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Jewish groups zone in on
latest protection concerns.
Don Cohen
Special to the Jewish News
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September 21*2006
early 70 Jewish community
professionals and volunteers
attended a Sept. l 3 security
seminar at the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield. "Protecting
Your Jewish Institution in Today's
Dangerous World" was organized by
the Anti-Defamation League because of
interest in discussing security in light of
international events, the attack on the
Jewish Federation building in Seattle,
and the Jewish High Holidays, said
Betsy Kellman, ADL-Michigan Region
regional director.
"I've been getting lots of calls indi-
vidually from synagogues and have
answered a lot of questions and sent out
a lot of materials',' she said. "The syna-
gogues are being very proactive."
During the past few years, many
synagogues have tightened security for
the holidays by making security more
visible, distributing parking passes to
monitor entry into their parking lots,
providing special training for ush-
ers, strengthening relations with law
enforcement and establishing security
committees. Synagogues throughout
Metro Detroit continue to upgrade their
security preparations.
At the Sept. 13 meeting at the JCC, Joe
Ortiz, director of security for Schostak
Brothers and Company, a Southfield-
based firm that develops and manages
commercial real estate, introduced
Demystifying Terrorism, a film that
focused on observing and identifying
behavior patterns to prevent attacks.
"The U.S. looks for.the tools, and Israel
looks for the behavior patterns',' Ortiz
said.
According to the presentation, ter-
rorists generally keep a low profile and
prepare for one year to five years. The
movie outlined the stages of preparation
and how to identify them.
Robert Schostak heads the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Security Committee, which brings
professionals and lay leaders together
to evaluate security procedures for
Federation and its partner agencies.
William Kowalski, assistant special
agent in charge with the Detroit FBI
office counter-terrorism unit, provided
a terrorist threat assessment focusing
on the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, but
also spotlightingqther terrorist and
hate groups. "Hezbollah is quite clearly a
terrorist group and we are aggressively
attacking it," Kowalski said.
Prosecution could be higher, he
acknowledged. But he said the FBI
spends "a great amount of time mak-
ing sure we don't miss a connection!' It
concentrates on four areas: fundraising,
procurement of items with military
application, recruitment and, most
important, looking out for fighters or
sleeper cells.
He said the Michigan State Police is
organizing a "fusion center" that should
be operational by January It will allow
law enforcement "to better connect the
dots to better share intelligence!'
He said intelligence-sharing has
increased dramatically since 9-11.
Asked about the threat to the Jewish
community, Kowalski answered care-
fully.
"I don't believe that the large pres-
ence of Middle Easterners in southeast
Michigan puts us at any larger risk of
a terrorist attack," Kowalski said.
"Anything that occurs in the
world will have some tie to southeast
Michigan because of the network
of friends, family and associations.
Everything is here to support an opera-
tion, but it doesn't put the Jewish com-
munity at a larger risk."
Marilyn Knight, chief executive offi-
cer of Incident Management Team, Inc.
(IMT), a Novi-based security consulting
firm with affiliates worldwide, presented
materials and scenarios, offered advice
and guidance and engaged in discus-
sion about practical concerns.
"Our interest is not to traumatize or
scare people, but rather to empower
them," Knight said. "Empowerment
means to be prepared, knowing what to
do and how to do it with a plan in place
and an ongoing commitment from the
top and the involvement of everyone in
the operation."
Kenneth Wolf, IMT's managing
partner, also participated in the con-
sultation, encouraging a preparedness
mentality: planning, preparation and
implementation.
The seminar was co-sponsored by
Metro Detroit's Jewish Community
Council and Jewish Federation, the
Michigan Department of Safety and
Health Administration and the Incident
Management Team. _