Yesterday's attack was anti-Semitism.

It was hate, plain and simple.

We will fight this ancient and rampant evil.

We will stand together as we do it, and we will call it out.

We must lower the rhetoric in this state and in this country,

especially at this moment where we have seen such a rise in

anti-Semitism and more attacks on the Jewish community. Must keep each other close. This community

is on the edge, very understandably. We've seen a rise in attacks, especially over the last decade, especially over the last 10 months.

And so it is important for us to stand up, to stand against it, and to thank the people who showed up to support the community,

but also call out where we see acts of anti-Semitism,

where we see threats, where we see something, how important it is to say something,

and to recognize that each of us has a responsibility. People like the person that

attacked this community yesterday get fomented by rhetoric that they see online and that they see on television and they hear on the radio.

It radicalizes people and it endangers our fellow Michiganders. We cannot let this continue. And so each of us has a duty to take action where and how we can.

I just want to reiterate, I think it's clear that if it were not for the private security and the staff at Temple Israel,

and then the first responders, first on the scene, local law enforcement, if they had not all done their jobs almost perfectly, we would be talking about an immense tragedy here today with children gone.

This could have been much, much worse.

So I give incredible credit to law enforcement and the people who were in the room putting themselves and their own families at risk.

I think, you know, the governor said it very, very well on the way this community has responded.

It's been incredible to watch neighbors in the community here, both organizations and just regular old citizens open up their homes literally

yesterday to help care for people who were fleeing from this. And this is a place that I have

a very personal connection to. I feel I've spent a lot of my time growing up in and out of this temple,

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