Tag archive for ‘synagogue security’
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A Badge to Visit Your Rabbi (Video)
Overly earnest security measures can carry a great price. They can make of our synagogues unnecessarily unwelcoming places. I explore that idea in this video post.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Synagogue
When I left New York, I promised myself I would not support the creation of the same type of useless security measures that ultimately devoured my hometown. And now my synagogue wants to create one.
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Jewish with the Drawbridge Pulled Up
There’s a right way and a wrong way for Jewish institutions to welcome visitors. The moment the balance between security and openness starts to close an institution off from the wider community is the moment it gets harder to repair the world.
