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Fast Forward Bomb Threat Lands In Dallas JCC’s Spam Folder
In a rare spot of irony amid the potential for tragedy in the threats leveled against Jewish community centers nationwide, Dallas’s JCC didn’t respond to a recent threat because it landed in the organization’s spam folder, only to be discovered when police alerted the JCC about a possible threat. “That’s right,” Dallas News columnist Robert…
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Fast Forward Schumer: Give JCC’s Special Authority To Trace Threatening Calls
In a letter to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer asked that Jewish Community Centers be granted special permission to track threatening phone calls. “I am urging the FCC to grant a critical waiver, which will allow targeted JCCs to work with local law enforcement to access the critical caller…
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Fast Forward Trump Surrogate Walks Back ‘False Flag’ Tweet On JCC Threat
Anthony Scaramucci, wealthy financier and friend of President Trump, walked back comments on Wednesday that insinuated Democrats might have been responsible for threats phoned into dozens of Jewish community centers around the country. “I’m not suggesting the Democrats were behind it. What I was really suggesting in that tweet is that we actually don’t know…
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Fast Forward JCC Bomb Threat Callers Using High-Tech Tools
The unknown callers who have phoned in dozens of bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers and Jewish day schools in recent weeks are using high-tech tools to foil investigators, outlets reported Tuesday. BuzzFeed News reported that the callers are able to hide the sources of their calls, and to mask their voices. And the New…
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Fast Forward As Threats Mount, JCC’s Stockpile Blankets, Diapers — And Resilience
(JTA) — Growing up in a small town in Georgia, Harriet Shirley may have had more exposure to Jews and anti-Semitism than the rest of her fellow Christians. She had Jewish acquaintances, read Holocaust nonfiction as a teen and later visited concentration camps on a trip to Europe. But she was still dumbfounded when the…
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Fast Forward Trump Suggests Wave Of Threats To JCCs Could Be Fake — Or Aimed To Embarrass Him
A closed-door comment made by the president during a meeting with state attorneys general, may indicate that President Donald Trump does not think the bomb threats against Jewish community centers and schools are credible — although he did condemn them. Trump was asked during the meeting about the wave of anti-Semitic threats to Jewish institutions…
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Fast Forward Trump Opens Congress Address With Condemnation of Anti-Semitic Attacks
President Trump opened his speech to a joint session of Congress with a condemnation of attacks against Jews and other minorities. “Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a…
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Fast Forward JCC Association Calls For Federal Action On Bomb Threats
The JCC Association called for action from the federal authorities in response to the wave of bomb threats that struck 13 Jewish Community Centers and eight Jewish day schools on Monday. “Actions speak louder than words,” said the group’s director of strategic performance, David Posner on Monday afternoon. “Members of our community must see swift…
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