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First on Fox: Secretary Kristi Noem and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday granted $9.4 million in federal grants to 512 Jewish faith-based organizations through National Security Supplement (NSGP-NSS).
Grants allocated through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program are part of a pre-designated fund Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Under DHS, the purpose is to “support target hardening and other physical safety enhancements.”
“The Department of Homeland Security is working to stop the disturbing rise of anti-Semitic attacks,” Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told Fox News Digital. “The money is simply tragic. Anti-Semitic violence has no place in this country.”
A protester waving the Palestinian flag during protests against ICE, MPD and other law enforcement agencies on the university campus in Washington, D.C. On March 23, 2025, demonstrations organized by students and community leaders at Georgetown University also called for release by Georgetown scholars who face the drivers of Georgetown. (Andrew Thomas/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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“But, President Trump Minister Noem’s leadership, we will do our best to ensure that the Jews in the United States can escape the threat of violence and terrorism. ”
DHS sources told Fox News Digital that similar grants have been used to improve security measures such as cameras, physical barriers and other enhanced security programs.
Anti-Semitic Attacks in the United States rise Since Hamas’s attack on Israel and the ongoing war between the Jewish state and its neighbors.
As Palestinians gathered in a street, watching Hamas fighters stand on a street on February 8, 2025, watching the three Israeli hostages handed over to the Red Cross in Delbara, central Gaza. (Majdi Fathi/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
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Since 2023, protests broke out with Israeli and Palestinian campuses, including Columbia and New York University. Murdered in Washington, DC In May, this month, a group of pro-Israeli protesters targeted Molotov cocktails.
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) finds 2024 is a record 9,354 anti-Semitic incidentsOver the past five years, it has increased by 344%.
this Nonprofit Security Grant Program Website Noted that all faith-based organizations must first apply through the Department of Homeland Security to obtain funds, and DHS sources also told Fox News Digital that these are just the first of many grants to be sent.
Video stills of a man were later identified as Mohamed Soliman, throwing the burning device into a group of supporters in Bolder, Colorado, and Soliman was subsequently arrested by police on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (Alex Osante)
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The Trump administration, amid tensions throughout the Middle East, recently eased a ceasefire between Jewish homeland and Iran in Qatar on Tuesday.
Although conflict and hostility between Israel and its neighbors remain high, the Trump administration touted victory in peace abroad, while anti-Semitism is still emerging at home.
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Preston Mizell is a writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to preston.mizell@fox.com and x @mizellpreston
