Condemned
“really only a partial apology”
Starr criticized the adequacy of El-Sayed's apology.
- Speaker
- Rabbi Aaron Starr
- Capacity
- Rabbi, Congregation Shaarey Zedek
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 9, 2026
- Targets
- Abdul El-Sayed
- Classification rationale
- He explicitly regarded the apology as incomplete.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Discussing the Nonnegotiable Michigan initiative with JTA.
After the quotation
The initiative had begun before the apology; this is an individual assessment, not sixteen separate condemnations.
Evidence
Complete source record
Michigan rabbis lay out demands for El-Sayed and state Democrats to earn their votes (opens in a new tab)
Reports the September 7 press conference and interviews about the petition and apology.