JCRC-NY Security Alert List
JCRC-NY cooperates with the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the NYPD to provide security alerts to Jewish organization when the need arises. Join the JCRC-NY group below. The latest alerts are posted on the JCRC-NY Security & Emergency Preparedness Blog above. Visit the JCRC Security blog here.
Security Information and Resources
JCRC-NY has a library of materials to assist in your institution's security and emergency planning. Find our resource library here.
Nonprofit Security Grant Program
See the latest information on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Nonprofit Security Grant Program and guidance from the JCRC here.
Security and Emergency Preparedness Training for Organizations
JCRC-NY partners with the DHS, the FBI, the NYPD, the NYC Office of Health and Mental Health, the NYC Office of Emergency Management and John Jay College of Criminal Justice to provide a broad array of trainings to promote organizational preparedness. JCRC-NY, with our partners, provides training workshops for
organizations within the Jewish community and beyond (in conjunction
with Intergroup Relations/CAUSE-NY). Past offerings include:
introduction to all-hazards planning, security awareness, detecting
hostile surveillance, developing evacuation and lockdown plans and securing your synagogue during the High Holidays. To develop custom trainings for your organization contact Security & Emergency Planning.
With 9/11 lessons and other disasters in mind, JCRC-NY partnered with John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Jewish Federations of
North America to develop Emergency Planning: Disaster and Crisis Response Systems for Jewish Organizations. The manual provides guidance using scenario-based planning for all-hazards emergency preparedness for nonprofit organizations. View or download
Personal, Household and Community Preparedness
JCRC-NY partners with the American Red Cross of Greater New York (ARC-NY) to promote personal, household and community preparedness. Several JCRC-NY staff members are trained as members of the ARC-NY Disaster Reserve and certified as trainers in various topics, including Ready NY. The JCRC-NY/ARC-NY partnership: encourages organizations to offer workshops to teach individuals how to prepare for emergencies – in English and Russian; recruits New Yorkers to train as shelter volunteers in the event of an emergency; and works to ensure that emergency responders are able to provide culturally competent disaster services in Jewish communities and to all New Yorkers.
Hate Crimes
Hate crimes have a special effect on our society. They are crimes that transcend their immediate victims and can weaken or even rend the very fabric of our society. They are contagious. Racial slurs beget more racial slurs, swastikas beget additional swastikas, and nooses beget other nooses. JCRC-NY believes that the serious investigation and prosecution of hate crimes is the most effective tool to combat hate crimes. By forcefully speaking out, community leaders can set the tone that hate crimes will not be tolerated.
JCRC-NY testified to the NYC Council on hate crimes. The testimony describes JCRC-NY's strategies and long term partnership with law enforcement agencies and prosecutors dealing with hate crimes. Read JCRC-NY's Testimony (PDF)
JCRC-NY's Partners in Security and Emergency Preparedness
- American Red Cross of Greater New York
- FBI
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- NYC - OEM - Office of Emergency Management
- NYC - Citizens Corps Council
- NYPD Shield
- JVOAD - Jewish Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters
- NVOAD - National Voluntary Organziations Active in Disasters
- US Department of Homeland Security
Questions
Contact Security & Emergency Planning
