Maryland Chabad Organizations Receive Government Grants to Combat Hate Crimes

by CrownHeights.info

Three Chabad Houses and a Chabad Cheder in Maryland received government grant funding to combat Hate Crimes in the state.

The grants, provided by Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan, were announced Tuesday as part of a $3 Million push to combat the rising number of hate crimes that have plagued the country.

“Hate, bigotry, or racism of any kind is un-American, unacceptable, and wrong,” Hogan said in a news release.

Recent FBI statistics for 2020 show that in Maryland had 40 incidents of hate crimes compared to just 19 in 2019. In addition, there were 49 reported victims in 2020 and just 21 the previous year.

The Chabad Institutions who received grant money were Lubavitch of Howard County, The Chabad of Potomac Village, The Cheder Chabad, and The Chabad at UMB.

The money from the grants will be used for the purchase of equipment, performing physical security upgrades, and can even be used to hire personnel.

Since 2019, more than $8 million has been provided by the Hogan administration to protect groups from hate crimes.