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Nov 2

MDJC Outraged by Pro-Trump Desecration of Grand Rapids Jewish Cemetery on Election Eve

MDJC Outraged by Pro-Trump Desecration of Grand Rapids Jewish Cemetery on Election Eve Numerous headstones at Ahavas Israel cemetery in G...

Oct 29

MDJC Applauds Charges Against Neo-Nazis, Nessel's Efforts to Protect Jews from Antisemitic Violence

MDJC Chair Applauds Charges Against Neo-Nazis, Dana Nessel's Record of Protecting Jewish Michiganders from Antisemitic Violence Charges a...

Sep 21

Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus Announces $100,000 in Grassroots Fundraising

MDJC Chair calls one year-old group’s grassroots fundraising success “humbling sign that Jewish Michiganders believe in the possibility of..

Sep 16

Michigan Jewish Democrats Condemn Donald Trump’s Invocation Of Antisemitic Dual-Loyalty Tropes

“Mr. President, our country is the United States of America, and it is because of our deep and abiding loyalty to this nation...

Aug 27

MDJC Expands West Michigan Footprint, Endorses Scholten and Hoadley for U.S. Congress

Endorsements in key Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo battleground districts part of Jewish Caucus’ long-term “growth and investment in West MI

Aug 25

Pompeo Damages U.S.-Israel Relationship with Illegal, Taxpayer-Funded RNC Address from Jerusalem

Most corrupt Secretary of State in U.S. history makes partisan mockery of Israel relationship by giving unprecedented, illegal speech to RNC

Aug 17

MI Jewish Dems Respond to Trump's Admission That U.S. Embassy Move Motivated by Evangelical Vote

GOP’s oft-cited myth Donald Trump is “most pro-Jewish President ever” exposed as fiction by President, himself, says MDJC Chair

Aug 15

Michigan Jewish Democrats Decry Violence by White Supremacist “Proud Boys” in Kalamazoo

White supremacist violence in Kalamazoo clarifies stakes of 2020 election, prospect of Trump re-election should “strike fear” for Jews

Aug 4

MDJC Congratulates Samantha Steckloff on Primary Victory

Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills) will be the first Jewish woman to serve in the Michigan Legislature since 2015

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,

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