Private Schools Security

Ethnic-rooted shootings in the San Fernando Valley earlier this week--the third incident in a series of anti-Semitic and racist assaults nationwide--have led Orange County Jewish leaders to tighten security at schools and temples. The violence also has led the Anti-Defamation League of Orange County to schedule a special security seminar for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Jewish Federation in Costa Mesa that will include advice from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

Ethnic-rooted shootings in the San Fernando Valley earlier this week--the third incident in a series of anti-Semitic and racist assaults nationwide--have led Orange County Jewish leaders to tighten security at schools and temples. The violence also has led the Anti-Defamation League of Orange County to schedule a special security seminar for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Jewish Federation in Costa Mesa that will include advice from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

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