More than 50 Eastern Michigan University students, faculty and Ypsilanti community members gathered to hear Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speak about her experience dealing with antisemitism as Michigan’s first Jewish attorney general.
Nessel spoke Oct. 13, 2026, in a moderated conversation with Robert Erlewine, the director of EMU’s Center for Jewish Studies.
Nessel is finishing out her second term. Given the term-limited nature of the role, the candidate to fill the vacancy of the position will be voted on this November. During her service as attorney general, Nessel launched the first state Attorney General’s Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism Unit in the country and helped draft Michigan’s 2019 Clean Slate law…