The hiring decision is part of an olive branch to Jewish officials in Michigan, who have expressed reservations about el Sayed's Senate candidacy.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has apologized to the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, is scrambling this weekend to try to win over skeptical Jewish Democrats — meeting individually and with groups of Jewish…

The March 12 attack on Temple Israel involved a man ramming a vehicle into the building and opening fire.