While many synagogues in the U.S. have upped security, Chabad houses remain vulnerable because they have minimal resources and their observance of the Sabbath prevents the use of some security technology.
Rabbi Didy Waks was home at the dinner table with his wife and kids in upstate New York when a friend unexpectedly knocked on the door.
While the synagogue-attending Jewish population has decreased over the years along with other religious attendance in the U.S., Chabad houses — many of which are no-frills centers in homes or strip malls with small congregations of a few dozen — have continued to multiply. The movement today has more than 5,000 emissary families serving in 100 countries. That includes every U.S. state and some 500 college campuses with Chabad centers.
He also said congregants felt safer knowing that local police frequently set up speed traps in the area. The violence Saturday has reverberated across the tightknit Chabad communities, whose rabbis tend to know one another by name, or that of their Chabad house, if not personally. Each year, thousands of the movement’s emissaries, calledgather for a festive dinner and conference in Brooklyn, and families frequently visit other Chabads. In some countries and parts of the U.S., Chabad houses are the only places offering Jewish religious services and Kosher food.
Rabbi Chaim Bryski of Chabad of Thousand Oaks said he was using Hasidic teachings to cope with the pain of the attacks.
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