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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

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Illustrative photo of police tape at the JCC in Nashville, Tennessee, after the community center received a bomb threat on January 9, 2017. (Screenshot: The Tennessean)
March 24, 2022, 2:38 am
Bomb threats target ‘Jew filth’ at Jewish centers in a number of US states
‘I’ll be there at 12 to bomb your facility you ukranian jew filth i got bombs there now,’ said the two latest warnings sent to centers in Missouri and Pennsylvania
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Joanna Samuels is the new CEO of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. (Courtesy of the MMJCCM/ via JTA)
January 26, 2022, 6:29 am
JCC Manhattan’s new director looks to help people ‘reclaim pre-COVID life’
After a pandemic paradigm shift moved much of her organization’s programming online, Rabbi Joanna Samuels wants to bring her community back together – literally and metaphorically
By Ben Sales
Matt Jaffe smiles at a baby at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 in a photo that went viral. (U.S. Central Command Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/US Marine Corps)
September 4, 2021, 4:33 am
Jewish Marine who went viral cradling baby got start keeping kids happy at a JCC
Matt Jaffe, a 27-year-old sergeant, was photographed smiling down at an Afghan baby during the chaotic evacuation at Kabul airport
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package at the White House in Washington, DC, March 27, 2020. From left: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, House Minority Kevin McCarthy of California, and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP/Evan Vucci)
April 18, 2020, 5:10 am
US virus stimulus brings relief to some Jewish groups, confusion to most
With payroll benefits already exhausted, umbrella organizations for US Jews urge calm, persistence, amid suspicions that nonprofits, big bank clients shorted by White House package
By Ron Kampeas
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, talks to reporters in front of the Sidney Albert Albany JCC after the building was evacuated due to an emailed bomb threat, February 24, 2020. (Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo via JTA)
February 24, 2020, 10:52 pm
More than 50 JCCs nationwide receive emailed bomb threats
None of the intimidation, mostly made via identical messages, is found to be credible; source of warnings unknown
By Marcy Oster and Ben Sales
A view of the Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas (Google Street View via JTA)
May 8, 2019, 10:51 am
Lawsuit claims Dallas JCC ignored sexual abuse of teen girl
JCC executives accused of repeatedly dismissing warnings that gym worker was sexually assaulting 14-year-old, and in some cases partially shifted blame to the victim
By Ben Sales
NJY Camps runs a network of Jewish camps serving the New York metropolitan areas. (NJY Camps via JTA)
February 8, 2019, 12:42 pm
New Jersey camps’ board resigns over handling of director’s predatory behavior
Allegations involve complaints by female staffers of unwanted sexual advances and abusive behavior before and after Leonard Robinson’s hiring
By JTA
These are stones found on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, part of a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue to the 11 people killed during worship services Saturday Oct. 27, 2018 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
November 2, 2018, 9:10 am
How to pick up the pieces? Pittsburgh’s Jewish leaders debrief on a tragic week
The heads of the Jewish federation, JCC and Jewish Family and Community Services talk about the practical steps taken and those still left uncharted
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An American-Israeli Jewish teenager, accused of making a slew of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the US and elsewhere, is escorted by police, as he leaves a courtroom in Rishon Lezion, on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jack Guez)
September 3, 2018, 6:38 am
JCC hoax bomber’s mental state clouds relationship between crime and punishment
20-year-old’s tough treatment at hands of guards appears to be based on his rap sheet, but raises questions about whether his autism is being taken into account
By Jacob Magid
A photo of a nuclear implosion system, as obtained by Israel from a trove of secret Iranian files (Prime Minister's Office)
May 2, 2018, 5:05 am
TV report: Iran’s storage, transfer of nuclear files may breach 2015 accord
Though files recovered by Israel do not indicate current weapons program, one clause forbidding computer models for weapons could cause problems for Tehran, Hadashot says
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces new details on Iran's nuclear program, April 30, 2018. (Screenshot)
May 1, 2018, 5:29 pm
Netanyahu’s Iran nuke claims fail to convince deal backers
EU chief says revelations don’t prove Tehran is violating terms of 2015 deal; France, Britain: Presentation strengthens case for keeping nuclear accord
By AFP
Children participating in a Yom Kippur event at the Palo Alto JCC, October 2017. (Ilyanne Photographic Art/via JTA)
December 19, 2017, 1:30 pm
Israelis are flocking to this Silicon Valley community center
With a population estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands, a variety of new Hebrew programs aimed at Israeli expats are emerging
By Ben Sales
Illustrative photo of police tape at the JCC in Nashville, Tennessee, after the community center received a bomb threat on January 9, 2017. (Screenshot: The Tennessean)
September 8, 2017, 9:26 pm
US Jewish groups get security funding despite talk of rollbacks
$25m government grant is consistent with funding in recent years, comes amid a rise in anti-Semitic incidents
By JTA
Secure Community Network director Paul Goldenberg addresses a conference in Washington of Jewish security professionals on May 4, 2017. (SCN via JTA)
May 6, 2017, 7:50 am
Jewish communities, US agencies step up ties in wake of threats
Top US officials brief Jewish security professionals at Washington summit that comes, in part, following wave of JCC bomb hoaxes
By Ron Kampeas
William Daroff, left, the Washington director of the Jewish Federations of North America, and Michael Feinstein, the director of a Jewish community center in suburban Washington, DC, testify before a House subcommittee, March 16, 2017. (Ron Sachs)
March 18, 2017, 4:38 am
Jewish officials fret Trump budget will gut security grants
Heads of influential organizations say they anticipate vigorous resistance to proposed cuts from Jewish community
By Ron Kampeas
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