Dana Nessel

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sparked intense criticism after claiming in a speech to Jewish Democrats that the world's needs should be placed above the survival of the Jewish people. The remarks were made just one day after she announced she had missed the party convention due to fears of antisemitism. Nessel compared the current situation to the Book of Esther and argued that the...

Dana Nessel boycotted the party's nominating convention: "I don't want to be harassed and yelled at." She accuses the party leadership of inaction against antisemitism. About 200 rabbis and Jewish public figures demanded increased protection for Jews. "I was a Jew before I was a member of the Democratic Party."