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Woll attended the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Edmonds |first=Colbi |date=October 21, 2023 |title=Synagogue Leader Is Killed in Detroit, but Motive Is Not Known, Authorities Say |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/us/detroit-synagogue-stabbing-samantha-woll.html}}</ref> |
Woll graduated [[Hillel Day School]] (1997), [[Cranbrook Schools|Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School]] (2001)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mazel tov class of 2001 / Hillel Day School class of 1997 |url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2001.05.11.001/74 |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=[[The Detroit Jewish News]] |date=11 May 2001 |ref=djn-2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022201836/https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2001.05.11.001/74 |archive-date=22 October 2023 |page=74}}</ref> and attended the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Edmonds |first=Colbi |date=October 21, 2023 |title=Synagogue Leader Is Killed in Detroit, but Motive Is Not Known, Authorities Say |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/us/detroit-synagogue-stabbing-samantha-woll.html}}</ref> |
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Samantha Woll (June 15, 1983[1] – October 21, 2023) was the president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit, Michigan. On October 21, 2023, she was stabbed to death outside her home.[2]
Early life
Woll graduated Hillel Day School (1997), Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School (2001)[3] and attended the University of Michigan.[4]
Career
Woll was co-chair of the American Jewish Committee's ACCESS Detroit Young Leadership Program and founder of the Muslim-Jewish Forum of Detroit. In 2017 she was selected by the Detroit Jewish News as one of their "36 under 36". From 2019 to 2021, she worked as deputy district director on the political campaign of Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin. She also worked on the re-election campaign of Attorney General Dana Nessel.[2]
In 2015, in the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks, she helped bring high school students of Muslim and Jewish faith together through an essay and art contest in a public event at Wayne State University organized through Greater Detroit Muslim Jewish Solidarity Council.[5]
Woll became president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in 2022.[6]
Death
On October 21, 2023, Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home in Detroit's Lafayette Park neighborhood. She was 40.[2]
References
- ^ "Obituary for SAMANTHA WOLL". Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c Ikonomova, Violet (October 21, 2023). "Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll found dead outside her home". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ "Mazel tov class of 2001 / Hillel Day School class of 1997". The Detroit Jewish News. May 11, 2001. p. 74. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ Edmonds, Colbi (October 21, 2023). "Synagogue Leader Is Killed in Detroit, but Motive Is Not Known, Authorities Say". The New York Times.
- ^ "Muslim and Jewish Communities Come Together: 'We Refuse to be Enemies'". wdet.org. November 19, 2015. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Sabur, Rozina (October 21, 2023). "Prominent Jewish leader found stabbed to death in Detroit". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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