“There’s a direct causal link because [Trump’s] rhetoric and acts of hate crimes and we all know that the Jewish community historically has been one of the most frequent victims of hate crimes … Jewish voters get it.”Rep. Rashida Tlaib listens to Michael Cohen at his testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2019. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell | Andrew Roth
These and other tensions were on display this week in Detroit, where I attended the debates.
Here are some takeaways.At the Jewish federation round table, there was a consensus: The Palestinian-American freshman in the 13th District has got to go.“We in this community will go against Rashida Tlaib,” said Lisa Lis, a philanthropist who is also a contributor to Democratic candidates, and who otherwise during the roundtable was vocal in her criticism of President Donald Trump.There were nods around the table. Some people present said they had not even heard of the group, while others said it was marginal.I met Allan Gale, who retired several years ago as the JCRC director. To think we would spend energy to bring her down is deranged.”The roundtable too was proud of their relations with the community at large. Descended from one of the Fisher brothers, owners of She is a member of the Democratic National Committee from Michigan and chaired Vice President In November 2006, Dingell was elected to the Board of Governors of In 2018, Dingell introduced a law that would give the In July 2019, Dingell voted against a House resolution introduced by Congressman Dingell indicated that she planned to run for her husband's congressional seat after he announced his retirement.For the British soap opera character with a similar name, see Halie Soifer, who directs the Jewish Democratic Council of America, met with me after the debates and said she was planning to mount a campaign questioning the reflexive “both-sidesism” in the established community, which seems to fret equally about Trump and figures like Tlaib.“There is a fundamental and critically important difference between the small number of voices on the left whose views on Israel are outside the mainstream, and the virulent anti-Semites and racists on the right who pose a grave danger to the Jewish and other minority communities, the devastating result of which we saw in Pittsburgh and Poway,” Soifer, a Michigander, said afterward in an email, referring to the deadly synagogue attacks.Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told me after the debates that he’s not worried.“You look at the polling, Jewish support for Democrats is very, very strong,” he said. On Thursday, more than a dozen rabbis spanning the religious spectrum were to meet at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills to discuss “the crisis on our southern border,” according to a flyer.That kind of action irked Adelman, the retired law professor and a Trump supporter. 2,937 talking about this. “We will be losing the next generation of Jews. “What’s going on is shameful.” Instead, he said, the real threat was from the left. Over two nights, the 20 Democratic contenders showed a willingness to tear down the moderate frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden, and uncertainty about how best to achieve the ultimate goal of unseating Donald Trump.The rhetorical bloodletting at the Fox Theatre, and the looming battle ahead of November 2020, is deeply unsettling this community of over 70,000 Jews.Hy Safran and David Kurzmann of the local Jewish federation set up for me a roundtable with a diverse array of major donors, lay and professional leaders, and folks who have been deeply involved in the community. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) last week became the second of Michigan’s congressional delegation to co-sponsor a bill aimed at protecting Palestinian minors apprehended by the Israeli military.
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