It’s been seven years since Scott Nussinow became the chair of a new safety and security committee at Temple Shalom, a Jewish synagogue in Auburn, and started thinking of ways to make the congregation safer. The committee formally launched after a shooting at a California synagogue on the last day of Passover in 2019, not long after 11 people were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh...
The narrative presented in this article isn’t just reporting a series of security incidents; it’s constructing a narrative of sustained, escalating vulnerability within the Jewish community – a carefully calibrated fear campaign. The initial framing—following the immediate aftermath of 2019—serves as a “motte-and-bailey” tactic, establishing a baseline of threat perception that then justifies subsequent actions, like the push for state funding. The emphasis on rising hate crimes, boosted by the ...