Jewish Watchdog Urges NYPD to Increase Officers in Hot Spots After Synagogue Attack

Ex-Mamdani campaign staffer says she was ‘mistaken’ after claiming NYC synagogue attack was not antisemitic

Debbie Saslaw faced backlash after writing that the Aug. 14 attack at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue was not antisemitic because she believed the alleged attacker was an Orthodox Jew.

NY synagogues rethink security after attack

Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack.

Jewish watchdog urges NYPD to increase officers in hot spots after synagogue attack

A Jewish security watchdog is doubling down on safety measures in the wake of a Friday night attack against worshipers at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue, calling on police to identify cutting edge tactics to identify hot spots for potential hate crimes and to place more officers in those areas. But Mitchell Silber, CEO of the Community Security Initiative, acknowledged that preventing situations like Friday’s is not straightforward. “It’s difficu…

NYC synagogue antisemitic attacker called congregants ‘swine’ and ‘fake Jews’

The unhinged man who assaulted two people in an antisemitic attack at a Midtown synagogue referred to himself as God, called the congregants “swine” and screamed an anti-Black slur at a security guard, prosecutors said. Larry Montes, 46, was ordered…

How do we protect worshippers and keep synagogues welcoming spaces?

When a man stood up from among the congregation at Friday night services at Central Synagogue, a prominent Reform congregation in Midtown Manhattan, and abruptly stormed the bima screaming, it sparked fresh conversation within the Jewish community about how to respond to an increasing number of threats and attacks and the rising cost of that response.  Identified as Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, the suspect managed to strike a 63-year-old cong…