US Jewish communities warn increased security is needed after Michigan attack

US Jewish communities warn increased security is needed after Michigan attack

Gretchen Whitmer says ‘community is on edge’ with fear of increased violence amid escalating US-Israeli war on Iran Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan ’s governor, said Jewish Americans were “a community on edge” on Friday after security staff thwarted an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue and preschool by a man driving a truck containing explosives. Whitmer, a Democrat, called Thursday’s assault at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield township the latest episode in the “ancient and rampant evil” of antisemitism, and urged politicians and others to lower the political temperature. Continue reading...