Jewish institutions across thirty three have received bomb threats. From Alabama to Florida to Maine to two Canada provinces, local Jewish centers have been called with the threat of a bomb.
Worried workers, frantic children, and dismayed adults have rushed out of local centers meant for community activities in fear of their lives. Although no suspicious devices were found at the community centers, bomb threats were called in putting Jewish citizens across the U.S. in danger.
Anti-Semitism isn’t a thing of the past. With blocked caller ID’s informing JCCs nationwide that “there is a bomb in one of the children’s backpacks and it’s going to detonate shortly.” It seems as if anti-Semitism is growing rapidly, spanning across the U.S. Centers were evacuated in the following states and cities:
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Tucson and Scottsdale, Arizona
- Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, San Diego, and San Rafael in California
- Alberta and Ontario, Canada
- Boulder, Colorado
- Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Boca Raton, Davie, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Palm Beach Gardens and Tampa in Florida
- Atlanta and Evans, Georgia
- Chicago, Illinois
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Portland, maine
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Annapolis, Baltimore, Owings Mills and Rockville in Maryland
- Newton Centre and Worcester in Massachusetts
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Ann Arbor and West Bloomfield, Michigan
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Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Las Vegas, Nevada
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Cherry Hill, Edison, Scotch Plains, Tenafly, West Orange in New Jersey
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Albany, Buffalo, Getzville, New York, Oceanside, Plainview, ScarsdaleStaten Island, Syracuse, Tarrytown and Vestal in New York
- Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina
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Beachwood, Cincinnati, Columbus and Sylvania in Ohio
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Harrisburg, Wynnewood, York in Pennsylvania
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Dallas and Houston, Texas
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Fairfax, Virginia
- Mercer Island, Washington
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin