Across the country, bomb threats were called in to eleven Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) leading to evacuations as police and FBI searched for explosives. The threats, which is said to be the fourth wave in five weeks, targeted community centers in Birmingham, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Paul, Tampa, Albuquerque, Houston, Milwaukee, Nashville and Buffalo.
Joining in solidarity with the Jewish community, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who made false bomb threats to these community centers.
Noting the “tremendous level of support” offered to Muslim Americans by the Jewish community when Muslims have been targeted by hate in recent months, CAIR’s national executive director, Nihad Awad, said: “It is the duty of American Muslims to offer support to the Jewish community and any minority group targeted in the recent spike in hate crimes nationwide.”
