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A gate with a Star of David on it. Credit:
Shutterstock/Peter Ekvall.

Homeland Security advice: During High Holidays, worshippers should feel safe but be vigilant

“No member of any community should be worried when they go to observe their faith,” says Samantha Vinograd, assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

September 13, 2023

Nathan Diament, the Orthodox Union's executive director of public policy, speaks alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at a New York City press conference calling for an increase in funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $360 million, so more synagogues, other houses of worship and nonprofits at risk of attack can improve building security, Jan. 26, 2022. Credit: Orthodox Union.

Proposed slashes to US security-grant program cause concern across aisle

“We’re going to be fighting over the next few weeks to make sure there isn’t a cut,” said Nathan Diament, executive director of the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center.

August 2, 2023

Ukrainian refugees. Credit: Avishag Yashuv/IFCJ.

Jewish groups ask Homeland Security to re-parole Ukrainian refugees

The legal status of some 20,000 Ukrainians in the United States is in jeopardy.

March 1, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden relaunches the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Feb. 15, 2021. Source: Twitter.

White House faith-based office turns two years old

Administration touts record on religion. • Across the aisle, the record looks different.

February 21, 2023

Part of an ancient Assyrian incense spoon recently handed over to the Palestinian Authority by U.S. officials. Source: Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

An ancient spoon stirs American mischief against Israel

The Department of Homeland Security has internalized the Palestinian big lie.

Melanie Phillips

January 12, 2023

The 2,700-year-old cosmetic spoon that the U.S. gave to the Palestinian Authority. Credit: Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

US spoon-feeds the Palestinian Authority a looted artifact

As the U.S. lauds the event as a “historic repatriation,” there is no indication as to what makes this object culturally Palestinian.

January 6, 2023

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas at a celebration for Israel’s 74th Independence Day held at a grand atrium of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 12, 2022. Photo by Dmitriy Shapiro.

Department of Homeland Security appoints 25 members to new Faith-Based Security Advisory Council

“These prominent faith and law enforcement leaders will help us build and strengthen the community partnerships that are so vital to our mission success,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

September 22, 2022

The official flag of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Credit: United States Department of Homeland Security via Wikimedia Commons.

House subcommittee OKs more security funding for houses of worship

The funding bill is an increase of $110 million from the 2022 fiscal year.

June 17, 2022

The exterior of a synagogue featuring a locked door. Credit: Elena Dijour/Shutterstock.

Ahead of Passover, Homeland Security steps up effort to protect Jewish facilities and congregants

From the practical (a training session called “Until Help Arrives”) to the professional (DHS provides protective security advisers across the country), a security expert offers sound advice to taken to ensure that this Passover is a safe one for American Jews.

March 30, 2022