Germany announced on Thursday it is providing 22 million euros ($26 million) to improve security in synagogues and other Jewish sites in the country following the anti-Semitic attack in Halle on Yom Kippur last year, The Associated Press reports.
The government pledged to step up security after a right-wing extremist tried to force his way into a synagogue in Halle during Yom Kippur services last October.
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