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Behind the Aegis

(53,963 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:31 PM Oct 2019

Connecticut synagogue evacuated after receiving 2 bomb threats

Source: Times Of Israel

A synagogue in Connecticut was evacuated Friday after it received two bomb threats.

Congregation B’nai Israel, a Reform congregation in Bridgeport, was evacuated on Friday while police investigated the threats, the city’s police said on Twitter.

The police department said all had been evacuated safely.

It later said no threats were found at the location and that the caller was being investigated.

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/connecticut-synagogue-evacuated-after-receiving-2-bomb-threats/

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Connecticut synagogue evacuated after receiving 2 bomb threats (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2019 OP
Years ago my mother worked for the American Jewish Committee in Manhattan.... George II Oct 2019 #1
Nooses in New York, Bomb Threats in Bridgeport Hunt 4 Blue November Oct 2019 #2
This is Sick McKim Oct 2019 #3
Trump and his alt-right Nazi pals at work RudyColludie Oct 2019 #4

George II

(67,782 posts)
1. Years ago my mother worked for the American Jewish Committee in Manhattan....
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 12:44 PM
Oct 2019

They had to evacuate their offices about once a month for years because of bomb threats. Police never found any. Bomb threats are a cowardly way of terrorizing people.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
3. This is Sick
Sat Oct 26, 2019, 01:43 PM
Oct 2019

This is sick. Why are we just reading about it in an Israeli news source? This is also an attempt to add to the chaos that The Far Right is fomenting. Creating fear and chaos benefits them. Fearful people vote conservative. We must chose Love over Fear and spread that idea!

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