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Source: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-855641
Dozens of Anti-Jewish Terror Plots in North America Have Been Foiled since Oct. 7
(Jerusalem Post) Zvika Klein - The quiet work of community security directors and federal agents has derailed "tens - perhaps dozens - of potentially fatal attacks" on Jewish institutions in North America since Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, Eric Fingerhut, president and chief executive of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), told the Jerusalem Post this week. The former congressman said plots had been uncovered in multiple states against synagogues, day schools and public events. "These cases never reached the headlines because the perpetrators were intercepted first," he noted. Before the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, "only a handful of communities employed full-time security directors. Today, 130 of our 140 federations do, and the remaining few will fill those posts before year-end." The endeavor relies heavily on the U.S. Non-Profit Security Grant Program, whose annual budget has risen from $10 million a decade ago to $500 million, funding reinforced doors, perimeter lighting, and alarm systems. Despite heightened anxiety, JFNA polling shows the "Oct. 8 surge" in synagogue attendance, Hebrew-school enrolment and volunteerism remains robust. "People are leaning in, not retreating," Fingerhut observed.