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Group activists have committed “some of the most horrific anti-Jewish violence that New York City has seen over the last three years,” said Mitchell Silber of Community Security Initiative.The post

As ongoing threats against the Jewish community continue to rise, a strong partnership between a cadre of volunteers, Jewish security initiatives and local, state and federal law enforcement has thwarted attempts to harm local Jewish communities.

As ongoing threats against the Jewish community continue to rise, a strong partnership between a cadre of volunteers, Jewish security initiatives and local, state and federal law enforcement has thwarted attempts to harm local Jewish communities.

NYPD have increased security at synagogues and other Jewish institutions as a result of the threats and Adams said the extra protection for the city's 1.6 million Jews would continue through Hanukkah

The plot to shoot up a Manhattan synagogue was thwarted by a Jewish online security analyst, who came across chilling tweets foreshadowing the planned attack, and told the NY police department.

The Community Security Initiative of the UJA-Federation of New York sounded the alarm that set off the manhunt that ended in two arrests.

Mitchell Silber of the UJA Federation of New York’s Community Security Initiative said Monday it was his group’s discovery of worrisome tweets that sparked the investigation by the NYPD and FBI.

A Jewish synagogue has come under attack from armed neo-Nazis in New York City’s Midtown Manhattan just before the midnight of November 18, 2022.

Adams and other top officials lauded the role that law enforcement and community groups played in the arrest of Christopher Brown and Matthew Mahrer, but they also laid part of the blame for the life-threatening situation at the feet of social media — for not only giving them, but many others a platform to sow hate-fueled rhetoric and plans.

The incident shows that old-fashioned policing is the best solution to the problem of hate crime.