Five bomb threats were made against Jewish organizations in New York City Tuesday morning, igniting another wave of anti-Semitism across the country. Calling it “unprecedented” Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD officials addressed the media at a Jewish Community Center on Staten Island where a threat had been received. “We haven’t seen anything like this in recent history,” said de Blasio. The JCC Association of North America said several Jewish community centers got email or
phone threats overnight and early Tuesday. The Anti-Defamation League said it was among the organizations across the country that were threatened Tuesday, only days after a string of similar calls. On Friday, a former reporter named Juan Thompson, 31, was taken into police custody in St. Louis, Missouri. after allegedly making eight threats in a bizarre campaign. READ MORE
