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star. We stand here today as proud Jews.
“Hate against any one of us is hate 
against all of us,” Gould said. “The Jewish 
people know what it means to be silent 
to crimes against us. Today we say, we 
will not be silent. We will not bow to ter-
ror. Never again!” 
Carolyn Normandin, regional director 
of ADL Michigan said, “My office is get-
ting incident after incident after incident 
reported.
“Incidents of hate must be investi-
gated and tracked, and we must use 
the data to tell people in Congress and 
every single living room that hate is hate 
— and targeting Jewish people for any 
reason because of their Jewishness is not 
allowed. 
“We must rise up,” she added. 
“
Antisemitism will not be tolerated. To 
target someone for who they are is not 
activism — it’s antisemitism.”
Fran Heiklen, president of Hadassah 
Greater Detroit Chapter, said Hadassah, 
among its many efforts to combat 
antisemitism, is promoting adop-
tion of the International Holocaust 
Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working 
Definition of Antisemitism. (One aspect 
of the IHRA document draws the dis-
tinction between fair criticism of Israel 
and antisemitism.)
Amy Cutler, president of NCJW-MI, 
said, “The number of antisemitic hate 
crime incidents growing to violence have 
increased dramatically in the past few 

years, and they affect every area of our 
lives, including workplaces, schools, col-
lege campuses and places of worship.
“For 130 years, NCJW Michigan has 
been fighting against hate on behalf of 
people of many different racial, ethnic, 
national, religious and cultural back-
grounds. We thank all of you who came 
out today and stand with us in solidarity 
to reject antisemitism and recognize that 
hateful and violent acts are never, ever 
acceptable.”
Among the attendees was Rabbi Steven 
Rubenstein of Congregation Beth Ahm 
in West Bloomfield. During 
Shabbat services the previ-
ous day, he encouraged peo-
ple to attend the rally and 
was pleased to see about 40 
fellow congregants there.
“Statistics show we’re in 
a particularly dangerous 
time,” Rubenstein told the 
JN. “I think it’s important 
for Jews to be together and to speak out 
and bring in other allies to speak against 
antisemitism. I’m really glad that people 
came.” 

PHOTOS BY DAVID SACHS

CLOCKWISE: Carolyn Normandin details 
the ADL’s efforts while Eugene Greenstein 
assists with the megaphone. Demonstrators 
hold signs that read “Stop Jew Hatred” and 
“Proud to Be Jewish.” Rabbi Asher Lopatin 
of JCRC/AJC says, “We stand together.” 
ZOA-MI board member Charles Greenberg 
and Executive Director Kobi Erez. Hadassah 
President Fran Heiklen addresses the rally.

Rabbi 
Steven 
Rubenstein

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