we are part of the united synagogue of conservative judaism and the conservative movement is kind of in the middle, in a certain way. between orthodox and reform. e we are more looking at the person walking through the door and saying, how can we welcome you? how can we help you to find your path within judaism, or in relation to judaism. >> as our current president of the northern california board of rabbis, you, yourself and body -- you serve in the pulpit as part of the conservative movement and you are ordained through the renewal movement and are a past national president of the renewal movement rabbinic body. you, yourself represent the actual diversity of rabbinic life in the country and really in the bay area. so can you talk just a little bit about the renewal movement itself? >> the purpose of the renewal movement is to breathe new life into judaism. renewal movement does not see itself as a denomination. and it welcomes both rabbinic students, it's rabbis and members to both affiliate with, and continue the religious practice on whatever level feels right to them. >> we ju

synagogue. because he was a british citizen the attacker could travel to the united states without a travel visase the uk participates on the visa waiver program. i am concerned is to adequately require participation of the program and focusing what the british government knew about the attacker status as a potential terrorist engaging in activities, you mention you are going back to your british counterparts to look at the information sharing agreement. but what i am curious about come i went to make sure we are addressing is how do we find a way to access criminal record data from the uk or from other visa waiver countries that allows for automated so criminal record information doesn't failed to show up when we are vetting people? >> thank you for that question. from an intelligence perspective we went to leverage the most read that on —- robust data we have stuff they pose a threat to into the united states. had is through evaluating understand the data our partners have and how we can improve the information sharing agreements and routine issues of their partners i would defer to my colleag

synagogue due to covid. and when they see these conspiracies being shared, it only exacerbates their fears. adl's most recent audit of anti-semitism in the united states are more than 2100 acts of assault, vandalism and harassment, on an receptacle sent over the previous year. our center has been the victim of online threats, including a series of phone threats which was dealt with thanks to the work of the fbi. just this week, as we were trying to give out free food to families, a woman turned to me and said i don't think this is safe. anyone could drive through here and cause harm. trying to reassure her, i responded someone could also do harm on your way home. she responded, i am not afraid at home. i am afraid here. the united states must help its citizens feel protected so they can practice their religion freely. this is a cornerstone of this great nation. as the largest synagogue, more than 200 in florida alone, the movement chabad is responsible for the spiritual health of aliens. -- millions. as well as other communities around the country to deter, detect, delay and defend ourselves from physicals harm. the nsg c program is an amazing

synagogue in colleyville. as we've talked about, because he was a british citizen, the attacker and coal avila was able to travel to united states without a travel visa. that's because the uk participates in the visa waiver program. i'm concerned that current information sharing agreements don't adequately require criminal record information sharing with the united states as a condition of participation in the program. and sarah portman really focused on what the british government knew about the attackers status as a potential you mentioned that you are going back dhs to your british counterparts to look at your information sharing agreement. what i'm really curious about here and want to make sure that we're addressing. how do we find a way to access criminal record data from the uk, or from other visa waiver countries that allows for automated searches. how can we do this so that criminal record information doesn't fail to show up when we're getting people? thank you for that question, ma'am. i would say that certainly prominent intelligence perspective, we want to leverage the most robust data that we can have availab

synagogue. they were deported back to libya where they end up like spending another two years in jail torture brothers in united arab emirates. they were released from guantanamo as a wrist tournament agreement between the united states and and united are emirate government. they end up in jail for five years, even they wanted to go back to one time when i talked them. they said well light was worse than one time the way they were treated. oh, then they they sent back, you know our immorality to months ago or three months ago. send them back to yemen without coordination without yemen government or what they listed with the united states or in geos or the lawyers with anyone. they were handed over to counterterism forces in yemen. actually the united militia in yemen. then some of them even listened to 24 hours. they were kidnapped by the militia end up in jail and i work with baptist in those cases. so we have to again to fight for those brothers now we are trying to to find some kind help and support for the for the brothers and this those cases and there is other cases in kazakhstan in some of the cases in b

to the center or synagogue due to covid and when they see these conspiracies being shared, it only exacerbates their fears. adl's most recent audit of antisemitic incidents in the united states recorded more than 2100 instance of harris mint and [inaudible] an increase of 12% over the previous. you're a center has been victim to other horrible online threats including a series of four sets for threats, which were swiftly dealt with by the fbi. just this week, as we were trying to give out free food families with children, a woman was volunteering on the [inaudible] drive to turn to be onset, rabbi, i don't think this is safe. anyone could drive to hand cause form. trying to reassure her, i responded, you might be taking this to fight. someone can also do harm on your way. and she responded, i'm not afraid at home. i'm afraid here. the united states must help its citizens be protected so they can practice their religion freely. indeed, this is a cornerstone of the founding of this great nation. it's highly visible george [inaudible] synagogues and [inaudible] across the u.s., over 2500 centers in all 50 say state, more than 200 in the state of florida alone, the chabad

dangerous past, he was able to travel to the united states, fly fromo new york to texas, illegally purchase a fire arm. it was only after he attacked a synagoguet our law enforcement or homeland security officials detected a threat. the incident in colleyville was a blatant act of anti-semitism and terrorism against the jewish community. for too long jews in the united states have been targeted and attacked for their faith, facing threats of harassment and violence at an exceptionally high rate. the jewish community is the targetna now of more than half f all religious-based crimes. and yet the community only makes up about 2% of the u.s. population. the anti-semitic violence has taken the lives of too many people n. 2019, one person was killed and three injured at the horrifi attack in california. in 2018, 11 congregants were killed and 6 injured at the tree of life synagogue outside of pittsburgh, pennsylvania. in the last five years, anti-semitic incidents across country have nearly doubled. threats of violence go beyond just targeting the jewish community. i oftenar hear from faith leades inco ohio9 that the christian, muslim and sikh comm