Michael Masters

Michael G. Masters is the National Director and CEO of the Secure Community Network (SCN). SCN, a non-profit 501(c)(3), is the official safety and security organization of the Jewish community in North America. SCN works across 50 national partner organizations, 146 Jewish Federations, and over 300 independent communities representing over 90 percent of the Jewish community in North America, as well as with other partners in the public, private, non-profit, and academic sectors.

ANTISEMITISM ON display at the UK’s Free Palestine rally.

Congress must fully fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - opinion

History has taught us that the cost of being unprepared is too often measured in the loss of human life.

MARCH 2, 2025

THE WRITER speaks in the Secure Community Network’s National Jewish Security Operation Command Center, a 24/7 command center tracking and analyzing threats to the Jewish community.

October 7 has reached US soil, as violence against American Jews is surging - opinion

We need pressure applied, especially to university leaders, who tolerate violence and illegal encampments.

OCTOBER 6, 2024

We’ve never faced a threat like this: We need to act now - opinion

We must recognize the unique nature of today’s threat environment. The situation in Israel affects Jews' safety worldwide.

APRIL 18, 2024

Jewish communities must bolster security against antisemitic attacks - opinion

Jewish communities and facilities are frequently targets of antisemitic attacks but we don't have to be victims.

AUGUST 12, 2023

What is the US' Iron Dome for Jewish communities? - opinion

Project RAIN has established a proactive shield over the North American Jewish community, uniting Federations, national partners and SCN on a common technology and service platform.

AUGUST 14, 2022

FOLLOWING THE October 27 shooting, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk with Tree of Life synagogue rabbi Jeffrey Myers as White House advisers Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner walk with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, outside the synagogue on October 30.

Coronavirus: Stopping the new intruder – opinion

Combating the coronavirus in Jewish communities

MARCH 29, 2020

PLANNING FOR the long term: Make arrangements for deliveries.

Guns or no guns at synagogue?

Recently, the US antisemitism envoy, Elan Carr, stated that guards should be posted at every synagogue and Jewish community center in the US. The question was asked: Should the guards be armed?

AUGUST 1, 2019

A HEARSE carrying the body of Lori Gilbert- Kaye, the sole fatality of the April 27 synagogue shooting that also left three injured, leaves the Chabad of Poway in San Diego, California, on April 29. Nineteen-yearold white supremacist John T. Earnest shot up the Chabad in a copycat attack inspired by