""Our traditional responses - policing, and prosecution and arrest - have not reversed the trend of rising hate violence, because they can't," said Audrey Sasson, executive director of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice."
""The Jewish community has never been offered real prevention options at scale," Sasson added. "Instead, elected officials - as we've seen recently - have repeatedly divided us from our neighbors and offered us mask bans, buffer zones and security theater.""
""The goal of the proposal, according to Leo Ferguson, JFREJ's scholar-in-residence, is to 'bring communities together around shared goals' so that, in times of crisis, 'bonds of connection' between different communities are already built.""
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) has developed a proposal to enhance safety for New York City Jews by addressing the root causes of hate. The group argues that traditional methods like policing have failed to reduce antisemitic incidents. JFREJ's plan emphasizes community building and collaboration among diverse groups. Mayor Zohran Mamdani supports this approach with the establishment of an Office of Community Safety. However, traditional Jewish organizations express skepticism about the effectiveness of this strategy in addressing the specific risks faced by the Jewish community.
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