Authorities on Monday said bomb threats have targeted Jewish community centers in several states – including New Jersey. As CBS2’s Alice Gainer reported, a bomb threat was called in to the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly, prompting an evacuation and cancellations. JCC facilities in Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware were also targeted. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spokeswoman Amanda Hils said in an email that the agency was aware of the threats and its field divisions were ready to assist state and local law enforcement. Late Monday, programs had resumed at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, after police conducted a sweep and determined that the threat was not credible. The Tenafly facility is rather large – 185,000 square feet — with fitness centers, pools, a nursery school, and a dance and drama school. The facility has programs for children, adults and seniors in the Jewish community. Shortly after noon Monday, everyone in the JCC was evacuated when the bomb threat call came in. Everyone in the JCC was evacuated to the church next door, CBS2’s Jessica Layton reported. “Unfortunately, these are the times that we live in – you know, what happened in Florida on Friday, and we understand that we were part of a string of these threats throughout the country,” said Kaplen JCC chief marketing officer Tzipora Cohen, “and it’s just really a sad reality of today.”
![Graffiti found in Jerusalem's Old City praising terrorist Fadi al-Qunbar for killing four soldiers in a truck-ramming attack on Monday, January 9, 2017. The Hebrew reads 'Mesbah Abu Sabih. We will not despair until you despair. There is no place for you [Jews] in Jerusalem." (Courtesy of Israel Police Spokeswoman)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgAge2WFiikZlJUHd-1SyYls0bcqq7JHOdwsFXoa6rDKnt69881RBAM996yZcmw0IEB140C3pwm1Be-knqIpPGsM6fhuzM8Ej0uuOV7yGlqe55hJdKRiCJojmqoEUkFJ8xr2U4D29AahMhLHnjbvm3C0VC6INovDgMH8pEuNLqZDUCOQ7F0yJM9RZJE-0WfqMfwNTVZvFDmDLfODP30n_bjakD-_NLXbunPZbMKqFI=s0-d-e1-ft "Graffiti found in Jerusalem's Old City praising terrorist Fadi al-Qunbar for killing four soldiers in a truck-ramming attack on Monday, January 9, 2017. The Hebrew reads 'Mesbah Abu Sabih. We will not despair until you despair. There is no place for you [Jews] in Jerusalem.\" (Courtesy of Israel Police Spokeswoman)")
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