Utah Jews have had to beef up their security — as have many Jewish synagogues across the country — in the face of rising antisemitism.
Sadly, it also has become a time for all rabbis to worry about security at their synagogues amid a rise in antisemitism.
Cantor Wendy Bat-Sarah and Rabbi Samuel Spector at Congregation Kol Ami in Salt Lake City in 2019. The synagogue is ramping up security for High Holy Days. The congregation is spending a half-million dollars in the next few years to beef up the synagogue’s security features, including a wall around the sacred structure’s perimeter, ballistic film on the windows and additional cameras.
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