With Donald Trump scheduled to address the policy conference of the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee this weekend in Washington, D.C., some metro Detroit Jewish leaders are speaking out on the divisive and derisive tone of his campaign rallies. The Republican front-runner has been egging on his supporters at rallies to get tough and rough with protesters and promising to pay their legal bills.
“If Jewish history has taught us anything it is that hate speech is dangerous whether it comes from Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan or Donald Trump,” said Rabbi Daniel Syme of Temple Beth El, the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan. “Many people, including Republicans and Democrats, have been speaking to me and the major issue that they all seemed concerned about is the hate speech coming from Trump and his campaign.”
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