{"id":244717,"date":"2025-09-21T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/244717\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T20:51:10","slug":"lapd-increases-patrols-ahead-of-jewish-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/244717\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD increases patrols ahead of Jewish holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The city of Los Angeles will increase police patrols around Jewish places of worship this week as the High Holy Days<\/a> begin Monday evening with Rosh Hashanah.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur officers will be visible in neighborhoods, synagogues, schools, and community centers \u2014 not only to deter crime, but also to provide reassurance and partnership,\u201d Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell McDonnell said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n

This summer, the LAPD increased their presence around synagogues and Jewish community centers in response to a rise in anti-semitic attacks across the country<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashana \u2014 the Jewish New Year \u2014 and continue through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which ends at nightfall Oct. 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny and all forms of antisemitism are unacceptable in Los Angeles and we are taking action to protect Jewish Angelenos especially as we head into the High Holy Days,\u201d Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a prepared statement. \u201cThe LAPD is taking proactive, preventative measures. I want to thank the LAPD for their continued efforts and collaboration in protecting our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilshire Boulevard Temple said their congregation is looking \u201cforward to welcoming the New Year together, praying safely and peacefully in our sanctuaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWilshire Boulevard Temple maintains a robust safety and security program with extensive plans and procedures in place,\u201d a temple spokesperson said. \u201cOur staff is well-educated and trained in the appropriate and effective response to threats. We maintain strong working relationships with law enforcement authorities. We are confident that our campuses, schools, and camps are among the best prepared in the country, and we can assure you that the safety of all students, families, faculty, clergy, and staff at Wilshire Boulevard Temple is our highest priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

In June, Los Angeles city officials met with Jewish leaders to address their concerns in response to a nationwide surge in antisemitic attacks following the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023. <\/p>\n

Attacks this year have included the April firebombing of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s home just hours after Shapiro and his family held a Passover Seder.<\/p>\n

In May, a man shot and killed two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum<\/a>. The suspect in that incident shouted, \u201cFree Palestine\u201d as he was arrested, according to charging documents in the case.<\/p>\n

The following month, a man threw Molotov cocktails at a group of people in Boulder, Colo.<\/a> while they demonstrated for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. The Egyptian national injured 12 people and was charged with a hate crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Los Angeles will increase police patrols around Jewish places of worship this week as the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":244718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[130283,1582,276,69888,246,128002,130285,130284,130281,2961,4530,224,2444,5337,2089,8147,25548,11645,6831,130282],"class_list":{"0":"post-244717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-anti-semitic-attack","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-community-center","12":"tag-family","13":"tag-high-holy-days","14":"tag-jewish-new-year","15":"tag-jewish-place","16":"tag-jewish-synagogue","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-lapd","19":"tag-los-angeles","20":"tag-los-angeles-times","21":"tag-losangeles","22":"tag-man","23":"tag-patrol","24":"tag-response","25":"tag-school","26":"tag-staff","27":"tag-wilshire-boulevard-temple"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}