished. ⁴

This week's parsha is Chayei Sara. Sarah dies and Abraham buys the Cave of Machpelah to bury her; later his servant meets Rebecca at a well and brings her home to marry Isaac. ⁵ Sigd, the Beta Israel holiday 50 days after Yom Kippur, starts next Sunday night. It has been an official Israeli state holiday since 2008. ⁶