Man arrested, charged with threats against Jewish community centers

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country has again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to evacuate.

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. …

A jilted ex-boyfriend is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish Community Centers nationwide, plus a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday. Juan Thompson was arrested in St. Louis and will appear in federal court in Missouri on Friday afternoon on a charge of cyberstalking, authorities said.

Jewish Americans have cause to worry

... on high alert, and it is not without reason. This week, Scarsdale's Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester and Tarrytown's JCC on the Hudson both received bomb threats. According to the New York City mayor's office, there were 80 anti-Semitic ...

Anti-Semitism on the rise

... Centers and other Jewish organizations in New York and across the nation. On Monday, Jewish Community Centers in Tarrytown, Staten Island, New Rochelle and Plainview, Long Island, were targeted with bomb threats. There were also reports of a gun ...

Md. delegation seeks investigation into threats at Jewish centers

The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country has again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to evacuate. The Jewish Community Center is seen in Tarrytown, N.Y. The latest in a wave of bomb threat hoaxes called into more than 20 Jewish community centers and schools across the country has again put administrators in the position of having to decide whether a threatening message on the other end of a phone line was enough to evacuate.