A heightened security alert -- but no 'direct, known threats' -- overshadows preparations for next week's Passover observation by America's Jewish community, security leaders said Wednesday.
FBI monitoring anti-Jewish threats ahead of Passover, Wray tells security groupCovered in prayer shawls, Jewish men pray during the holiday of Passover, in front of the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, April 9, 2023. A heightened security alert — but no “direct, known threats” — overshadows preparations for next week’s Passover observation by America’s Jewish community, security leaders said Wednesday.
Passover is an annual eight-day observance of the exodus of Hebrew slaves from Egypt around 1440 B.C. Such incidents — often called “swatting” attacks because police Special Weapons and Tactics units are deployed in response — “not only disrupt whatever activities are ongoing, they also intimidate people and terrorize entire communities and they stretch local law enforcement resources, straining law enforcers’ ability to respond to other threats,” Mr.
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