Community leaders in the United States, Canada and Europe reported growing fear of antisemitism. The Jewish Agency emphasized there is no panic, but acknowledged there is tension and heightened alert. A rabbi at a community in New York said he conducts drills for all worshippers at the synagogue on Saturdays, even at the cost of desecrating the Sabbath. The drills test evacuation routes for children and access to secure areas in the building. According to him, he fears a terrorist attack. A senior Israeli official assisting Jewish communities in the U.S. with intelligence preparations to thwart attacks against Jews, in close coordination with federal agencies in America, noted that 'in the U.S. they call it hate crimes in a sanitized way.'