MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami Beach Police said they have stepped up security across the city following an attack in Colorado that, authorities said, left six people injured.
7News cameras on Sunday night captured officers patrolling synagogues and other locations as a precaution.
Detectives are set to watch their real-time detection center closely as Shavuot, a holiday in which members of Judaism commemorate the Torah, is set to begin on Tuesday.
From the Shul of Bal Harbor to the Yehuda HQ in Miami Beach, officials are set to meet the rise of antisemitism with force.
“This seems to be what is now the routine,” Dennis Kainen, a Jewish American, told 7News. “My mother was born in Poland and left in 1933 when she was five. Everyone in her family was killed in the Holocaust. Words cannot describe how upsetting this is.”
Dennis is the former Florida chair of the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that has been fighting antisemitism for over a century.
In a statement, they said in part:
“This moment must be a wake-up call that the rising tide of antisemitic rhetoric and vitriol online, in person, on college campuses, and throughout our society has consequences.”
“It affects all people of good faith,” said Dennis. “It not only makes people insecure in their own community, in their own home, but it makes people insecure in the spaces where they value peace and tranquility and commune with God.”
The City of Miami Beach posted to social media, saying, “As a precaution, we have augmented our uniformed presence around synagogues and other key locations citywide to help ensure the continued safety and security of our residents and visitors.”
Officials reacted to the rise of antisemitism following the war.
“I’ve had to explain this to my son for 18 months,” said Florida Rep. Randy Fine. “My oldest son has gotten in fights in school since October 7th because he’s Jewish. What I tell them is that my grandmother had nine of her siblings killed in Russia over 100 years ago during a pogrom. This is part of the price that you pay for being Jewish. We’ve had to deal with it since time immemorial. Antisemitism is in the Bible. But what we can’t do is that we can’t give up, we can’t stop fighting, and we can’t stop telling the truth.”
Last month, security was increased in Jewish communities across South Florida following the deaths of two Israeli embassy staff members.
Police stressed there are no known credible threats to the city, but they urge the public to remain vigilant.
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