Steven Burg
Role at the time: CEO of Aish
Condemned
Statement summary
Aish CEO Rabbi Steven Burg criticized Abdul El-Sayed's response to the Temple Israel attack as inadequate, saying El-Sayed could not fully condemn it and was 'explaining away the terrorists.'
“El-Sayed couldn't even fully condemn it... He was kind of explaining away the terrorists. Everything we see from him just breeds evil and hate.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Rabbi Burg on Newsmax: El-Sayed response to Temple Israel attack
Newsmax 'National Report' interview in which Aish CEO Rabbi Steven Burg criticized Abdul El-Sayed's response to the Temple Israel attack.
Why we used this label
Burg directly condemns El-Sayed's response to the Temple Israel attack as inadequate and as effectively explaining away the attackers, extending the case's existing criticism from a new named religious leader.