SDJW staff report
The Secure Community Network (SCN) applauds the FBI and law enforcement partners following the arrest of an individual charged with sending at least five interstate antisemitic threat letters that targeted Jewish individuals, organizations, and facilities in South Florida.
Affected organizations and community partners worked together to identify the threats, assess them, and coordinate with affected institutions, the FBI, and other agencies, SCN said in a press release. These efforts helped law enforcement link threats across locations and identify biometric evidence connecting the suspect to the letters.
Community partners included local Federations, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), SCN, and the South Florida Regional Threat Center, a cooperative initiative between the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, the Jewish Federation of Broward County, the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, and SCN to identify threats and incidents, analyze them and work with key partners to address them.
“This case is another example of why strong relationships, timely information sharing, and a unified threat management infrastructure are imperative,” said Michael Masters, SCN National Director & CEO.
“When a threat emerges in one community, we must be able to quickly determine if it connects to activity elsewhere. We are grateful to the FBI and our law enforcement partners for responding quickly and working collaboratively to bring the full picture into focus. The arrest is a welcome development, and it has removed a real threat from our streets. We will remain engaged as the justice process moves forward.”
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Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg, the son of Holocaust survivors, is the rabbi emeritus of Congregation Beth El in Edison, New Jersey, and the author of Theological and Halachich Reflections on the Holocaust.
He has written a circular calling for Jews to employ more stringent self-defense measures. The circular states, in part: “All the prayers and rallies will not help unless we Jews arm ourselves to the teeth. We need to walk and travel in pairs or groups. Avoid the Ivy League schools where there are both professors and students who wish to destroy us.
The fact that millionaires are withdrawing their donations means nothing as that money will be replaced by funds from Arab and Muslim states which wish us harm and the destruction of Israel.
Most probably Facebook will not be happy with this message and put me in Facebook jail. Please consider Aliyah, much of my own family is already there. I am old and not in the best of health, but I fight for Jewish existence day and night.”
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In New Zealand’s Nov. 7 national election, the Electoral Commission has registered “The Palestine Free from the River to the Sea” party, meaning that one-issue party will be doled $79,000 New Zealand dollars to spread its message.
The Australia Jewish Review, which takes an interest in the affairs of its South Pacific neighbors, quoted Juliet Moses on the attitudes of the current ruling parties — National, ACT, and New Zealand First.
She said they collectively have been supportive of the Jewish community’s security. The Harmony Accord, signed at Government House in July 2025, by leaders of the Jewish and Muslim communities, also met with the governing parties’ strong approval.
However, she said, it was the opposite for the Opposition parties, particularly the Green Party, whose co-leader Chloe Swarbrick is adamantly anti-Israel and refuses to engage with members of the Jewish community who are not antizionists.
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Compiled by the staff of San Diego Jewish World.