Michigan attorney general raises eyebrows for telling Jews to 'sacrifice' safety

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel suggested over the weekend Jews should sacrifice their safety for the greater good, triggering backlash from critics who said she caved to the “mob” of antisemites in her party.

On Sunday, Nessel told the Michigan Democratic Party’s Jewish Caucus that Jews have a “moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest,” according to a video recording obtained by the Detroit News. She cited the Biblical narrative of Queen Esther as she urged them to “sacrifice the comfort, safety, and security, and even the very future of our own people in exchange for the opportunity to save the rest of humanity.”