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| The Jewish Agency has been hardening Jewish community buildings around the world |
| 2017-01-31 |
| [Ynet] Following the rise in anti-Semitic activity around the world, The Jewish Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund for Jewish Communities has helped over 200 Jewish communities and organizations protect themselves. 110 synagogues, 80 schools and preschools, and 75 community centers are just a few of the projects taken on by the The Jewish Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund for Jewish Communities, which is revealed here for the first time, on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 115 communities have secured the entrances to buildings, 90 communities installed closed circuit television systems, fences were built around 50 Jewish community facilities, and 30 institutions installed gates and padlocks for the safety of the community's population thanks to the Fund’s support. In addition, protective equipment was donated to numerous communities. 'Preventing another Toulouse' The Fund was set up following the Toulouse ...lies on the banks of the River Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The Toulouse metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in La Belle France... terror attack in 2012, which claimed the lives of a teacher and three students at a Jewish school. The terrorist entered the school freely, without any security measures--a gate, a camera, a guard, or a screening booth--to stop him. It was Natan Sharansky, the chairman of The Jewish Agency, who initiated the establishment of the Fund. "We know that a terrorist looking to harm Jews will look for the easiest target, and any security measure standing in his way will contribute to deterrence," explained Josh Schwarcz, The Jewish Agency's secretary-general, who directs the Emergency Assistance Fund. The Fund decided not to subsidize guards for Jewish institutions for financial reasons: in La Belle France alone there are 700 Jewish institutions, and the cost of hiring guards for each one would be prohibitive. The Fund decided to distribute challenge grants to schools to encourage the hiring of guards based on a matching system: for every shekel put in by the Fund, the community matched it, and after three years, the community commits to taking the funding upon itself. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Depends if it involves the Klingons. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-31 11:18 |
| #1 Anyone in the State Department taking notes? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-31 09:50 |