{"id":190813,"date":"2026-03-13T22:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190813\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:43:07","slug":"south-florida-jewish-synagogues-continue-to-be-on-high-alert-after-michigan-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190813\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida Jewish synagogues continue to be on high alert after Michigan attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">COOPER CITY, Fla.  \u2014 Private security is on high alert at Temple Beth Emet in Cooper City as leaders say they are responding to threats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/12\/synagogues-across-south-florida-on-heightened-alert-after-michigan-shooting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/12\/synagogues-across-south-florida-on-heightened-alert-after-michigan-shooting\/\">facing Jewish communities nationwide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cUnfortunately, right now with what\u2019s going on in the world, we\u2019ve had to enhance security and take additional measures,\u201d said Lewis Nadel, executive vice president of Temple Beth Emet. \u201cWe work very closely with the sheriff\u2019s office, the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Across Broward County, the sheriff\u2019s office has increased patrols, coordinating with state and federal partners. Police departments in Miami-Dade are also visibly stationed outside temples and Jewish centers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The heightened security comes as authorities continue investigating a Thursday attack on Temple Israel in Michigan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said a Palestinian man armed with a rifle and explosives rammed his vehicle into the building, the state\u2019s governor said. Security confronted the suspect, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/2026\/03\/13\/man-attacked-michigan-synagogue-a-week-after-airstrike-killed-relatives-in-lebanon-official-says\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/2026\/03\/13\/man-attacked-michigan-synagogue-a-week-after-airstrike-killed-relatives-in-lebanon-official-says\/\">fatally shot at the scene.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThose incidents are definitely a big red flag for us,\u201d said Lior Ofir, chief operating officer of the Jewish Federation of Broward. \u201cThis is our responsibility \u2014 to really be proactive. It only takes one lone wolf to disrupt the environment and the dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Nadel acknowledged the challenge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIs it frustrating? Yes, it\u2019s frustrating \u2014 but is this the world we\u2019re living in today? Unfortunately, right now, these are the times we have to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COOPER CITY, Fla. \u2014 Private security is on high alert at Temple Beth Emet in Cooper City as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-190813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}