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Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) When the FBI alerted New Jersey synagogues to a "broad threat" against their houses of worship, Jewish community centers and synagogues across the country heeded the warning. On the other side of the nation, Los Angeles areas worked with law enforcement to send extra patrols to their synagogues, though there was no known threat to the community at the time. "We know that hate speech often leads to acts of hate and violence and are very concerned by the growing amount of antisemitic rhetoric," Rabbi Noah Farkas, president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, told ABC News. "We are committed to fighting this rising scourge locally and globally and know that in the end, there is more that unites us than divides us." The threat follows antisemitic rhetoric from celebrities like Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, as well as the ongoing hate speech promoted by white supremacist and neo-Nazi gr

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