Rabbi Credits Training for Saving Lives and Says Michigan Synagogue Attack "Could Have Been a Far Worse Tragedy"
Governor Whitmer calls the attack on Temple Israel a targeted antisemitic violence, praising security efforts that prevented harm to 104 children at the synagogue school.
- On March 12, an explosives-filled vehicle rammed Temple Israel in West Bloomfield and set it ablaze, an incident the FBI is treating as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.
- Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a Lebanese-born U.S. citizen, reportedly lost family in an Israeli airstrike, authorities say he rammed the synagogue and was killed by security personnel.
- Temple Israel security guards stopped the attacker, injuring one guard, while Rabbi Josh Bennett credited their training, saying 'We have a full security team who is tasked with keeping us safe but also training us to know what to do in the event of one of these events'.
- At a March 13 briefing at The J, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer condemned the attack as antisemitism and hate, urging Michiganians to lower the rhetoric and calling the community "on the edge, very understandably."
- Officials say they will provide mental-health support for teachers and staff, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, warned that Department of Homeland Security funding gridlock could hamper response efforts.
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LDS Church laments attack at Michigan’s Jewish temple; security tightened at Utah synagogues
Latter-day Saint leaders expressed sympathy to the Jewish community after an attacker rammed his car into a Detroit-area synagogue this week — and noted the parallel to a fiery assault on one of their own Michigan churches last fall.
Americans Furious at Newsom's Response to Michigan Synagogue Attack, Which Ignores His Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
Gov. Gavin Newsom would like you to know that he’s absolutely outraged at an anti-Semitic act of terror in Michigan, although don’t expect him to apologize for his anti-Semitic dog-whistles. […] The post Americans Furious at Newsom's Response to Michigan Synagogue Attack, Which Ignores His Anti-Semitic Rhetoric appeared first on The Western Journal.
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