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Mitchell D. Silber

Feb 27, 2025, 3:34 PM

‘Close call’ vs. ‘call to action’: A US Jewish threat detection system is urgent

Illustrative. Police stationed outside a synagogue after threats to the Jewish community, in New York City, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Local security initiatives have been effective at protecting the community, but trusting in luck is risky; we need a systematic network of protection

About Me

Mitchell D. Silber directed the New York Police Department’s Intelligence Analysis Unit from 2007 to 2012 and has served as the Executive Director of the Community Security Initiative, a joint program of the UJA-Federation of New York and Jewish Community Relations Council of New York since 2020.