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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Find out why this Canadian cityâs Jewish Federation just joined an American security network
Description: Hamiltonâs Jewish community agenciesâincluding synagogues, schools and campsâspent the evening of Jan. 20 learning new security protocols to handle antisemitic protests, vandalism and terrorist attacks. The âGuardian Trainingâ session was part of Hamiltonâs new membership in the U.S.-based Secure Community Network (SCN) program, run by the New York-based Jewish Federations of North America. Hamilton is the first Canadian Jewish community to join this network.
Hamilton received hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding for the next three years, and quickly used part of it to hire a former local police commander as their new regional sec...