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Paul Goldenberg, the national director of the Secure Community Network, says his office is monitoring the latest round of bomb threats on community institutions, the fourth since January. (Secure Community Network Staff via JTA)
November 9, 2017, 12:15 am
US Jewish community’s top security official stepping down
Police veteran Paul Goldenberg spent over a decade helming Secure Community Network to protect Jews across country
By JTA
Children evacuating from a Jewish school in Davie, Florida, on February 27, 2017. (screen capture: Erica Rakow/Twitter)
March 1, 2017, 8:45 pm
Law enforcement struggles to hunt down caller behind JCC threats
Investigators say person making threats is using masking technology, may be abroad and working alone
By TOI staff
Paul Goldenberg (Courtesy SCN via JTA)
June 13, 2016, 11:52 pm
US Jewish official: Orlando highlights security flaws
Omar Mateen’s employment by security firm G4S points to weak spot in Jewish institutions’ security plans, says Paul Goldenberg
By JTA
A view of bomb damage as passengers are evacuated from Zaventem Bruxelles International Airport after a terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2016. (Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images via JTA)
March 29, 2016, 4:00 am
Belgian, US security officials brief Jewish groups on attack
Conference call with American Jewish communities, local police deals with lessons learned from Brussels bombings
By JTA
A police officer patrolling the Times Square subway stop in New York City the day after a series of terrorist attacks in Paris, on November 14, 2015. (Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images via JTA)
November 18, 2015, 3:58 am
Intel changes, public awareness needed to prevent Paris-like attack in US
American Jewish groups call for greater focus on security, but urge US leaders not to turn their backs on Middle East refugees
By Ron Kampeas
A soldier stands guard outside a synagogue in Neuilly-sur-Seine, outside Paris, France, January 13, 2015. (AP/Christophe Ena)
January 14, 2015, 5:46 am
After Paris, reassessing how nations thwart attacks
Communication and information-sharing between countries is key to stopping terrorism, experts say
By Ron Kampeas
Protesters clash with riot police in Sarcelles, a suburb north of Paris, on July 20, 2014, during a demonstration to denounce Israel's military campaign in Gaza and show their support for the Palestinian people. (AFP/Omar Bouyacoub)
November 11, 2014, 3:30 am
European Jews learn security ‘best practices’ in US meetup
With a rise in European anti-Semitism, how do communities address threats from Muslim extremists while building bridges with the Muslim community?
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: computer security (cyber security image via Shutterstock)
August 4, 2014, 10:41 am
US Jewish group calls for enhanced security
Secure Community Network says concern includes anti-Israel protesters moving from Israel embassies to Jewish community buildings
By JTA
Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston on April 15, 2013 (AP/Charles Krupa)
April 16, 2013, 7:40 am
US Jewish community ‘vigilant’ after Boston attack
Security network head says no connection to Jewish institutions apparent
Klansmen exiting the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tennessee, moments before their rally, March 30, 2013. (photo credit: JTA/Blake Billings)
April 6, 2013, 2:48 am
Jewish group exercises motto of ‘vigilance without panic’ at Memphis KKK rally
Response coordinated by Secure Community Network seen as national model, as US experiences resurgence of anti-government and white supremacist groups
By Ron Kampeas
December 21, 2012, 7:37 am
Jewish community security group urges ‘tabletop’ attack simulations
School shooting in Connecticut prompts call for practice drills replicating acts of mass violence
December 1, 2012, 3:45 am
Jewish federations boost cybersecurity training
Organizations see need for improved online defense after multiple hacking attacks in recent months
A Bible covered with debris in a Kiryat Malachi apartment in which three people were killed from a rocket attack on Thursday (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
November 16, 2012, 8:21 am
American Jews keep wary eye on situation in Gaza, examine their own security precautions
Support pours in from US Jewish groups as they prepare to help Israelis hurt or displaced by the recent escalation
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (photo credit: CC BY The National Guard, Flickr)
September 6, 2012, 3:49 pm
US Homeland Security runs threat response exercise with Jewish leaders
The program features simulations of attacks on Jews and Israelis in the Diaspora
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