The NYPD increased security at synagogues yesterday as tensions ratcheted up in the Mideast — and New York Jews prayed for Israel.
In Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, a mobile police command unit was parked in front of the Central Lubavitch Synagogue on Eastern Parkway and marked police cars were at subway stations nearby.
“I hope that our president will stay true to his support for Israel,” said Yossi Denburg, 24, a yeshiva student who was at the synagogue.
There has been “no specific threat in New York,’’ NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said yesterday.
But as a precaution, the department “increased its presence’’ at Israeli facilities including the Israeli mission to the United Nations and its consulate, as well as some synagogues through the weekend, he said.
In Borough Park, Nafle Lerner, 23, who was leaving Young Israel Beth-El synagogue, said he was not worried about any incidents here.
Lia, who declined to give her last name as she spoke near another synagogue, said she worried about the safety of Jews both in the Mideast and in New York.
“I’m very concerned both here and there,’’ she said. “There are a lot of crazies out there.’’
“I’m doing a lot of praying, not just for myself, but to protect everyone.’’