Tag: Public Safety
‘Federal ministers hold hands with terrorists,’ says Canadian parliamentarian
A bearded man, flanked by people bearing Palestinian flags, walks down a street in Canada speaking into a microphone.
“Whether it’s on the street, whether it’s at work or whether it’s in your place of...
Florida Jewish day schools receive $25 million in security funds
The Florida Department of Education has distributed $25 million in security funding—of $43 million allocated by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis—to more than 130 Jewish day schools and preschools across the state, the governor’s office announced earlier...
Even before Oct. 7, Jewish groups struggled with security issues, burnout
Leading Edge released its report “The State of the Jewish Workplace 2023” based on data from 18,212 employees and 304 CEOs at 327 organizations. The information comes from a May 2023 survey.
The results of the survey—the...
Parents urge universities to do more to protect their children on campus
A Jewish student’s nose broken at Tulane University in New Orleans. In Manhattan, Jewish students resorted to hiding in a Cooper Union library as anti-Israel protesters pounded on the door, and in New York state, Cornell University’s kosher...
Yeshivah high schools ask college recruiters to prove campuses are safe
Universities have allowed a “toxic ideology to fester” that “manifests as aggressive and overt antisemitism,” more than 30 heads of yeshivah high schools wrote in a letter earlier this month. The leaders added that “sometimes even...
Yad Sarah develops two programs: Hospitality Center and car-safety initiative
Yad Sarah, a volunteer-staffed organization in Israel that provides home- and health-care aid, is seeing significant growth in two of its programs, including one aimed at safety in the Arab sector.
The car-safety initiative was...
Tokyo Police using Israeli aerostats to help secure Olympic games
Israeli aerostats are in use by Tokyo Police to help secure the Olympic games, announced RT, the manufacturer of the systems, on Thursday.
RT’s SkyStar 180 tactical aerostats are being used by law enforcement for...
The price of checking your ‘white privilege’ may be high
It’s the sort of story that makes Jewish hearts swell with pride. As the Jewish News of Northern California reported, a group of Jewish teenagers from Temple Beth Abraham, a Conservative synagogue in Oakland, Calif., set out to...
AI lifeguard system to be deployed surfside in Israel
A new artificial intelligence-based (AI) system, Sightbit, developed by alumni of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, helps lifeguards monitor thousands of swimmers, as well as identify risky situations and other water hazards. In fact,...
Security officials give defense primer to Jewish business leaders in Lakewood, NJ
Some 200 people gathered at Congregation Sons of Israel in Lakewood, N.J., on Tuesday night not to pray, but to learn about new security technologies and hear from law-enforcement experts and others about how...