New York – Over seventy agents from the New York Field Office of the FBI were present at a cultural sensitivity training session held by Misaskim on January 17th in a continued effort by the bureau to better understand the customs and traditions of various cultural groups that live in New York City.

The seventy five minute training session, which was held at a field office in lower Manhattan, was attended by several senior members of the New York Field Office as well as many newly graduated members of the FBI Academy. Among the items discussed at the session were properly treatment of a deceased body, preventing autopsies whenever possible, the need for speedy burial, handling of a Sefer Torah that is rendered irreparable.

“The meeting went very well and we received great feedback from the FBI,” Yanky Meyer of Misaskim told VIN News. “They told us that the meeting was a real eye opener, opening up an entire world for them. They had no idea what many of the requirements were in dealing with terrorist attacks, hate crimes or vandalism against a synagogue from the perspective of Jewish law and tradition.”

Misaskim and the FBI hope to hold another joint training session in the near future in order to educate another group of agents how to better understand the unique needs of the Jewish community.