As Religious Tensions Rise, Synagogues and Other Houses of Worship in Maine Look to Beef up Security

As religious tensions rise, houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

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 in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American …

As religious tensions rise, synagogues and other houses of worship in Maine look to beef up security

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 in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American …

As religious tensions rise, Maine houses of worship beef up security

Zach Schwartz, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council at the Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine, describes the security measures in place at the JCA building in Portland. Attendees can’t get through the interior doors without ringing a doorbell to be let in. Photo by Joseph Ciembroniewicz.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…