The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) on Sunday announced a $54 million campaign to secure its affiliated institutions across the United States in the facing of rising antisemitism.
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The LiveSecure initiative will over the next three years provide funding for community security initiatives at all of the umbrella group's 146 Federations in the US. Currently 45 Federations have security initiatives.
The announcement was made at JFNA's annual General Assembly, held virtually for the second consecutive year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"Together through our LiveSecure campaign, we are working to make sure that the entire Federation system has undertaken this task, and that all of them can continue to upgrade their efforts to meet the new risks and adapt newly-developed best practices in security," Jewish Federations CEO Eric Fingerhut said.
Speakers at the General Assembly included Israeli President Isaac Herzog; former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley; Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), vice chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security; and Israeli singer Edene Alene, who made it to the Eurovision semifinals.
"We are sitting on a powder keg of antisemitism, and the Jewish community and all of us cannot afford to be complacent," Torres said. "All of us in public life have an obligation to speak out forcefully against extremism, no matter what form it takes."
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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