Jewish Community Centers Receive Fourth Wave of Bomb Threats This Year

"Jewish community centers across the country received bomb threats on Monday, the fourth wave of what has become a troubling trend in 2017.

Centers in Chicago, Houston, St. Paul, Minn. and Buffalo, N.Y., were among 11 centers that were called Monday, though no explosives were found and no one was injured.

The latest hoaxes have brought the total number of threats to 69 at 54 centers in 27 states and one Canadian province since the beginning of the year, according to the JCC Association of North America.

Locations in Manhattan, Long Island and New Jersey were called during three waves of calls in January, which prompted evacuations at some centers...

The FBI told the Daily News last month that it and the Department of Justice are investigating possible civil rights violations in the hoax calls, and repeated the same statement Monday.

'We will not be cowed by threats intended to disrupt people's lives or the vital role Jewish community centers play as gathering places, schools, camps, and fitness and recreation centers,' the JCC Association said in a statement..."