shall not lift up sword against nation,
and “Min haMeytzar” — from a nar-
row place I called out to God.
“Toward the end we shared one
word: something we hoped to feel in
the coming days. I heard words like
safety, clarity, community and com-
mitment.”
Silverman took inspiration from
Rebbe Nachman’s quote as well.
“Another way to interpret his quote
is to ‘not freak yourself out,’” she
said. “We must face what lies ahead.
We now have an even greater Jewish
responsibility to speak out against
hatred, apathy and injustice directed
at the most vulnerable of our neigh-
bors. Fear causes us to make bad deci-
sions. Not a great place from which to
start.”
Immediately
after the election,
Jen Lovy of West
Bloomfield said,
“The election is a
tragedy that evoked
some of the same
emotions felt after
9-11. But, unlike
Jen Lovy
9-11, no lives were
lost. We need heal-
ing — 100 percent.
We need time. There’s always the ini-
tial shock.
“There are those who are ecstatic
and think Trump is what the country
needs, but it’s very divisive and a lot
of people are taking it personally,” she
added.
“On Facebook in the first 24 hours
after the election, those who were
quiet are now coming out, and there
are some shockers. I’m surprised of
some who are aligned with this can-
didate. They are not bad people; it’s
a statement against the status quo.
But it’s hard not to take it personally
because of what Trump stands for.”
Rabbi Steven
Rubenstein of
Congregation Beth
Ahm is remind-
ing people that
“there is a danger
in assuming all the
people who voted
for Trump support
Rabbi Steven
everything he has
Rubenstein
said or done. I don’t
think that’s true.
We support candidates for a variety

of reasons.”
Rubenstein held a forum after ser-
vices Saturday morning where congre-
gants of both sides could express their
feelings about the election.
According to Silverman,
“Separating someone’s opinions from
the person themselves is so impor-
tant. Even if you fundamentally dis-
agree with someone, recognize their
humanity. This needs to be brought
back to the core of how we interact.”

THE SIDE THAT WON
Rabbi Daniel Syme, rabbi emeritus at
Temple Beth El, who said the results
of the election “devastated his soul,”
said he is able to respect many Trump
voters.
“Someone told
me that his parents
were Holocaust sur-
vivors, so he voted
for the candidate
he thought would
be best for Israel:
Donald Trump.
That was his only
Rabbi Daniel
issue. That I can
Syme
respect.”
Many Trump
voters were appalled at some of the
things he said during the campaign.
“I was equally disgusted with both
candidates,” said one such voter.
“I felt the need to protest the Iran
Nuclear Deal that was spearheaded
by Democrats, which I feel threatens
Israel. I know Trump has sometimes
treated women like a pig. But I am
scared for the future of Israel. I don’t
know what to expect from him, but
I would have been more scared with
Hillary.”
According to another Trump sup-
porter, “In my case, and in many of
my friends’ cases, it wasn’t just that
we felt his support of Israel was much
stronger than Clinton’s, but there was
so much else going on. We hated that
Hillary Clinton was so dishonest. In
so many ways she acted as if she was
above the law.”
Regarding Trump’s anti-women
rhetoric, this female voter said, “We
lived through Bill Clinton’s presidency.
He was accused of many horrible
things that he did with women … So
the whole woman thing about Trump
was kind of a wash.
“We were not proud of his behavior.

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