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Screen capture of the Youngstown Jewish Community Center in Ohio. (Google Maps)
August 18, 2019, 12:59 pm
Ohio man arrested for implied shooting threat to Jewish center
James Reardon posts video of gunfire and screams, tags it with name of Youngstown community building; police find guns, anti-Semitic and white nationalist propaganda in his home
By Stuart Winer
Terri LaManno was killed Sunday, April 13, 2014, while visiting her mother at Village Shalom assisted living facility in Leawood, Kansas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The LaManno family via Kansas City Star)
November 15, 2018, 11:32 am
Family of US woman killed by neo-Nazi settles lawsuit with Walmart over gun sale
Details of settlement between retailer and relatives of Terri Lamanno, fatally shot in 2014 outside Kansas JCC, aren’t disclosed
By AP
Illustrative: Swastikas found spray-painted on the JCC in Fairfax Virginia on October 6, 2018. (Screen capture/Twitter)
October 6, 2018, 11:51 pm
Police open probe after Virginia JCC vandalized with 19 swastikas
Senator Tim Kaine says incident is part of ‘insidious rise in hateful actions and anti-Semitism’ as community center targeted for second time in just over a year
By TOI staff
Representatives from different JCCs worldwide participating in a 'speed dating' event aimed at pairing up different centers on 2-3 year long projects. The event took place at the Amitim 2.0 JCC Global conference from November 5-9, 2017. (Photo credit: Magali Druscovich)
November 19, 2017, 2:45 am
Matchmaking for communities: JCCs hold ‘speed-dating’ event at global confab
Community centers in North America and Israel mix it up, pairing with counterparts from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia on collaborative projects for the next 2-3 years
By Cathryn J. Prince
In this photo provided by KSHB41 Action News, authorities respond to the Jewish community center after a shooting in Overland Park, Kan., Sunday, April 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/KSHB41 Action News)
August 2, 2017, 6:55 pm
Family of Kansas JCC shooting victims settles gun purchase suit
Relatives say Walmart allowed an accomplice to purchase weapon used in 2014 shooting by killer, a convicted felon
By AP
Mexico City mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera (Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0)
March 28, 2017, 9:45 pm
Mexico City mayor lays foundation stone of new Jewish center
Miguel Angel Mancera hails community’s decision to build $5 million complex as sign of trust in country’s growth
By JTA
Police officers investigate a bomb threat outside the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester in Brighton, NY on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Tina Macintyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
March 15, 2017, 9:58 pm
Fresh wave of bomb scares hits three JCCs in US
Jewish centers in St. Louis, Atlanta, and Boulder receive bomb threats via email; all deemed non-credible
By TOI staff and Agencies
Police officers investigate a bomb threat outside the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester in Brighton, NY on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (Tina Macintyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
March 13, 2017, 9:35 am
Jewish centers in US, Canada hit with fresh spate of bomb threats
Six JCCs receive warnings on Sunday; New York governor orders large-scale probe after Rochester building evacuated for second time in week
By TOI staff and AP
Adam Schonberger, standing, with other participants at the 2016 seder dinner at the Aurora Jewish community center in Budapest, April 22, 2016. (Courtesy of Marom via JTA)
March 6, 2017, 5:06 am
Jews, Roma turn alternative Budapest JCC into anti-government hub
A number of maligned groups have made the Aurora Jewish center their home, saying it is one of the only safe spaces in Hungary
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jordana Horn
March 2, 2017, 2:53 pm
Jordana Horn
5 things to do now to help your JCC
You’re not powerless to stand up to hate! Even small acts of support can make all the difference to your community
The Jewish community center in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. (screen capture: Google Street View)
February 20, 2017, 8:37 pm
New wave of bomb threats at Jewish centers across US
For fourth time in five weeks, JCCs evacuated, after phone calls threaten attacks in Minnesota, Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama and other states
By JTA and TOI staff
A complex in Wilmington, Del., housing four Jewish organizations was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat. (Courtesy of Siegel JCC in Wilmington)
January 27, 2017, 2:46 am
FBI sees bomb threats to JCCs as hate crime, not terrorism
Calls targeted over 30 Jewish community centers in 20 states in January, but in no case was a bomb found
By JTA
Screen capture of video showing people evacuated from a Jewish community center following a bomb hoax in Miami, Florida, January 9, 2017. (screen capture: YouTube/CBS Miami)
January 9, 2017, 10:02 pm
Bomb threats made at 16 JCCs in 7 states, hundreds evacuated
All-clears given as no explosives found at facilities from New Jersey to California; similar hoax calls made to Jewish institutions in UK
By Stuart Winer
Fort Homer Hesterly Armory (screen capture: YouTube)
October 10, 2016, 7:25 pm
Despite opposition, Florida council boosts Jewish community security
In move aimed at preventing terror attacks, local body votes to put up 6-foot high fence around new Tampa JCC
By JTA
Stephen Hazan Arnoff. (Courtesy Shalem Center)
March 19, 2016, 6:14 pm
JCC Association head resigns after one year on the job
Stephen Hazan Arnoff to move back to Israel with family, will help find a replacement
By JTA
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