Some Jewish Groups Oppose DHS Funding for "Hardening" Terror Targets

UPI yesterday reported that the Union for Reform Judaism has Establishment Clause concerns over a plan by the Department of Homeland Security to provide funds for New York area non-profits (including religious institutions) that are high-risk terrorist targets to "harden" their defenses. The plan will provide up to $75,000 for each institution, including synagogues and Jewish day schools, to build such things as concrete barriers and blast-resistant windows. A total of $7.3 million will be provided to 100 non-profit group. Other Jewish leaders, however, do not oppose the funding, which is equally available to non-religious non-profit institutions.