Community Security Initiative

89% of all bomb threats against Jewish spaces targeted synagogues. Every Jewish New Yorker should feel safe going to synagogue for Shabbat. 

CSI strengthens synagogues, JCCs, and other community spaces with threat monitoring, physical security assessments, active-threat training, guard placement, security infrastructure upgrades, and rapid coordination with its local and global law enforcement partners. 

In 2025, CSI escalated over 221 high-threat flags (suggesting there is a real risk), with about 10% targeting New York institutions. 

In the New York area, more than 4 out of 5 Jewish adults are concerned about antisemitism in K-12 schools. No parent should be anxious about sending their first grader to day school.   

CSI prepares Jewish day schools and early childhood centers for today’s security challenges with hands-on support: vulnerability assessments, secured access points, active-threat trainings, emergency planning, and direct guidance on how to keep students and staff safe.  

In 2024, CSI completed 237 terrorism vulnerability assessments — a critical step in helping schools access over $53 million in federal and state security funding.

Of those Jews in the New York area concerned about antisemitism, 40% have reconsidered their choice of educational or summer program for their children. Tweens shouldn’t feel worried about meeting and hanging out with new friends. 

CSI provides summer camp security support across rural upstate New York and beyond, offering camp-specific safety guidance, threat briefings, and staff training, including situational awareness and crisis response.  

In 2024, CSI trained nearly 2,900 people across 117 sessions with a growing focus on keeping campers safe. 

New York college campuses saw a 163% increase in antisemitic incidents in 2024 with a marked 41% increase at Hillels. Jewish students should feel at ease walking to Hillel. 

CSI supports Jewish and pro-Israel students on New York campuses with threat monitoring, real-time intelligence escalation, self-defense training, and security planning for high-risk events — such as Shabbat dinners and other gatherings that may draw protest or hostility.  

Since launching its national Campus Security Program, CSI protects 33 campuses across the East Coast against credible threats.

In 2024, there was an 11% increase in antisemitic activity at business establishments, including Jewish owned businesses. Employees and business owners should feel confident being openly Jewish.

CSI supports Jewish professionals and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) with tailored antisemitism trainings, legal and DEI consultations, emergency planning for workplace events, and identity-based conflict and harassment reporting tools. 

In 2025, CSI expanded its support to Jewish ERGs across New York and helped launch new security protocols in workplaces that had never considered them before.

In the New York metro area, 86% of Jewish New Yorkers are concerned about antisemitism. Community members should be comfortable going to local Jewish events. 

Through a sophisticated surveillance system that alerts CSI and local partners of suspicious activity within seconds, CSI uses cutting-edge CCTV technology to help protect heavily Jewish neighborhoods in New York City.  

In Crown Heights, Brooklyn — a hotspot neighborhood — CSI’s Neighborhood Overwatch program has deployed 42 AI-powered surveillance cameras leading to arrests in multiple hate-crime cases. There is potential expansion into the Bronx, Queens, and to additional Brooklyn neighborhoods. 

74% of Jewish New Yorkers believe antisemitism is rising in the New York area. No one, from our littles to eldest, should have to second-guess whether it’s safe to get out of the house to live a vibrant, fulfilling Jewish life.  

CSI’s work is woven into every part of Jewish communal life from active threat detection to training clergy and staff, preparing event security plans, and advising institutions on communication during emergencies.   

For Jewish communities in New York and Connecticut, 521 events were monitored in 2025, providing proactive threat assessment and real-time security intelligence.