September 21, 2023
Swatting bomb threats are happening across the country and in the Delaware Valley. This week, multiple townships have reported incidents of swatting at schools and police are on a heightened alert.
"They want to cause disruption to people’s daily lives and instill fear," says William Monaghan, Executive Director of JFed Security, an agency of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
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Fox 29 News: Swatting incidents at schools, Jewish centers, airports
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Times of Israel: Show Solidarity with Jailed Reporter Evan Gershkovich
September 13, 2023
Co-authored with Jennifer Dubrow Weiss, CEO of Jewish Federation of Southern NJ
Jewish families are preparing to gather for Rosh Hashana next Friday, but in an otherwise flourishing community on the East Coast, one heartsick family of Jewish emigres from the Soviet Union will be missing their 31-year old son. Their son, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, was seized by the Russians in March, while he was on assignment in Yekaterinburg.
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Sky News Feature: Shooter Drills and Armed Guards at Synagogues
July 30,2023
How Jewish communities are responding to rising antisemitism in US:
Pittsburgh is home to the most deadly attack on Jewish people in America - a mass shooting at a synagogue in 2018. Now, Jewish communities are undertaking shooting survival training, as armed guards stand outside the synagogue.