A machete attack on a rabbi's home in New York during Hanukkah and a shooting at a Texas church are refocusing attention on the vulnerability of houses of worship. FBI statistics show incidents in churches, synagogues, temples and mosques are up.
The data is definitive enough that theto its Washington, D.C., headquarters last June to discuss how to protect themselves and their congregants from bias-based attacks.
Reid has a paid security staff of about 20 who wear uniforms and are armed. There are volunteers as well, made up of former and current federal agents, law enforcement officers and military who also provide security, Whitlock said. The new spate of anti-Semitic attacks has added to the sense of urgency that’s been felt by Jewish security experts since the 2018 massacre“The greatest adversary we truly face is not an external threat, it’s a sense of denial,” said Michael Masters, national director of the Secure Community Network. It was formed by leading Jewish organizations in 2004 to coordinate a response to security threats.
The two Texas attacks have heightened worries among churchgoers in neighboring Oklahoma, said the Rev. Derrek Belase, a former police officer turned pastor who coordinates security training for the more than 480 United Methodist churches in Oklahoma.
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