‘He never should have made it inside that building’: Jewish security groups face down lapses in DC
In the attack’s aftermath, Jewish community professionals are refocusing, again, on how to protect their institutions from threats. What went wrong? And what needs to change?
A man, with an Israeli flag with a cross in the center, kneels next to emergency personnel working at the site where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 21, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool)ByANDREW LAPIN/JTAUpdated:
