School Security

In response to security threats at Jewish organizations and educational institutions, Prizmah has curated resources that will provide your school and community with information and tools to be prepared to handle difficult situations as they arise. If you have additional resources you think would be useful to others, please send them to Prizmah.

Prizmah Curated Knowledge

• Protecting Religious or Communal Institutions, an ADL guide 
• Prizmah webinar on crisis communication plan 
• Speaking with Students During Trying Times 
• Active shooter preparedness guide, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Anxiety and PTSD, how to identify in students, HELPGUIDE.ORG
• Bomb Threat Guidance, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Explaining the News to Our Kids, Common Sense Media
• FEMA Security Grant process, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
• Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times; Tips for Parents and Children, National Association of School Psychologists
• Hoax Threats Can Be Scary, Too, JCRC-NY 
• How to talk with your children about anti-Semitism, PJ Library
• Security and Emergency Resources, JCRC-NY
• Talking with Kids about News - Strategies for Talking and Listening, PBS Parents
• To Evacuate or Not to Evacuate, That is the Question, JCRC-NY

Information for speaking with students

• Bomb Threats: "Why Does This Keep Happening To Us?", Southern Poverty Law Center
• Explaining the News to Our Kids, Common Sense Media
• Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times; Tips for Parents and Children, National Association of School Psychologists
• How to talk with your children about anti-Semitism, PJ Library  
• Responding to Crisis, Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
• Strategies for Talking and Listening, PBS: Talking with Kids about News
• When Bad Things Happen, Southern Poverty Law Center

Other sources of security information

• The latest update from the  ADL for Jewish Institutions
• JCRC’s Security and Emergency Resources 
• Ideas for security enhancements at low to minimal costs