“When you combine resources, you can connect the dots between what might appear to be unrelated incidents of antisemitism,” said Jeffrey I. Abrams of the Anti-Defamation League.
LOS ANGELES — Two leading Jewish organizations announced a security alliance Wednesday in an effort to help law enforcement prevent and combat an increase in antisemitic incidents in Southern California.
According to the Alliance, recent threats to the Southern California Jewish community include a spate of “swatting” incidents this month targeting local synagogues, the Pico-Robertson shootings in February, and the“When you combine resources, you can connect the dots between what might appear to be unrelated incidents of antisemitism and paint a clearer picture of the challenges we face as a community,” Jeffrey I. Abrams, regional director of ADL Los Angeles, said in a statement.
The Community Security Service, a leading Jewish volunteer security organization, has signed on as the first partner organization, according to the Alliance. The Alliance plans to hire an intelligence analyst to work with both ADL’s Center on Extremism and the Jewish Federation’s Community Security Initiative. The expert will focus on detecting, tracking and analyzing physical threats, hate incidents and extremist trends as well as collecting and analyzing data to help shape prevention efforts.
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