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NYC SYNAGOGUES RECEIVE BOMB THREATS ON EVE OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

By James Lynch
May 5, 2024 10:37 AM
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A person walks by a synagogue that was evacuated early today after receiving a
bomb threat in New York City, May 2024. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

At least three New York City synagogues and received bomb threats on Saturday
ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Three threats, were made to synagogues in Manhattan. A fourth was sent to a
Brooklyn synagogue, according to multiple reports.

The Upper West Side of Manhattan’s Congregation Rodeph Sholom and Congregation
Beit Simchat Torah received fake threats Saturday afternoon. Chabad of Midtown
on Fifth Avevnue and Brooklyn Heights Synagogue in Brooklyn were also sent fake
threats.

The Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park received another bomb threat
that turned out to be unfounded. The threats remain under police investigation
and it is unclear if they are connected.



“We are actively monitoring a number of bomb threats at synagogues in New York.
Threats have been determined not to be credible, but we will not tolerate
individuals sowing fear & antisemitism. Those responsible must be held
accountable for their despicable actions,” said New York governor Kathy Hochul
(D) Saturday evening.

Manhattan borough president Mark Levine said on Saturday the false bomb threats
“cannot be accepted” and a “clear hate crime.”

“A clear hate crime, and part of a growing trend of “swatting” incidents
targeting Jewish institutions,” Levine stated following the second bomb threat.

“But this is a clear effort to sow fear in the Jewish community. Cannot be
accepted,” Levine added after the fourth bomb threat.



Holocaust Remembrance Day is taking place starting Sunday evening and going
through Monday night. Events and ceremonies will take place across Israel to
mourn the six million Jews systematically slaughtered by Hitler’s Nazi regime.

At the same time, New York City’s Jewish community is experiencing a noticeable
uptick in antisemitic hate crimes. So far this year, antisemitic hate crimes
have surged 45 percent, according to police data reported by the New York Post.

Antisemitic hate crimes have increased dramatically following Hamas’s mass
civilian slaughter on October 7 and Israel’s ongoing military campaign against
Hamas.

Last year, antisemitic incidents reached a record high since the Anti-Defamation
League began tracking them over four decades ago, the group observed in a recent
report. More antisemitic incidents took place last year after Hamas terrorist
attack than the entire 2022 calendar year, the ADL found.

Antisemitic incidents and pro-Hamas chanting have taken place at the anti-Israel
encampments being installed across the country by student activists and outside
left-wing organizations.



New York City has been a hotbed for anti-Israel student protests in recent
weeks, particularly at Columbia University, City College of New York, and New
York University. NYPD officers have intervened at all three locations to clear
out encampments and arrest demonstrators for violating school policies.


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James Lynch is a News Writer for National Review. He was previously a reporter
for the Daily Caller. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a New
York City native.




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