safety concerns Archives – Jewish Journal

Risk and Responsibility: How Parents Can Teach Kids to be Safe Online

Bob Gorman January 19, 2018

Synagogues in Brussels shuttered amid highest state of alert

Jewish Journal November 23, 2015

Synagogues in Brussels were advised to remain shuttered over the weekend after Belgian authorities ordered the country’s capital to remain on the highest state of alert.

Some fear refugee center planned for Amsterdam’s Jewish heart

Jewish Journal October 27, 2015

In Buitenveldert, a quiet residential area of the Dutch capital, special forces soldiers are watching over a Jewish school from inside unmarked cars.

‘Magic Kippa’ designed for attack-wary observant Jews

Jewish Journal January 23, 2015

The Associated Press reported today that, in response to the increasing numbers of anti-Semitic attacks in Europe, an Israeli barber has designed yarmulkes that blend in with the wearer’s hair.

Among some Jews, little faith in French authorities

Jewish Journal January 12, 2015

When he heard that four Jews had died in an attack on a kosher supermarket near his home, 16-year-old Natan Kalifa was overcome with grief, anger and a feeling of exclusion from French society.