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    For LA's Jewish security forces, Israel attack was a call to arms

    by Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times Oct 12, 2023 5 minutes
    Israel appeared to be readying for a possible ground invasion of Gaza, but faces the threat of a multi-front war after also coming under rocket attack from militant groups in neighboring Lebanon and Syria.

    It was just after dark and David Bacall of Los Angeles Shmira was pacing Olympic Boulevard, his thick glasses aglow in the amber strobe atop his SUV as he scanned the crowd outside the synagogue for threats.

    Most days, his job is boring, more Walmart greeter than Mossad.

    But in the wake of the deadliest attack on Jews in generations — Saturday's offensive against thousands of civilians in southern Israel — L.A.'s newest security outfit wasn't about to let its guard down.

    "People get motivated by each other," Bacall said as he stuck bright orange Shmira magnets to the front doors of the SUV with one hand and threaded an earpiece through his fluorescent yellow safety vest with the other. "Anytime there's an attack on one of us, we all need to raise our level of alert."

    Monday night's prayer

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