After we received the call. Reporter in wynnewood students vac waited from pearl man jewish day school. The township swept the school using k9 officers. In delaware, wilmington jcc is target of the phoned in threat , and in each case, the threats, were empty. In a statement from Camden County freeholder director lewis capeli he condemned the acts quoting this threat to the jcc was in the just a threat to the jewish religion, heritage, culture, and values but treat to our overall community. Incident is appalling in every sense of the word and we will not stand idlely by while these types of despicable acts are using to compromise our Strong Social fabric, simply put, hate has in home here in Camden County. Meanwhile, parents and Staff Members are disgusted with the threats of violence, made against the Jewish Community. This is my third evacuation , you start getting used to it, and you dont want to get use to it but you start getting use to it. Reporter i just spoke with the official w
Asking. The how prurp is joking with the local leaders. Plus a first the president is making tonight. Nbc 10 news starts now. Right now at 11 00, a growing effort toe clean up hundreds of vandalized headstones at a philadelphia Jewish Cemetery. As the search intensifies. Good evening, im denise, this vandalism is the latest in a strong of antisemitic actions as well as threats across the nation. Were bringing you Live Team Coverage of this mornings discovery. We begin with drew smith whos live at the cemetery. Drew, the reward has grown since your report at 6 00. Reporter yes, 3,000 more added by the fraternal order of police, thats in addition to the 10,000 that the Antidefamation League is offering. Theyre hoping itll bring someone out to bring information about whoever got past this fence and a locked gate here to damage hundreds of graves. An evening prayer at sundown to bring some comfort to people disturbed by the toppled and damaged headstones at mt. Caramel Jewish Cemetery. Hun
No Real Security cameras or anything im guessing . No. Reporter no guards or anything like that. No. Reporter many overturns tomb stones are in the back corners. The stone themselves dont capture fingerprints so investigators had to collect weaker evidence like beer cans and bottles. They dont have a suspect let alone a motive but it would ultimately be the district attorneys decision to charge this as a hate crime if a religious attack was the motivation. Philadelphias mayor believes our National Political environment has, quote, empowered and emboldened bigots. Sad to say what it looks like it probably is. Were in an environment where bigotry and hatred have been given permission. Reporter the mayor called on elected offices higher than his to condemn this vandalism forcefully. As of just about 90 minutes ago, that agency will lead the evidence gathering from here on out. Reporting live im George Spencer nbc10 news. Just a few hours ago, 180 interfaith leaders came together at luther
Capture fingerprints so instead investigators had to collect other evidence like beer cans and bottles. Ultimately the District Attorney would decide on hate crime charges if a religious attack was the motivation but freezing rain now investigators dont have a suspect and without a suspect they cant be certain about the motive. Bigotry and hatred will never go away but its the governments responsibility to tamp it down. Reporter reporting live. That is the latest case of a Jewish Cemetery vandalized and more threats over the last month. Normally we do not cover bomb threats but today a National Pattern continues as 21 Jewish Community centers were threatened. Three of them in our area. The calls for bomb threats were made to jccs in a dozen states today. Locally the kaiserman in wynnwood, the kats jcc in cherry hill all received threats. All three locations were evacuated and given the all clear by police. And take a look at the damage from last week at a Jewish Cemetery in st. Louis.
Vandalism or an act of antisemitism. Wall and sarah we just spoke with a man who went over the entire cemetery called the mount caramel cemetery. He doesnt know if they were all knocked over when this act of vandalism happened, but theres 400 plus head stones had been toppled over. Whats happening right now is something very nice repropped back unabout 50 head stones right now. People of all faith coming together and try and fix things ed. Er such a terrible thing er seen anything like thi this. Reporter youre looking at tombstone. Its a Historic Jewish cemetery. Why . I think thats really the only thing you can say, because theres really no reason for it to be done. Philadelphia Police Detectives were here starting an investigation, one woman who came to check on her family stone say this can only be one thing. What looks like a systematic destruction las got ton antisemetic. I cant think of anything else. Reporter its not a targeted attack. Im hoping it was maybe just some drunk kids