Empower and Protect Your Synagogue or Event with CSS – A Key CSI Partner

In light of ongoing tensions in the Middle East and recent attacks on Jewish institutions in D.C. and Colorado, the need for more proactive security is clear.

Over the past few years, CSI has partnered with the Community Security Service (CSS), a 501(c)(3) that specializes in training and empowering community members to help protect their synagogues, organizations, and events.

From my perspective, leading the Community Security Initiative, I cannot overstate the value of having trained volunteers amplify the efforts of paid security and law enforcement. Our team has introduced CSS training to dozens of synagogues and regularly relies on CSS volunteers to help secure community events.

CSS offers best-in-class training and expertise in community-based, volunteer-driven security. Its proven model protects hundreds of Jewish institutions and events every week. We work directly with CSS’s leadership and volunteers to respond to threats identified by our intelligence team. If your organization has not yet requested any of CSS’s free services to complement your current security setup, I strongly encourage you to do so now.

Here’s how you can engage CSS:

●  Request a congregation-wide situational awareness or usher and greeter training

●  Request support to form a trained and insured volunteer security team made up of members of your congregation

●  Request professional-grade CSS ROAM teams to help secure your Jewish event

●  Sign up yourself to become a volunteer through CSS’s synagogue or event programs

This is more than training—it’s a movement of empowerment, protection, and service. CSS is fully integrated with CSI’s work. Together, we can build a safer, more resilient Jewish community.

Sincerely,
Mitch Silber, Executive Director
Community Security Initiative