JTA — The US Department of Homeland Security announced it would award $94 million in security grants to 512 Jewish organizations Friday, citing recent violence against Jewish groups.

The agency said the funds would “help protect Jewish faith-based institutions from further attacks,” such as those in Washington, DC, and Boulder, Colorado.

“DHS is working to put a stop to the deeply disturbing rise in antisemitic attacks across the United States,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement. “That this money is necessary at all is tragic. Antisemitic violence has no place in this country. However, under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, we are going to do everything in our power to make sure that Jewish people in the United States can live free of the threat of violence and terrorism.”

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