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CSI Press and Updates

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CSI Regional Security Directors. Please contact members of the team.

Security Grants Updates. CSI’s guidance, tutorials and videos for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) and the NY State Securing Communities against Hate Crimes grant programs.

Post-grant Assistance. Tips for once a grant is awarded for contracting and procurement.

Summer Camp Security Initiative. CSI can enhance security at summer camps to help develop Emergency Operations Plans, among other services.

CSI Trainings. CSI provides a range of training for your staff, leadership, and constituencies.

CSI Security and Emergency Resources. Download a broad range of tips and guidance.

Consultants’ Corner Archives. Review past CSI episodes to learn next steps after you receive a grant, how to ensure your security installations achieve your goals, and how to navigate the complex process.

Cybersecurity. CSI provides a cybersecurity assessment and a cybersecurity training for your organization.

Register for the upcoming Pre-Camp Security Briefing training on May 6th

This is the next training in CSI’s new monthly training series (first Tuesday of every month) providing varied and timely training topics as well as threat and grant updates.

From Alert to Action: How CSI-NY Prevented a Synagogue Attack with Flashpoint

Flashpoint.io
April 3, 2025

Community Security Initiative Hosts 2nd Annual Pre-Pesach Security Briefing in Rockland County

The Monsey Scoop
April 3, 2025

CSI Hosts Pre-Passover Security Briefing

This training event is the first of a series of training sessions that CSI will host on the first Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. Eastern.
April 1, 2025

Utah Man Who Thought He Was ‘Hitler Reincarnated’ Charged with Hate Crimes for Threatening N.Y.C. Synagogue

People
March 6, 2025

‘Close call’ vs. ‘call to action’: A US Jewish threat detection system is urgent

The Times of Israel
February 27, 2025

Cops detain Utah man who posted about storming NYC synagogue

Jewish News Service
February 16, 2025

Suspect arrested upon entering New York after threatening synagogue

The Times of Israel
February 16, 2025

Man who threatened to shoot up synagogue arrested on N.J. side of Lincoln Tunnel, cops say

NJ.com
February 15, 2025

Man accused of making threats to shoot up Manhattan synagogue stopped at Lincoln Tunnel: sources

ABC 7 Eyewitness News
February 15, 2025

Anti-Israel protester gets wrist-slap for trying to ID ‘Zionists’ on packed NYC subway train

New York Post
February 5, 2025

NYPD Confidential: Inside America’s Most Unconventional Counterterror Squad

Vanity Fair
February 3, 2025

Joint Statement on the New Orleans Attack

Jewish Federations of North America, the Secure Community Network, ADL, Community Security Initiative-NY, and Community Security Service
January 1, 2025

Man Who Bought a Gun to ‘Shoot Up a Synagogue’ Is Sentenced to 10 Years

The New York Times
November 20, 2024

Pro-Hamas messages intensify on college campuses

The Washington Post
November 10, 2024

Jewish leaders in Chicago applaud charges of terrorism, hate crimes against antisemitic shooter

Jewish Insider (paywall)
November 4, 2024

Senator Bill Weber’s Nonprofit Security Funding Seminar Enables Organizations to Apply for Millions in Security Funding

The Monsey Scoop
November 1, 2024

October 2024

How to Dismantle and Disrupt the Anti-Jewish, Pro-Terror Forces at Columbia University

Jewish Link
October 31, 2024

ADL Commends 10 Colleges and Universities for Efforts Made to Fight Campus Antisemitism

ADL.org
October 30, 2024

Experts warn of growing radicalization among anti-Israel groups on US university campuses

All Israel News
October 23, 2024

Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn

The Times of Israel
October 20, 2024

NYPD increases security at synagogues after Iranian missile attack on Israel

New York Daily News
October 1, 2024

CSI’s High Holiday Security Briefing 2024

September 26, 2024

Man pleads guilty to planning terror shooting on NYC synagogue in 2022

The Times of Israel
September 19, 2024

Major City Jewish Security Directors Summit Held in NY Days After Failed Alleged Attack Against Jews

The Jewish Voice
September 12, 2024

Protesters at Baruch College call to ‘bring the war home’ at rally targeting campus Hillel

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
August 26, 2024

July-August 2024

This Lido Beach resident was recognized by Oceanside’s Friedberg JCC

Long Island Herald
July 12, 2024

Hate Crime Hits Small Jewish Community Cemetery

JewishPress.com
June 26, 2024

June 2024

May 2024

Critical Pre-Pesach Security Briefing Held for Rockland County Community Leaders

RocklandDaily.com
April 17, 2024

A View from the CT Foxhole: Mitchell D. Silber, Executive Director, Community Security Initiative

CTC Sentinel
March 2024

March 2024

Boro Park Holds First-Ever Security Summit to Assist Shuls With Security Grant

BoroPark 24
March 2024

Read our cybersecurity purchase guide for Grantees

February 2024

15 synagogues in NYC area receive false bomb threats: officials

New York Post
December 1, 2023

Jewish Schools Around New York City Are Hiring Armed Guards

Curbed
November 7, 2023

Amid a Wave of Antisemitic Hate Crimes, a New York Unit Offers a Model of Resistance

Vanity Fair
September 19, 2023

July 8, 2023

Security Initiative Funds New Crown Heights Shmira Patrol Car

COLlive.com
June 22, 2023

April 14, 2023

March 14, 2023

November 29, 2022

How a Jewish Group’s Online Surveillance Uncovered a Synagogue Plot

The New York Times
November 22, 2022

September 30, 2022

Rockland Jewish organization starts security program to combat rising antisemitism

Rockland/Westchester Journal News
July 28, 2022

Jewish interest in active shooter trainings soared after recent attacks

STL Jewish Light
July 12, 2022

In wake of antisemitism spike, here’s how Jewish institutions should be thinking about security

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
June 14, 2021

Facing an increased threat environment, Jewish Security Groups collaborate to secure the Jewish Community of Greater NYC

SecurityInfoWatch.com
September 15, 2020