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Synagogue President in Detroit Found Murdered Outside Her Home – American Faith

Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue president Samantha Woll was found stabbed to death outside of her home near Detroit, Michigan over the weekend.

Woll, 40, was president of the Synagogue and previously worked for Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and the re-election campaign of Attorney General Gana Nessel.

“I am shocked, saddened and horrified to learn of Sam’s brutal murder,” Nessel said in a statement. “Sam was as kind a person as I’ve ever known. She was driven by her sincere love of her community, state and country. Sam truly used her faith and activism to create a better place for everyone.”

No motive has yet been identified, however the Detroit area is home to a large Arab population, and a large rally in support of Hamas was held in nearby Dearborn earlier this month.

From Breitbart:

The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, the last functioning synagogue left in the city of Detroit, is a remnant of a community that began moving to the suburbs even before the tumultuous events of the 1960s. Ten years ago, it was slated to close.

But it was saved by two young Jewish activists who reshuffled the board and renewed the community’s interest in keeping the facility alive.
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