Over the past year the Jewish have been targets of hate crimes. 2018 had the second highest amount of Anti-Semitic incidents.
In Massachusetts alone, there were fifty-eight cities that recorded at least one Anti-Semitic incident. Massachusetts had the fourth highest number of incidents per state in the country.
(144) California had (341), New York (340) and New Jersey (200).
Many Synagogues are open 24/7, giving all-day access. In addition, they openly welcome big groups of people, which can trigger crowd-related security issues.
These issues create the need for Synagogues to plan and implement security policies and procedures.
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