Synagogue High Holiday Resources

Security Precautions

As you prepare your staff, ushers and lay leadership for planning a safe and inspiring High Holiday season, we ask that you take the time to discuss the importance of security while remaining opening and welcoming to the community and your congregants.

We encourage you to copy key parts of this packet and distribute those pages to staff, ushers and lay leaders who will have key leadership roles in your congregation during the High Holidays.

• ADL: Security Recommendations for High Holidays
• Greeter and usher security guidelines
• The Anti-Defamation League has a security manual with an entire chapter about preparing for the High Holidays and other materials that you can download from its website, www.adl.org.  You can also contact the New England ADL office at (617) 406-6300 for assistance. Click here for highlights from the manual.

For questions or more information about JEMS, call 617.457.8500, email jems@cjp.org