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Brooklyn Moms Bond. 6 Years Later, A New Jewish Congregation Is Born.
“We had this enterprising spirit: If you can’t find it, build it,” Abrams said. “Which I think is very Jewish.”
Ex-Reporter Sentenced To Five Years In Prison for JCC Bomb Threats
Juan Thompson, the ex-reporter who made fake bomb threats to JCCs, was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Some Parents Pull Children Out Of JCC’s — Others Vow To Ignore Bomb Threats
— When Cincinnati’s Mayerson Jewish Community Center was hit with a bomb threat on Jan. 18, Adam Bellows was satisfied with how the staff handled the preschool kids, including his two-year-old son. The kids, said Bellows, had no idea the threat had happened. They were evacuated and taken to a secure location where they watched…
Rochester JCC Evacuated Over Bomb Threat
— The Jewish Community Center in Rochester, New York was evacuated early Tuesday morning due to a bomb threat. The evacuation of members and staff was ordered shortly before 6 a.m., the local ABC affiliate 13WHAM reported. Police reportedly were on the scene. The bomb threat comes less than a week after at least…
JCCs Win Special Permission To Identify Callers Amid Wave Of Threats
— The Federal Communications Commission has granted Jewish Community Centers throughout the country a temporary waiver allowing them to receive caller information, in response to the recent series of bomb threats on the Jewish institutions. The waiver, approved on Friday, comes days after 29 JCCs and Jewish schools across the country received called-in bomb threats, the fifth such…
Massachusetts JCC Evacuated After Bomb Threats
— A Jewish Community Center in Massachusetts was evacuated after a bomb threat was found written on the wall of the men’s locker room. The Springfield Jewish Community Center was evacuated at about 3 p.m. on Friday. The city’s Arson and Bomb Squad, as well as police and firefighters, searched the building but did…
Wiesenthal Center Calls For Task Force To Probe JCC Bomb Threats
The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to set up a task force to catch the callers who have made false bomb threats to Jewish community centers across the country. In its statement issued Tuesday, the Jewish human rights NGO said it also called on President Donald Trump to outline his…
American-Style Jewish Community Center Opens in Kiev
(JTA) — The Ukrainian capital of Kiev, where Jewish cultural life has largely revolved around the city’s synagogues, opened its first American-style Jewish Community Center. The Halom JCC officially opened Tuesday at a ceremony attended by hundreds of guests in central Kiev, where it is expected to serve thousands of community members every month, according…
Detroit JCC Counsellor Won't Face Local Charges for Kiddie Porn
A former counselor at a JCC day camp in suburban Detroit who is facing federal child pornography charges will not be charged locally.
Hundreds Rally To Save Detroit JCC
Hundreds showed up at the Jewish community center in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park in an effort to save the building.