All affected institutions were cleared and resumed normal operations as of the late afternoon, according to the JCC Association of North America.<\/p>\n
Paul Goldenberg, director of the Secure Community Network, told JTA shortly after reports of the bomb threats began coming in that his organization was working closely with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to identify the perpetrators and stop the threats. SCN is an affiliate of the Jewish Federations of North America\u00a0that advises Jewish groups and institutions on security. SCN also is working closely with the Anti-Defamation League, Goldenberg said.<\/p>\n
Calling\u00a0the continued threats \u201cdisturbing,\u201d he said they are \u201cimpacting the lives of our communities out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Goldenberg also\u00a0said the Jewish institutions are \u201cbehaving in an exemplary manner\u201d in the wake of the threats.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Jewish schools and our JCCs continue to train for this, continue to execute well-placed measures,\u201d he said, going on to praise the staffs of U.S. Jewish institutions as being \u201cvigilant.\u201d<\/p>\n
No actual bombs have been found at any of the dozens of institutions that have received bomb threats in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal of these people is to wear us down,\u201d Goldenberg said. \u201cBut we are back in our schools, we are back in our JCCs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The JCC Association of North America urged federal officials to identify and capture the perpetrator or perpetrators\u00a0of the hoaxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnti-Semitism of this nature should not and must not be allowed to endure in our communities,\u201d said\u00a0David Posner, director of strategic performance at the JCCA, in a statement. \u201cThe Justice Department, Homeland Security, the FBI, and the White House, alongside Congress and local officials, must speak out \u2013 and speak out forcefully \u2013 against this scourge of anti-Semitism impacting communities across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cActions speak louder than words,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0the Washington area, the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School upper campus in Rockville and Gesher Jewish Day School in Fairfax both received\u00a0called-in\u00a0bomb threats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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