Bomb threats called in at 10 JCCs — official

Paul Goldenberg, the director of Secure Community Network, an affiliate of the Jewish Federations of North America that advises Jewish groups and institutions on security, says JCCs in 10 states have received bomb threats, though not all centers were evacuated.

News reports indicated that threats were received by JCCs in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin; St. Paul, Minnesota; Houston, Texas; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Buffalo, New York; and Birmingham, Alabama.

The threats were called in on Monday morning. It is not known if they were live calls or recorded.

“It appears to be the same serial caller” as in the prior incidents, Goldenberg tells JTA.

Goldenberg says that some of the JCCs were evacuated and others were not.

“The JCCs are very well equipped to handle this,” he said.

Goldenberg says his office “is monitoring the situation.”

— JTA