Phone threat disrupts Jewish day school in Florida
MIAMI _ A Davie, Fla., Jewish school was evacuated for two hours Tuesday after a phone threat against the school, the latest in a nationwide series of anonymous telephoned threats to Jewish schools and community centers this year.
The David Posnack Jewish Day School was also evacuated after a bogus bomb threat on Feb 27, part of a fifth wave of such threats across the country in two months. The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI announced a civil rights investigation into the threats, but declined to discuss whether they were coordinated.
Davie police, who characterized Tuesday's call as a bomb threat, gave the all-clear around noon. The adjoining Jewish community center was put on lockdown but not evacuated.
The JCC Association of North America sent out a written statement confirming that several JCCs around the country were threatened with "either emailed or phoned-in bomb threats overnight and this morning." No other JCC in South Florida was affected on Tuesday.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported community centers were threatened in Milwaukee, Maryland, Oregon, New York and Alabama in the U.S., as well as in Toronto and London, Ontario, in Canada. Seven Anti-Defamation Leagues offices also received threats, according to JTA.
_Miami Herald
