Jewish organizations have expressed alarm over cuts to a grant program that provides funds for security measures at places of worship amid a rise in antisemitism in the United States.
In a recently passed spending bill, Congress cut $30.5 million from the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), marking a 10 percent decrease.
The grant program, started by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support the physical protection of houses of worship, has been used by synagogues and other Jewish nonprofits at least since the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh—the deadliest attack ever on an American Jewish community….
