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Fast Forward Ivanka Trump Tweets Concern And White House Calls JCC Bomb Threats ‘Unacceptable’
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump tweeted concern about the latest round of bomb threats called in to Jewish community centers Sunday and the White House responded to a reporter’s query by saying “these actions are unacceptable.” “Hatred and hate-motivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom,”…
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Fast Forward Krakow JCC Poland To Create Pluralistic Jewish Nursery School
KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — The JCC of Krakow has received a $500,000 grant from the New York City-based Eric and Erica Schwartz Family Foundation, the largest single grant awarded to a Polish Jewish organization in the last 20 years, The funds will support the creation of an Early Childhood Center at JCC Krakow located in…
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Fast Forward LISTEN: This Is What JCC Bomb Threats Sound Like
(JTA) — Today, for the third time this month, a string of Jewish community centers around the country received bomb threats. Many of the 17 JCCs that received calls today evacuated their facilities and contacted law enforcement, which is investigating the threats. JTA has obtained a recording of one of the bomb threats made on…
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Fast Forward BREAKING: Bomb Threats Called Into at Least 11 JCCs Nationwide
(JTA) — At least 11 Jewish community centers across the United States were targeted with bomb threats in the third wave of such mass disruption this month. Paul Goldenberg, the director of Secure Community Networks — an affiliate of the Jewish federations of North America, which advises Jewish groups and institutions on security — said the threats were…
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Fast Forward FBI: Bomb Threats to JCCs Were Hate Crime
WASHINGTON (JTA)— The FBI is investigating a rash of bomb threats to Jewish community centers as a hate crime and not a terrorist threat. Agents briefed Jewish community leaders across the country through a call Thursday organized by the Anti-Defamation League. The agents said the calls targeted over 30 JCCs in 20 states this month…
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News BREAKING: Bomb Threats Called Into at Least 32 JCCs Around the Country
Updated to add context, tweets and reflecting total number of targeted JCCs. At least 32 Jewish community centers nationwide received bomb threats on Wednesday, with police responding to calls from locations in Florida, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Arizona and New Jersey, among others. “Bomb threats being reported at JCC’s in ME, MA, NY, CT,…
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News Staten Island JCC Receives Bomb Threat, Defaced With Swastika
New York’s hate crime wave made land on Staten Island Wednesday, after a swastika and bomb threat was found at a Jewish Community Center in the borough. Officials at the center, located in a park filled stretch of Staten Island, reported the incident on Wednesday morning to the New York City police department, which discovered…
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Fast Forward After Day of 16 Bomb Threats, FBI To Coordinate With JCCs in ‘New Reality’
(JTA) — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security will be assisting local Jewish community centers in bolstering security after 16 JCCs received bomb threats on the same day. On Wednesday, officials from the FBI and Homeland Security will conduct a conference call with U.S. Jewish communal leaders to discuss Monday’s incidents, what they stem…
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