Jewish communities across the U.S.are ramping up their security measures and emergency preparation ahead of Rosh Hashanah and other High Holidays.Israel's emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, partnered with the U.S.-based Community Security Service to hold trainings for security volunteers at synagogues across the country.
Senior paramedic Aryeh Myers told Fox News Digital that community members remain deeply concerned about a rise in antisemitism."There is this heightened sense of concern, of worry that these attacks are now a question of when rather than if," Myers said in an interview.MARYLAND SYNAGOGUE SUES COUNTY OVER LAW RESTRICTING CONCEALED CARRY NEAR HOUSES OF WORSHIPIsraeli senior paramedic Aryeh Myers trains volunteers on the First 7 Minutes course New York.((Courtesy, Community Security Service))Myers has held First 7 Minutes trainings in the U.S.
and elsewhere with Jewish, Christian and non-religious groups, teaching volunteers how to respond in the minutes after an attack has occurred and before first responders have arrived.His trainings focus on first aid, how to communicate most effectively with first responders and how best to assist them once they do arrive.MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, HATE CRIMES AFTER ALLEGEDLY DISRUPTING SHABBAT SERVICES AT NYC SYNAGOGUEVolunteers receive training on how to respond after a mass-casualty attack.((Courtesy, Community Security Service))"Our expertise is in response to mass casualty events....
We respond on the national level to everything from delivering babies, to terror attacks to war situations," Myers said."The advantage that Magen David Adom brings is unfortunately having that level of experience, that we have seen multiple mass casualty attacks and multi-casualty attacks and have learned from those," he added.ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE ESCALATES AS DEADLY WEAPON ATTACKS SURGE IN 2025: REPORTJewish communities across the globe have faced increasing levels of antisemitism in the years since the October 7 ter...