When armed security is not an option

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The Historic Boulder County Courthouse was illuminated June 4, 2025, in honor of the June 1, 2025 terror attack victims. (IAC)
The Historic Boulder County Courthouse was illuminated June 4, 2025, in honor of the June 1, 2025 terror attack victims. (IAC)

It used to be that you might see security guards at large Jewish community events. That changed with the 2018 mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life center, in which 11 people were murdered during Shabbat services. Now, most Jewish events, large and small, have security detail — many times, armed — and many synagogues have armed security regularly.

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