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Jul 28

Reflections on Tisha B'Av and American Democracy

Reflections on Tisha B'Av and American Democracy Noah Arbit Chair, Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus Tisha B’Av is the darkest day in the...

Jun 28

MDJC Condemns GOP Senate Candidate John James’ Antisemitic Remark on WDIV

MDJC Chair Noah Arbit calls James’ rhetoric “reprehensible,” notes failed candidate’s record of “playing footsie with antisemitic rhetoric"

Jun 26

Michigan Jewish Democrats Condemn Ann Arbor City Council Candidate’s Antisemitic Behavior

MDJC Washtenaw Chair Joan Lowenstein calls Mozhgan Savabieasfahani’s “hate-filled” candidacy an “affront to Ann Arbor's universal values"

Jun 25

Jewish Democrats in Five Key Swing-States Announce Formation of Jewish Battleground Coalition

New coalition of grassroots organizations mobilizing Jewish Democrats in Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to help ...

Jun 4

MDJC Endorses U.S. Reps. Brenda Lawrence and Debbie Dingell for Re-election

The Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus announced its endorsement of Michigan Congresswomen Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12)

May 22

MDJC Responds to Trump's Remarks in Michigan Lauding Antisemite Henry Ford

That the President of the United States today stepped into our home and praised a man who provided Adolf Hitler with intellectual fodder...

May 19

MDJC Chair Calls on Sen. Mike Shirkey to Condemn Nazi Rhetoric

Mike Shirkey’s presence at these rallies only serves to further legitimize the indecent, hateful, and threatening speech displayed there.

May 19

Advance: Michigan Dem Jewish Caucus Slams Shirkey for Speaking at Rally with Antisemitic Themes

State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) was criticized by the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus after he spoke at...

May 19

New Statesman: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stood up to Trump. Can she stand up to her own people?

“[Whitmer] has lots of experience, and she is actually pretty progressive,” says Noah Arbit, who worked as an organizer on Whitmer’s 2018...

May 17

Michigan Advance: Michigan No. 2 in Midwest in Antisemitic Incidents

Voting out Trump will not end antisemitism in Michigan, Arbit said, but the No. 1 priority is to take away Trump’s position of power...

Apr 30

MDJC Chair Deplores GOP State Rep's Invocation of the Holocaust, Demands Apology to Jewish Community

I was disturbed to see Rep. Hornberger’s deeply offensive post likening a COVID19 tracking system to yellow stars forced upon Jews by Nazis

Apr 24

Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus Endorses Senator Gary Peters for Re-Election

"Gary Peters is one of the strongest advocates Michigan’s Jewish community - and our entire state - has ever known,” said Chair Noah Arbit.

Apr 24

MI, PA Jewish Democrats Condemn DHHS Spokesman Caputo’s Antisemitic Tweets, Demand Termination

Make no mistake, Jewish voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania will ensure this administration’s state-sponsored hate ends on November 3rd

Apr 22

New Statesman: What America’s Lockdown Protests Tell Us About the Past and Future of the US Right

“Conspiracy theories thrive in this anti-elite environment – antisemitism being the oldest conspiracy theory – and a great portion of the...

Apr 17

Haaretz: Protest Against Michigan Stay-at-home Order Compares Democratic Governor to Hitler

“Michiganders have every right to hold our government accountable, but this rhetoric is intolerable in any democratic society,” Noah Arbit,

Apr 16

Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus Endorses Joe Biden for President

Chair hails VP Biden as “unrivaled friend to the Jewish community,” calls Trump re-election an “existential threat to American Jews."

Apr 15

MDJC Chair Denounces GOP Protesters' Whitmer-Hitler Comparisons, Demands Apology from MI GOP Chair

“I was shocked to see attendees of the "Operation Gridlock" protest in Lansing carrying signs comparing Governor Whitmer to Adolf Hitler...

Mar 10

Haaretz: Michigan Jews Opt for Biden as the Muslim Community Supports 'Amo Bernie'

"The only revolution Jewish Michiganders are looking for is to defeat Donald Trump,” said Arbit.

Mar 10

POLITICO: The One-Woman Campaign to Get Michigan Back for the Dems

Rep. Debbie Dingell was at a fundraiser for the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus

Mar 9

JTA: Four years ago Michigan made Bernie Sanders. Now it might break him.

“Whichever party wins the presidential race in Michigan will also win our Senate race, and that’s a big concern,” Arbit said.

Mar 4

Michigan Jewish Democrats Endorse Congressman Andy Levin, State Rep. Mari Manoogian

Chair Noah Arbit regards Congressman Levin’s leadership as “salve in a time of anxiety,” Rep. Manoogian as as a “force of nature."

Mar 4

Detroit Jewish News: A Jewish President in 2020?

“Donald Trump himself represents such an existential threat to Jews,” says Noah Arbit, founder of the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus.

Feb 25

Noah Arbit in Moment Magazine: "Antisemitism is Inherently Political. Time to Stop Equivocating"

"Jewish institutions must do far more to meet this moment and confront the President and his party for the severe threats they pose to Jews"

Feb 14

Michigan Advance: Michigan Sees Sharp Rise in Antisemitic Incidents and Hate Crimes in 2019

In Arbit's perspective, "antisemitism is deeply political; without a response that is equally political, we will not be equipped to fight it

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