"Jews should not live in fear": promise of New York police chief
New York Police Chief Jessica Tisch returned to the synagogue where she spent her childhood, prayed and got married, a week after an anti-Semitic attack. She promised congregants that the city's Jewish institutions and families…
Assessment
The NYPD commissioner returned to her childhood synagogue to personally deliver a guarantee that Jewish New Yorkers will not be left to fend for themselves against rising anti-Semitism. The visit, one week after an anti-Semitic attack, was not a press conference but a shul appearance complete with an aliyah and blessings. The standing ovation from hundreds of congregants suggests the police pledge carried real weight. What matters now is whether the promised institutional protection materializes or remains a speech.