(Jewish Group) The Tell: How to fight anti-Semitism in 2020, DC edition

Unfortunately, the new year began much like it ended. After a machete attack in Monsey wounded five people seriously on Hanukkah, a woman in Brooklyn was punched in the throat on New Year’s Day.

What can be done about it, especially from Washington?

Here are some of the emerging ideas from experts and lay leaders:

Beef up security

Congress increased funding for nonprofit security grants by 50 percent last year, to $90 million from $60 million. The lion’s share of the grants have gone to Jewish institutions since the program’s inception in 2005.

Now Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate’s minority leader, is proposing quadrupling that amount to $360 million.

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