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An NYPD vehicle is seen outside of Congregation Temple Emanu-El on December 14, 2025, in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images/AFP)
March 19, 2026, 6:53 am
NYC synagogues increase security as homeland security shutdown stalls federal funding
‘This is where we are in March 2026 — you probably have to have multiple armed guards,’ warns head of security group, says Michigan attack would have ‘ended very differently’ without them
By Joseph Strauss
Mourners outside the White House in Washington, DC, May 22, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 23, 2025, 12:12 pm
After deadly shooting, US Jewish security leaders urge vigilance amid threat of copycats
Killings in Washington could inspire other attacks, experts warn, as murders bring threat of far-left violence into focus
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Police and community safety vehicles at a Jewish event in Brooklyn, New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 24, 2024, 7:50 pm
ISIS, protests, cybercrime: US Jewish security group warns of holiday threats
No known concrete dangers for American Jews during Hanukkah, but calls for attacks by extremist groups raise concerns
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, at podium, addresses community members and other local, state law enforcement officials in a town hall on antisemitic violence at YULA Boys High School in Los Angeles, February 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
October 4, 2024, 3:54 am
Hezbollah crisis adds to threats facing Diaspora Jews over High Holidays, experts say
Amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and ahead of the anniversary of Oct. 7, Jewish communities take precautions against terror retaliation, anti-Israel protests and far-right attackers
By Ron Kampeas
Dion Marsh, convicted of hate crimes and carjacking for an antisemitic crime spree in New Jersey, in a photo released by the Lakewood police on April 8, 2022. (Courtesy/Lakewood Township Police Department)
July 26, 2024, 2:21 pm
New Jersey man sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2022 antisemitic crime spree
Dion Marsh, 29, attacked four Orthodox Jewish men in Lakewood over the course of one day, stealing a man’s car and ramming it at others, one of whom he also stabbed
By JTA and ToI Staff
Maj. Oliver Fladrich from the Dunwoody Police Department near Atlanta teaches employees at Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) how to defend themselves in the event of a violent attack, December 2023. (Katja Ridderbusch)
December 15, 2023, 6:19 pm
Amid calls for Jews’ extermination, Atlanta synagogues bolster security after Oct. 7
With a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents following the Hamas massacre, Jewish communities up safety measures such as drills and guards – as long as they can pay for it
By Katja Ridderbusch
The Berkinow building at the JCC of Staten Island, New York. (Courtesy JCC Staten Island via JTA)
March 25, 2022, 10:54 pm
Staten Island JCC evacuated after bomb threat: ‘Pure terror tactic’
Center evacuated as parents bring kids to preschool when threatening email received; recent messages to Missouri, Pennsylvania facilities threatened to bomb ‘Ukrainian Jew filth’
By Jacob Henry
A view of the Secure Community Network's new command center in Chicago. (Courtesy of SCN via JTA)
January 19, 2022, 3:04 am
‘Aggressive’ security training paid off, saved lives in Texas synagogue attack
Since 2018 Tree of Life massacre, US Jewish Jewish groups have worked intensively to teach synagogues and community institutions how to best react when their lives are in danger
By AFP
Illustrative: New York police officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn, November 2, 2018. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
October 16, 2020, 2:33 am
US officials say no known Election Day threats to Jews, but urge vigilance
In talk with Jewish community leaders, FBI says not aware of ‘specific threats’ from terrorists or domestic extremists, but warns of ‘potential volatility’ surrounding vote
By Ben Sales
People hug next to police tape across the street from the Chabad of Poway Synagogue after a shooting on April 27, 2019 in Poway, California. (SANDY HUFFAKER / AFP)
May 1, 2020, 11:20 am
US Jewish security network plans for threats when institutions reopen
Secure Community Network sets up task force to prepare Jewish institutions to face threats that might come once the coronavirus pandemic recedes
By Marcy Oster
A San Diego county sheriff's deputy stands in front of the Poway Chabad Synagogue in Poway, California, April 28, 2019, after a shooting. (AP /Denis Poroy)
January 17, 2020, 4:57 am
US synagogues should not arm ordinary congregants, Jewish security agency says
Secure Community Network says trained police officers would be better able to deal with high stress situations like Poway shooting
By Ben Sales
A sign hangs on a fence surrounding the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on September 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
October 8, 2019, 8:54 pm
How Pittsburgh changed the way American Jews think about security
Synagogues and federations are investing in security, stepping up cooperation with local authorities and other minority groups who have also been targeted by white supremacists
By Ron Kampeas
A man walks over the rubble left after of the Argentinian Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) building in Buenos Aires after it was targeted in a deadly bombing, July 18, 1994 (Ali Burafi/AFP)
August 28, 2019, 2:35 am
As US-Iran tensions escalate, American Jews are warned they could be targeted
Communities across country told to be on the lookout for threats — from terror to cyberattacks — that could originate with Tehran or its proxies, like Hezbollah
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Klan members salute during a KKK rally in Justice Park, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
August 9, 2019, 9:19 pm
Jewish security experts call for 9/11-style response to fight white supremacists
After El Paso, officials press for a system to track hate from scratch and give law enforcement same tools used to combat international terror
By Ron Kampeas
A menorah is tested outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, December 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshiped at the synagogue on October 27, 2018 at the temple. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
April 3, 2019, 2:17 am
US Jewish groups set up task force to track anti-religious violence
Move comes as Trump’s Homeland Security Department disbands an intelligence unit that tracks right-wing violence
By Ron Kampeas
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