Jewish community centers and synagogues around the U.S. reported another wave of bomb threats over the weekend, as Jews observed the religious holiday of Purim. In Rochester, New York, the Louis S. Wolk JCC was evacuated for the second time in less than a week, as police searched for explosives. This is Police Chief Mark Henderson.

Mark Henderson: “We do believe that this is part of, as I mentioned on Tuesday, a larger picture, the national trend. That’s why I did mention that the FBI was involved. They are assisting us. The state police has taken a lead role from a New York state perspective.”

There were other weekend bomb threats against Jewish centers in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Wisconsin and in Vancouver, Canada. The Jewish Community Center Association of North America says it has documented 128 incidents at 87 community centers so far this year.