[NativeNewYorker]

I’ve had reason to visit the Wolverine State over the years, and if there are any Jews there, I’ve yet to meet one.

[nascarnation]

87k people can’t be that hard to find?

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/usjewpop.html

[skepsel]

I grew up in the 60’s in a small MI town and we had one Jewish family the Sleudelbergs, that owned the dry goods store. The son, Arnold, was in in my grade school class and cub scout den.

I believe the Sleudelbergs were originally Dutch.

At any rate we little Gentiles would try to get Arnold to teach us curse words in “his” language and would proudly tell one another “yaben stow” (my recollection of the words).

During a den meeting hosted by Arnold’s mother she overheard us. We feared the worst but Mrs. Sleudelberg only asked in a puzzled voice why we were telling one another ‘you are naughty’.
I understand Arnold went on to become a rabbi.

[netmilsmom]

Southfield, a suburb of Detroit has many Jewish people.

[pbmaltzman]

There used to be quite a few Jews in the Detroit area, including my immediate family. If you look at the websites showing "the fabulous ruins of Detroit," there is a portion which shows pictures of all the Detroit synagogues which are now black churches. There may be ONE synagogue left in Detroit.

I lived in different parts of the Detroit area until I was 10. When whites fled, there were quite a few Jews among them... because they could see part of what was coming, and they didn't want to live in a hellhole where they'd be targets.