Mamdani transition picks draw scrutiny from Jewish leaders

Liberal Jewish Nonnegotiable movement's leaders discuss alternatives to voting for El-Sayed

Leaders with the Nonnegotiable movement of liberal Michigan Jewish voters disenchanted with Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed recommended writing in the name of poet Emma Lazarus for Michigan’s Senate race, rather than leaving the ballot line blank, even as one leader of the group acknowledged that voting for Republican Mike Rogers is the “most efficient... <a href="">Read More</a>

Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers: ‘I do not stand with Hasan Piker’

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) endorsed Republican Michigan Senate nominee Mike Rogers after appearing alongside Rogers at a Black church in Detroit on Sunday following days of deteriorating relations between her and Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Stevens’ endorsement, accentuated by the joint appearance at Detroit’s Perfecting Church, marked an unexpected twist in the Michigan Senate race,... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/04/fox-news-jewish-viewership-media-bias-israel-gaza-war/">Read More</a>

Fetterman: Haley Stevens holding El-Sayed accountable for his ‘fixation with Jewish money’

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) accused Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of “going after” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) for her attempts to hold him “accountable for his views on Israel and fixation with Jewish money.” The Pennsylvania senator made the comments to Jewish Insider amid the public dispute between El-Sayed and Stevens in the final... <a href="">Read More</a>

El-Sayed rejects Haley Stevens’ calls for apology over antisemitic ads

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Friday rejected an appeal from Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) for him to publicly condemn an antisemitic ad in support of his campaign, which Stevens had made a condition of appearing at a joint event on Sunday. Instead, El-Sayed attacked Stevens, his former Democratic primary opponent, days before the... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/authors/matthew-shea/">Read More</a>

Four new defendants charged in plot targeting Jewish groups, University of Michigan leaders

Federal prosecutors in Detroit charged four more people in an alleged campaign of intimidation against Jewish organizations, University of Michigan leaders and businesses perceived to have ties to Israel, bringing the total number of defendants in the case to 12.&nbsp; The latest defendants — Henry David MacKeen-Shapiro, 23; Aaron Hunter Vonbargen, 25; Joseph Mark Fisher, 23; and Srishti Tarana Sharma, 23 — are accused of participating in the campaign targeting the Jewish Federation of Detroit, university leadership, campus law enforcement personnel and several businesses. Two were arrested this week, while the other two remain at large.&nbsp; “From Pharaoh to Hitler to... <a href="">Read More</a>