Jewish Community Centers Targeted with Bomb Threats

Photo source: AOL 

More than 20 Jewish community centers received bomb threats today, leading caregivers to evacuate  children in cribs and wheelchair-bound elderly people. This was at least the fifth wave of bomb threats to target Jewish community centers since the beginning of 2017. The threats occurred in several states, and there was another wave of threats this evening.

A map showing the locations of the threats can be found here.
​http://heavy.com/news/2017/02/jewish-community-center-jcc-bomb-threats-today-full-list-february-27-states-pennsylvania-photos-video-calls-evacuations/

There have also been two vandalism attacks on Jewish cemeteries, in which several hundred tombstones were overturned, broken, and desecrated.

A Fox News article about the vandalism of cemeteries can be found here.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/02/26/philadelphia-jewish-cemetery-vandalism-anti-semitic-attack

Press Secretary Sean Spicer released a statement at the press briefing Monday about the President's reaction to the wave of crimes: 

“The President continues to be deeply disappointed and concerned by the reports of further vandalism at Jewish cemeteries. The cowardly destruction at Philadelphia this weekend comes on top of similar accounts from Missouri and threats made to Jewish community centers around the country.
“The President continues to condemn these and any other form of anti-Semitic and hateful acts in the strongest terms. From our country’s founding we’ve been dedicated to protecting the freedom of our citizens’ rights to worship. No one in America should feel afraid to follow the religion of their choosing, freely and openly. The President is dedicated to preserving this originating principle of our nation.”
The Press Secretary's statement can be found here.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/us-president-trump-condemns-5th-wave-of-bomb-threats-to-jccs-jewish-day-schools/2017/02/28/

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