New York City police said three synagogues were targeted by bomb threats within two hours on Saturday.
According to police, the threat occurred between 3:15 p.m. and 5:13 p.m. Saturday.
At approximately 3:15 p.m., Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd Street, received an email from an unknown sender threatening the presence of explosives. Police said the building had been evacuated and no explosives were found inside the place of worship.
The next threat came around 4:30 p.m., when the Beit Simchat Torah congregation on West 30th Street received an email from an unknown sender, also containing an explosive threat. Police said no one was inside the building at the time.
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Police searched the building and found no explosives inside.
A third threat was reported just after 5:10 p.m., when another email from an unknown sender threatening explosives was sent to the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue on Remsen Street. Police told FOX News Digital that the three people were evacuated out of an abundance of caution, adding that no explosives were found inside.
All three bomb threats are currently under investigation.
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New York Governor Cathy Hochul said in a post on X that she and other state officials are actively monitoring the number of bomb threats made at synagogues.
“While threats are not considered credible, we do not tolerate individuals who instill fear.” [and] “It’s anti-Semitism. Those responsible must be held accountable for their despicable acts,” the governor said.
Nathan Diament, executive director of public policy for the Orthodox Union, told Fox News Digital that he was aware of bomb threats that law enforcement officials were able to determine were false threats.
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In a pre-scheduled Zoom meeting with the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday, Diament and others discussed the threat with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who assured him that the threat was false and that the issue was a top priority. I got it.
Still, as Diament said, “it doesn’t stop the fake bomb threat calls.” He went on to add that we need to rely on law enforcement to monitor these types of threats.
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Diament said the rise in threats and anti-Semitism in New York City and across the country is “certainly stressful.” He also said the Orthodox Jewish community “is not going to let this deter them from going to synagogue,” adding that they go to synagogue every day.
