Month: April 2017

by Mia B.

As of February 27, 2017, Jewish Community Centers have been receiving multiple bomb threats in several US states.

There were more than a dozen bomb threats just in the US. This happened two times to the Ann Arbor Jewish community center.  There were more bomb threats in other Jewish community centers. Ann Arbor was the main JCC to receive threats.

Many students could have been killed but no one was.

No one was arrested but police did check all the buildings or communities. Emails have been circling that there are going to be more bomb threats.

Jewish community centers in the following states have received threats: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

At this time no one knows who did this.  This happened at 2:28 pm on a Monday.  This happened many more times after that.

Edited by 5th Period Technology Class.

by Mayumi R.

In recent months, there have been at least 92 reported bomb threats against Jewish schools, offices, and community centers in the U.S.A. and Canada alone.

The mystery still remains of who threatened some of these bomb threats. The voice of the person who threatened the Jewish community by digitally altering their voice, so witnesses say they haven’t a clue as to who this person is. Many Jewish cemeteries have already been vandalized and many Jewish communities including the Jewish Community Center (JCC) have been threatened more than once. Some say that Donald Trump provoked this kind of attitude because of the racial comments he has made.

No one is certain of who sent the threats are but they will stop at nothing until the Jewish people leave. People reported that Donald Trump stated “Recent threats against JCCs might have been committed to making others look bad.”

The bomb threats are still continuing no one knows when it will stop but everyone hopes that it will stop as soon as possible they also hope that no one gets hurt.

Edited by Analucia A. and Maya B.

by Lily S.

On February 22, 2017 at a Jewish Cemetery in Missouri, vandals knocked over Jewish graves in hatred.

 No one knows if anyone was fined or arrested. 100 graves were knocked over and damaged. This was not considered vandalism but a hate crime.

This relates to what happened a week before at University City. 150 headstones were toppled at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery.

Also on Monday, 11 bomb scares were called into Jewish community centers nationwide, the fourth wave of such threats this year.

A community center in Philadelphia was among those targeted in the first round. “After the discovery on Sunday in Philadelphia, three groups offered a combined $13,000 for information leading to the arrests of those responsible”, the police said. “It will cost at least $450 to $500 to repair each headstone”, said Naomi Adler, the chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, which is collecting online donations for the repairs and cleanup.

“It’s horrific; it’s a desecration of a sacred Jewish space,” Naomi Adler stated.

Edited by Vivian W.