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Related: About this forumJewish Centers in Several States Targeted With Bomb Threats
THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!Bomb threats targeted Jewish community centers in at least six states Monday, and some were made with prerecorded telephone calls, according to an official with the Jewish Federations of North America.
It's not clear why up to 20 Jewish community centers across the South and Northeast were targeted, said Richard Sandler, chair of the JFNA board of trustees.
"Some of the threats were robo-calls," said Sandler, adding that the number of threats was unusually high.
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In Nashville, Tennessee, 225 people were evacuated from the Gordon Jewish Community Center and an adjacent school after a security guard received a bomb threat over the phone. Buildings were evacuated and authorities investigated similar threats in Atlanta; Tenafly, New Jersey; Columbia, South Carolina; and Wilmington, Delaware.
In Maryland, threats also were called into Jewish community centers in Baltimore and Rockville.
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Prelude to an American Kristallnacht? Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey all received threats. Is this nothing more than a test run to see how upset people would be? A prank?
In all honesty, I doubt many would be very upset by multiple attacks on Jewish institutions, and I don't hold much hope that the incoming administration would do much, other than use it to their advantage to restrict more rights or scapegoat the wrong people.
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Jewish Centers in Several States Targeted With Bomb Threats (Original Post)
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2017
OP
applegrove
(118,501 posts)1. Would that Trump would comment on **** like this as president
elect rather than get into twitter wars with celebrities.
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)2. I doubt it is on his radar.
Even if his SIL is his "special advisor", I don't think this augurs well for Jews.
applegrove
(118,501 posts)3. I hope you are wrong and the SIL has more influence that Bannon and crew.