Many U.S. synagogues are turning to trainings led by security experts amid a recent surge in antisemitic incidents.
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Imagesin antisemitic incidents, many U.S. synagogues are increasingly turning to trainings led by security experts who can advise on what to do if there's a violent threat on the premises.
Following antisemitic incidents, the organization tends to see "big spikes" in requests for these trainings, a spokesperson told ABC News. A Texas rabbi credited a training with knowing how to respond when an armed suspect took four congregants hostage at a Colleyville synagogue last January. The hostages escaped and the suspect was fatally shot by police after a standoff.
"It's hard. It's very hard and it's kind of discombobulating sometimes, but I feel like it's one of the things that comes with the territory, sort of as being a Jewish person in the world today. But that's where the training comes in. So you have to kind of remind yourself, 'I am safe.' And then you can let yourself into the moment," she continued.
At one point in the synagogue’s history, the building was vandalized with a graffiti swastika in an incident that stoked fear among the community, a congregant said. But there haven’t been any threats or acts of violence targeting the synagogue, according to local police.
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