(Jewish Group) Jewish leaders speak out after FBI's 'rare' bulletin on synagogue threats
Jewish leaders in New Jersey are voicing their concerns over the state of antisemitism in the U.S. after the FBI issued a "rare" tweet on a threat to synagogues in the state, sending police scrambling to add patrols.
When the FBI announced the threat on Thursday, the agency urged people to "take all security precautions to protect your community and facility." The Anti-Defamation League of New York and New Jersey advised people to be "calm," but on a "heightened state of alert."
On Friday, the FBI announced that it "identified the source of the threat...against an unspecified New Jersey area synagogue," and said the person "no longer poses a danger to the community."
Rabbi David Levy, the New Jersey regional director of the American Jewish Committee, told ABC News he was "incredibly disturbed" by Thursday's tweet from the FBI, calling the agency's warning a "very rare event."
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