Israelis Likely to Keep Waiting in Long US Visa Lines in Sherman vs. Boxer

By Pini Herman
Published on April 15, 2013

Israel to host homeland security conference

Published on November 1, 2012

Delegates from more than 50 countries will gather in Tel Aviv for a homeland security conference. Cyber security, critical infrastructure protection and emergency management will be the focus of the Nov. 11-14 International Conference for Homeland Security, according to Israel 21c.

Israel shows off its homeland security technologies to international visitors

Published on May 14, 2012

Israel’s security technologies were on display as the country hosted two separate international contingents.

Homeland Security official briefs Jewish leaders after Toulouse

Published on March 22, 2012

A top Homeland Security official briefed Jewish groups in the wake of the deadly attack in Toulouse, France.

Napolitano to Jewish leaders: No imminent threat of attack

Published on February 9, 2012

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and top U.S. security officials told Jewish community leaders there is no imminent threat of an attack on Jewish targets in the United States.

White House to name new Jewish liaison

Published on September 26, 2011

The Obama administration reportedly is set to name Jarrod Bernstein, an official with the Department of Homeland Security, as its new Jewish community liaison.

Forward analysis: Jewish groups get most security grants

Published on September 13, 2011

Most Homeland Security grants have gone to Jewish institutions in the six years since the program was instituted, a Forward analysis has discovered.

Homeland Security to give $15 million to Jewish groups for security

Published on August 23, 2011

The U.S. Homeland Security Dept. will providing about $15 million in grants to Jewish communal organizations and institutions considered vulnerable to attack.

U.S. immigration includes Israel on watch list

Published on July 1, 2011

Israel is on a list compiled by U.S. immigration authorities of countries that might harbor terrorists.

Jewish leaders meet with Homeland Security Chief Napolitano

Published on June 15, 2011

Jewish leaders met with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano about the community’s partnership in a new public awareness campaign. The Jewish Federations of North America and the Security Community Network (SCN) have joined the Department of Homeland Security in the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign, according to the department.

Jewish groups criticize hearings on Muslims

Published on March 10, 2011

A number of Jewish groups have expressed concern at congressional hearings on terrorism that focus on Islam. "Homegrown Muslim extremists pose a real threat to the United States, but the issue is one that may be difficult to explore seriously in a hearing that has engendered an unfortunate atmosphere of blame and suspicion of the broader American Muslim community," the Anti-Defamation League said in its statement on the hearings opening Thursday under the auspices of the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.). "We need to be careful not to single out an entire community for special scrutiny or suspicion."

Why Congressman Peter King is making a mistake

Published on March 9, 2011

We are, respectively, an imam and an Orthodox rabbi. Last month, our two congregations initiated a series of joint gatherings to enable our people to get to know one another, and study our respective sacred texts together. We were motivated simply by the recognition that the histories and the destinies of our peoples are inextricably intertwined, and that in a vacuum of genuine personal knowledge and understanding of one another, terrible, regrettable things can occur. Ignorance is the oxygen that feeds suspicion, mistrust, and enmity, and relationship is the antidote.

Homeland Security in Chicago to beef up Jewish security

Published on November 1, 2010

Agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are in Chicago to beef up security at Jewish institutions.

Homeland security releases new funds to non-profits

Published on July 16, 2010

The Department of Homeland Security released $19 million to secure non-profits, the vast majority Jewish.

Will the Democrats cave on telecom immunity?

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on June 19, 2008

Shooting at the Seattle Federation—one year later

By JewishJournal.com
Published on August 2, 2007

Israeli puppies walk the beat with L.A. sheriffs

By Merissa Nathan Gerson
Published on June 14, 2007

Ami is a yellow Labrador from Pups for Peace, an Israeli organization founded in Los Angeles that trains dogs for counter-terrorism work. He is one of four dogs the group has supplied from Israel to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's Transit Services Bureau as part of a pilot program in California.

Trio of films offers eclectic choices: sea, spies, punk

Published on September 28, 2006

Trio of films offers eclectic choices.

Controverisal Israeli security approach takes flight in U.S.

By Sam Ser
Published on September 21, 2006

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, air travel has become infinitely less pleasant. But has it become any less dangerous?

Ex-Iran President’s U.S. Visit Is Slap in the Face

By Pooya Dayanim
Published on September 7, 2006

The issuance of a U.S. visa to Mohammad Khatami, former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran until he was succeeded by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Khatami's presence this week on
U.S. soil, is an insult to the American people, a slap in the face to Iran's pro-democracy movement, a mockery of the immigration and anti-terrorism laws and a continuation of the schizophrenic nonpolicy of the U.S. State Department.

Community Briefs

By David Finnigan
Published on February 23, 2006

Even with Republican sponsors and a largely Republican audience, the panelists at a recent discussion on Steven Spielberg's "Munich" covered most of the spectrum from left to right.

Disaster Exposes Government Failures

By James D. Besser
Published on September 8, 2005

President Bush and Congress talk a good game when it comes to homeland security, but the tragic truth is that the country is less able to cope with disasters than before Sept. 11, 2001. The proof is on the flood-ravaged streets of New Orleans, where an unprecedented natural disaster quickly produced violent anarchy and a flaccid government response that multiplied the suffering.

For all the money thrown at preparing for massive terror attacks and other disasters, the new Department of Homeland Security looked more like a Third World bureaucracy, as armed gangs roamed the city and people died for lack of food, water, sanitation and medical supplies.

Israel’s Homeland Security: Lessons Learned, Lessons Shared

By Rep. Jane Harman
Published on September 19, 2002

Over Labor Day weekend, I stared across the Israeli-Lebanese border at yellow Hezbollah flags and a large billboard with the horrifying image of a beheaded Israeli.