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Michigan state lawmaker, Jewish Dem leaders join call for El-Sayed to affirm commitment to Jewish safety

A campaign and Democratic leaders are pressing El-Sayed to affirm commitments on Jewish safety and Israel.

Michigan state lawmaker, Jewish Dem leaders join call for El-Sayed to affirm commitment to Jewish safety
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Michigan state Rep. Noah Arbit and other Democratic leaders joined a campaign urging Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to affirm commitments to Jewish safety and Israel’s right to exist. Arbit has also criticized El-Sayed’s holiday video and an ally’s remarks.

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Senate nominee whom the campaign is urging to affirm commitments to Jewish safety and Israel’s right to exist

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ALSO MENTIONED  Noah Arbit, Michigan state representative who joined the campaign and criticized El-Sayed’s video and ally; Cindy Bank, Michigan Jewish Democratic Caucus board member who joined the effort; David Kramer, Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus vice chair and fundraiser who said he was not prepared to support El-Sayed without a commitment to the campaign’s demands; David Lauer, Michigan Jewish Democratic Caucus board member who joined the effort; Debbie Binder, West Bloomfield Township Clerk who joined the campaign; Ellen Cogen Lipton, Former state representative who joined the campaign; Gretchen Whitmer, Governor whose transition office Bernstein previously led; Hasan Piker, El-Sayed ally criticized by Arbit; Joan Lowenstein, Michigan Democratic Party Central Committee member and Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor president who joined the effort; Jonathan Warshay, West Bloomfield Township Supervisor who joined the campaign; Mark Bernstein, University of Michigan regent and former state civil rights commission chair who joined the campaign; Michelle Miletic, Michigan Jewish Democratic Caucus board member who joined the effort; Michelle Serlin, Michigan Jewish Democratic Caucus board member who joined the effort; Rob Kalman, Former Keego Harbor mayor who joined the campaign; Ron Lippitt, Oakland County Democrats officer-at-large who joined the effort; Sean Fleming, Madison Heights City Council member who joined the campaign; Teri Weingarden, West Bloomfield Township Treasurer who joined the campaign; Adam Duberstein, Clawson City Council member who joined the campaign; Yehudis Brea, Michigan Jewish Democratic Caucus board member who joined the effort

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