Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old man suspected of phoning in a series of bomb threats against Jewish community centers across the United States. The wave of threats prompted community center evacuations and stoked concern among American Jews about an upsurge in anti-Semitism. The man also is suspected of calling in a bomb threat against Delta Air Lines flights from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in January. “We believe he is the main suspect behind the threats against Jewish communities,” said Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Israeli police. JCCs and other institutions should not relax security measures or become less vigilant.”Man arrested in St. Louis in connection with threats against Jewish community centersTrump denounces anti-Semitism after Jewish community centers receive 68 bomb threats in six weeksAfter bomb threat, Westside Jewish center looks ahead: 'We're not going to let it change how we think'

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2017 13:20 UTC