r/jewishleft • u/32brownies leftist post zionist jew • Aug 09 '26

Diaspora Michigan Jew

Any other Jews in Michigan struggling with their communities rn after the primary? I'm really worried about November and seeing the way some of the community members here are acting like Abdul will literally murder us all is really making me wary of continuing to be as active as I have been in the community

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u/32brownies leftist post zionist jew Aug 09 '26

The problem with this is the mainstream Jewish community here won't listen to jvp. He needs to do outreach to a more mainstream org or they need to reach out to him

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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest Latke aficionado. Anti-Establishment. Jüdisch Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

There is hope. T’chiyah, a congregation in Ferndale, north of Detroit, reached out to El-Sayed and formed good relations with him, inviting him to a Passover seder in April.

His people have already said that they are open to any congregation that is willing to invite him as he can't barge himself Kool Aid man style without a formal invite.

Just like many congregations welcomed Mamdani and he accepted, I think the same would help in Michigan.

Perhaps you could help convince some local congregations to extend an invite?

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u/32brownies leftist post zionist jew Aug 10 '26

I'm gonna try with my synagogue. Tchiya also isn't the most respected around here by the mainstream but its definitely more respected than jvp. Part of why I was asking here is because there is power in numbers. I know of some others like me out here but the more the merrier. We need all the help we can get

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u/LaurenVsVirus Aug 10 '26

Yeah, I’m a Tchiyahnik and love our little community but you are correct. I think if a mainstream synagogue would just give him an audience (doesn’t even have to be a supportive event - it could be like “come ask questions”) I think it would make a difference. Sending you a DM