JCC on Staten Island receives bomb threat, 3 locations evacuated, police say

Nadine Strauss, the executive director of Herzl-Ner Tamid synagogue on Mercer Island, said they had “prepared for the possibility” and evacuated people from the center to the synagogue.

Today’s attacks bring the total since Trump became President to at least 89 attacks against schools and community centers.

Shalom Park didn’t specify the details of the phone threat, but said in a statement portions of its Providence Road campus were evacuated Monday morning.

Jeffrey Savit, President and CEO of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, said the building was given the all-clear Monday afternoon.

Reports indicate that Jewish centers in Delaware, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, South Carolina are also being vacated.

The JCC on Park Heights Avenue in Baltimore received two previous hoax bomb threats.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vowed to protect the Jewish community and find the perpetrators of the cemetery desecration. Police are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Michigan State Police, and bomb-sniffing dogs were searching the premises as of 11:15 a.m.

The JCC Indianapolis closed on Monday morning after receiving a bomb threat-an increasingly common occurrence for Jewish community centers in recent weeks.

The FBI is investigating the threats which began in January, but so far no arrests have been made. “The FBI will collect all available facts and evidence, and will ensure this matter is investigated in a fair, thorough, and impartial manner”.

These threats are part of a nationwide trend over the last couple of months.

The Anti-Defamation League said there have been more than 90 threats since the year began. His remarks came amid pressure for him to speak out about the threats.

It is the latest in a series of threats and vandalism perpetrated against the Jewish community in recent days.

More than 100 headstones were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia over the weekend, less than a week after a similar attack in Missouri.