LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A Michigan lawmaker, whose district includes Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, wants people to know that antisemitism is “live” and “real.”

The comments from Michigan State Senator Noah (D-West Bloomfield) came on Thursday after security officers shot an killed a person who reportedly drove a vehicle into Temple Israel; security personnel shot and killed him.

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Senator Arbit appeared on CNN, saying he wants viewers to “really understand that when we talk about anti-Semitism, it’s — it’s live. It’s real.”

He continued: “It’s not something that’s from the 1930s. It is a real, deadly threat against your Jewish neighbors all across the United States and in the country…I think it’s really important to understand that the relationship between hate speech and hate violence is cause and effect. And so, when people don’t stand up and speak out or — or even worse, justify anti-Jewish rhetoric or discourse, it becomes a permission structure for people to view all Jews and Jewish institutions as legitimate targets of violence.”

Senator Arbit also added: “It’s part of our value system that we want to build bridges with other communities and with other types of people. And the idea that the Jewish community would come for such vitriol and such targeted attack, both rhetorical and in terms of physical violence, is — it’s shocking, it’s sad, and it must end.”

Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard updated the media on Thursday afternoon.

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Law enforcement have not released an official motive.

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