00:00Thank you, Rabbi. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your leadership yesterday and how much my heart goes
00:10out to everything that you and your family and all of the families involved and the Jewish community writ large
00:16are going through.
00:18You know, I wanted to come today for a briefing which we just concluded to get up to speed on
00:24where things stand. I want to thank our state and local law enforcement, the first responders, our federal partners for
00:32their swift work to keep people safe and to investigate.
00:35I want to thank Temple Israel's security personnel. They were selfless in their courage and they saved lives. These heroes
00:44threw themselves in harm's way, engaging the suspect and let's be very clear, yes, this is a place of worship,
00:52but at the time that this attack occurred, it was a school. 104 children, age 5 and younger here.
01:03So, I want to thank all of Temple Israel's staff who acted quickly to evacuate students and reunite families. The
01:11state of Michigan will wrap our arms around this community and support our local and federal partners every step of
01:16the way to keep people safe.
01:17I want to share prayers from my colleague, Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania. Josh reached out yesterday to check in and
01:28see how people were doing.
01:30And I want Michigan's Jewish community to know that we are with you. Violence in our houses of worship and
01:37in our schools and in our daycare centers like this hits especially hard. Temple Israel is a pillar of the
01:46community. It's one of the largest reformed Jewish congregations in North America with Friday night Shabbat services attracting over a
01:53thousand people.
01:54People celebrate bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings and holidays here. Parents bring their children to daycare and school and it's
02:03a place of peace, unity, light and life.
02:07Yesterday's attack was anti-Semitism. It was hate, plain and simple. We will fight this ancient and rampant evil. We
02:16will stand together as we do it and we will call it out.
02:20We must lower the rhetoric in this state and in this country, especially at this moment where we have seen
02:29such a rise in anti-Semitism and more attacks on the Jewish community.
02:33We must keep each other close. This community is on the edge, very understandably. We've seen a rise in attacks,
02:44especially over the last decade, especially over the last ten months.
02:51And so it is important for us to stand up to stand against it and to thank the people who
02:56showed up to support the community, but also call out where we see acts of anti-Semitism, where we see
03:04threats, where we see something, how important it is to say something.
03:08And to recognize that each of us has a responsibility. People like the person that attacked this community yesterday get
03:20fomented by rhetoric that they see online and that they see on television and they hear on the radio.
03:26It radicalizes people and it endangers our fellow Michiganders. We cannot let this continue. And so each of us has
03:34a duty to take action where and how we can.
03:37Let's rally on our YouTube channel, on our website. This program is doing more good work for the people who
03:37are watching the movement of the community, including our doit nature, as well as the community.
03:37Let's see. I'm enjoying this. I have a great day.
03:37I wonder what's going on now. But I've been listening to you. I've been listening to you, I'm listening to
03:37you. I'm listening to you.
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