Statements

We are heartbroken and shaken by the attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield today, a community where many of our friends serve as rabbis, leaders, and congregants. This beautiful synagogue is home to America’s largest reform congregation and has a beautiful history and present in social justice organizing and coalition-building. As we await more …

Donald Trump’s post depicting President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes is as despicable, as overtly racist, as dehumanizing as it is un-American, un-Presidential and entirely unacceptable. This cannot be excused or justified as satire or provocation. It is a centuries-old racist slur used to justify oppression and violence. We condemn it without …

We are horrified by the Trump administration’s weaponization of immigration enforcement to terrorize American cities – and American citizens. The intensification of federal operations, under the guise of “keeping Americans safe,” has resulted in heavily armed ICE agents brutalizing innocent people, producing violence and fear from Los Angeles to New York and everywhere in between. …

As Jews, as Zionists, as Americans, we viscerally understand the consequences of unchecked weaponization of state power. We’ve lived through, died from, and learned about governments that brutalize, terrorize, and gaslight their citizens; governments that rip communities apart, sow division and mistrust, racialize their societies and create scapegoats to demonize and distract. The parallels of …

Today we mourn the loss of Rev. Jesse Jackson, z”l, a towering pioneer and trailblazing figure in the fight for civil rights, human dignity and American democracy. Rev. Jackson’s vision of a “Rainbow Coalition” helped shape modern progressive politics, opening the door for a generation of diverse and iconic new leaders that have transformed our …