B"H
I know it is late to ask, but does your synagogue have an emergency plan? Do you know it? Is there someone assigned to get Torahs to safety, another to get the children out of harm's way? What about the elderly and infirm?
Do you know where all the exits are? Do you know where the fire extinguisher is? Is there someone in your synagogue who packs concealed heat?
Is your Gabbay ready to affirm someone is new or out of place?
When you go into synagogue, look around and make sure you have a plan to get out of there fast. Know you can use siddurs, books, and other objects as missiles to make a gunman protect his face for a second. Know a fire extinguisher, directed carefully at someone's face can stop them, then be used to knock them unconscious.
Make sure someone knows how to turn off the gas and electric in case of emergency.
Be safe. If your synagogue doesn't have a plan, or if you don't know what it is--educate yourselves. The time is now.
M
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HEZ SEEKS 'OPEN WAR' THREAT SPURS US SYNAGOGUE ALERT
By ANDY SOLTIS
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152008/news/worldnews/hez_seeks_open_war_threat_spurs_us_synag_97749.htm
February 15, 2008 -- The FBI and NYPD put their terror squads on alert after Hezbollah's leader declared "open war" against Israeli targets around the world yesterday in response to a car bombing in Syria that killed the group's master terrorist.
Israel put its military and embassies on high alert and warned Jewish institutions worldwide to prepare for retaliation from the Shiite terrorist group.
The FBI has ordered its nationwide terror task forces to be on the alert for any threats against synagogues and other Jewish buildings that could be targets in the United States. There have been no specific threats.
One law-enforcement official said such a high-priority order is not often issued to joint terrorism task forces.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said patrols were increased at the Israeli mission and consulate because of the threat.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding to say Israel had provoked a new war because of the death of his top commander, Imad Mughniyeh.
"Mughniyeh's blood will lead to the elimination of Israel," Nasrallah vowed in a funeral eulogy in Beirut heard by tens of thousands of mourners.
Israelis take his threats seriously.
In 2006, shortly after Nasrallah threatened to free Lebanese prisoners in Israel, Hezbollah fighters raided northern Israel, triggering a border war that lasted 34 days.
Yesterday, Nasrallah said Israel had escalated matters by blowing up Mughniyeh in Syria, beyond the "natural battlefield" of Israel and Lebanon.
"With this murder, its timing, location and method - Zionists, if you want this kind of open war, let the whole world listen: Let this war be open," Nasrallah declared.
"At your service, Nasrallah!" the crowd shouted back.
Meanwhile, at a Damascus memorial service, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal called for the Arab world to unite against Israel.
Officials in Jerusalem denied responsibility for the slaying - but Israeli analysts said it showed that no terrorist is safe.
Mughniyeh had not been seen in 15 years and was believed to be disguised by plastic surgery.
An authoritative Arab-language newspaper, al-Hayat, said Mughniyeh slipped into Syria Tuesday under an assumed name so that even Syrian officials didn't know he was there.
Yet within a few hours, he was dead.
Mughniyeh had a $5 million US bounty on his head dating back to the 1980s attacks he orchestrated, when he was the world's most-wanted terrorist.
Former CIA official Bruce Riedel said Israel's Mossad spy agency appeared to have carried out the Mughniyeh hit.
"This is a significant operation, whether or not the Israelis want to publicly admit to it," he told the Yediot Ahronoth newspaper.
Nasrallah, who has been in hiding for years, must be worried, he added.
HEZ SEEKS 'OPEN WAR' THREAT SPURS US SYNAGOGUE ALERT
By ANDY SOLTIS
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152008/news/worldnews/hez_seeks_open_war_threat_spurs_us_synag_97749.htm
February 15, 2008 -- The FBI and NYPD put their terror squads on alert after Hezbollah's leader declared "open war" against Israeli targets around the world yesterday in response to a car bombing in Syria that killed the group's master terrorist.
Israel put its military and embassies on high alert and warned Jewish institutions worldwide to prepare for retaliation from the Shiite terrorist group.
The FBI has ordered its nationwide terror task forces to be on the alert for any threats against synagogues and other Jewish buildings that could be targets in the United States. There have been no specific threats.
One law-enforcement official said such a high-priority order is not often issued to joint terrorism task forces.
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said patrols were increased at the Israeli mission and consulate because of the threat.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding to say Israel had provoked a new war because of the death of his top commander, Imad Mughniyeh.
"Mughniyeh's blood will lead to the elimination of Israel," Nasrallah vowed in a funeral eulogy in Beirut heard by tens of thousands of mourners.
Israelis take his threats seriously.
In 2006, shortly after Nasrallah threatened to free Lebanese prisoners in Israel, Hezbollah fighters raided northern Israel, triggering a border war that lasted 34 days.
Yesterday, Nasrallah said Israel had escalated matters by blowing up Mughniyeh in Syria, beyond the "natural battlefield" of Israel and Lebanon.
"With this murder, its timing, location and method - Zionists, if you want this kind of open war, let the whole world listen: Let this war be open," Nasrallah declared.
"At your service, Nasrallah!" the crowd shouted back.
Meanwhile, at a Damascus memorial service, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal called for the Arab world to unite against Israel.
Officials in Jerusalem denied responsibility for the slaying - but Israeli analysts said it showed that no terrorist is safe.
Mughniyeh had not been seen in 15 years and was believed to be disguised by plastic surgery.
An authoritative Arab-language newspaper, al-Hayat, said Mughniyeh slipped into Syria Tuesday under an assumed name so that even Syrian officials didn't know he was there.
Yet within a few hours, he was dead.
Mughniyeh had a $5 million US bounty on his head dating back to the 1980s attacks he orchestrated, when he was the world's most-wanted terrorist.
Former CIA official Bruce Riedel said Israel's Mossad spy agency appeared to have carried out the Mughniyeh hit.
"This is a significant operation, whether or not the Israelis want to publicly admit to it," he told the Yediot Ahronoth newspaper.
Nasrallah, who has been in hiding for years, must be worried, he added.
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