Michigan Jewish Leaders Urge Democratic Party to Protect Jewish Delegates at Convention
About 200 signers urged Michigan Democrats to protect Jewish delegates after Dana Nessel said she would skip the convention over harassment fears.
- On Monday, Michigan rabbis and Jewish leaders delivered a petition to Curtis Hertel, the state Democratic Party chair, urging him to "ensure the safety" of Jewish delegates at the Aug. 29 convention.
- The petition, signed by around 200 people, follows Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announcing she would skip the Aug. 29 convention due to safety concerns amid growing antisemitism.
- Attendees at the April 19, 2026 nominating event in Detroit recalled a toxic environment that included nominating an attorney with a social media history of praising Hezbollah.
- Halie Soifer, chair of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, wrote Friday that the Democratic Party must reject antisemitic rhetoric, noting "the Jewish vote is a critical component of a winning Democratic coalition."
- With more than 100,000 Jews in Michigan, a swing state where two thirds identify as Democrats, the party faces mounting pressure to address safety concerns and avoid alienating this key constituency.
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Dana Nessel is the attorney general of Michigan, a lifelong reliably progressive Democrat and a Jew. This month, she said during an antisemitism roundtable that she will not attend the state’s Democratic Party convention.Her exact words were: “I don’t feel safe going. I feel like my presence isn’t going to be welcome. I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get …
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Michigan Jewish leaders urge Democratic Party to protect Jewish delegates at convention
Soifer called on El-Sayed to “stand with and defend Nessel and other Jewish Democrats,” noting that JDCA would focus its campaign season on helping elect “Democrats who share our values.”
Michigan rabbis urge Democrats to protect Jewish delegates at upcoming convention after AG, fearing harassment, pulls out of event
(JTA) — Michigan rabbis and other Jewish figures delivered a petition to the head of the state’s Democratic Party Monday urging him to “ensure the safety” of all Jewish delegates at the state party’s upcoming convention, underscoring anxieties about growing antisemitism in the state’s blue coalition. The petition, whose total signatories numbered around 200, comes days after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is Jewish, announced she wou…
Jewish Michigan AG says state Dem Party ‘absolutely not’ doing enough to combat antisemitism – plans to skip convention
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who plans to skip the upcoming state Democratic convention out of concern for her safety, blasted the state party Monday for not doing enough to combat antisemitism.
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