Where is Temple Israel?published at 18:13 GMT
18:13 GMT
The shooting took place in the township of West Bloomfield, which is located in the US state of Michigan. It’s less than a half an hour drive from the city of Detroit.
The town has a population of just over 66,000.
The suburbs surrounding Michigan’s largest city of Detroit are home to a large Jewish population. About 71,000 Jewish people reside in Metro Detroit, according to the most recent survey from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, comprising the vast majority of Michigan’s Jewish population.
And Temple Israel – the first synagogue in Metro Detroit founded in 1941 – is the largest reform synagogue in the US, according to the congregation’s website. It has about 3,500 families who are members, or about 12,000 congregants.