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Repaired Texas synagogue reopens months after hostage crisis (AP)

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — In the three months since Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and three of his congregants were held at gunpoint in their Texas synagogue, new carpet has been laid in the sanctuary, the walls have been repainted, the entry retiled and new doors installed. He said it has b…

Secure Community Network Introduces New National Security Advisory Council

The Secure Community Network (SCN), the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, announced today the creation of its new National Security Advisory Council (NSAC). The NSAC will offer advice, guidance, feedback, and thought leadership to SCN, assis…

Community Security Check

This past fall, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, together with the Federations in Southern and Western Connecticut, launched a new regional security program to better protect those attending area synagogues, day schools and other Jewish facilities. Created in partnership with the…

Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven to Increase Jewish Security

by MiriYam Judd,
Shalom New Haven Writer

To address continuing concerns about anti-Semitic inci-dents at synagogues and other Jewish institutions, the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with four other Connecticut Federations, have hired a secu-rity adviser to increas…

SCN Hosts Over 70 Security Professionals in Annual Homeland Security Summit

(Washington, DC) – The Secure Community Network (SCN), the official safety and security organization for the Jewish community in North America, hosted its annual Homeland Security Summit in Washington, DC, last week.

More than 70 security professionals attended the three-day event to e…