Michigan Senate hopeful Stevens an 'ongoing friend of the Jewish community,' Michigan rabbi says

(JNS) - In a break from longstanding tradition, the rabbi, cantor and ritual director at Congregation Shaarey Zedek, a large Conservative synagogue in Southfield, Mich., penned a letter to the congregation's 1,000-member households urging everyone, Democrat and Republican alike, to vote in the Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), whom AIPAC has endorsed, is running against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a former Detroit public health official who has accused Israel of "apartheid" and "genocide."

The day after Oct. 7, before the Israeli military entered Gaza to root out Hamas, E...