03/06/2017

Jewish Center, School Groups Ramp Up Response to Bomb Threats

More than 100 bomb threats have targeted Jewish centers, school this year

After 100 bomb threats to Jewish community centers and schools, groups are working to keep member schools and centers informed and are coordinating with federal authorities to provide security expertise on protective measures.

It’s been a week of accelerating threats and rising anxiety in the Jewish community. On Monday, the number of bomb threats against Jewish community centers and schools reached 100. Since the first wave in January, 81 JCCs and Jewish day schools in 33 states and two Canadian provinces have received threats. All have proved to be false, and the schools and centers have resumed normal operations. The FBI is investigating.

Paul Bernstein, CEO of Prizmah, a network of Jewish day schools, said in a statement that the bomb threats “have a multiplying effect: Our entire community of schools now suffers from the anxiety and fear that these threats engender, whether their schools have been the direct target or not."

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