Antisemitism in Latin America (2)

White Noise and Unnecessary Evil: Balancing Security and Community in Synagogues

“… 2 Furthermore, in spite of the fact that security measures have long been common in synagogues and other Jewish institutions in much of Europe and Latin America (Hinshaw and Bisserbe 2018 ; Stavans 2019 ), where a number of high-profile attacks have occurred during the last 40 years, scholarship detailing their adaptations remains scarce. Greater attention has instead been paid to the general architecture of synagogues (e.g., Krinsky 1985 ; Coenen Snyder 2008 ; Verkaaik 2014 ) and broader political and sociocultural (e.g., Knudson 1972 ; Elkin 1985 ; Bokser Liwerant, 2007 ; Israeli 2009 ) dynamics in these societies. …”