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‘No further threat’ from Bronx terror plot

The group coordinating security for the Jewish community says that the arrests yesterday in New York mean that there is “no further threat” to Jewish institutions from the terror plot.

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Bloomberg: Credit NYPD

Watch the video of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg crediting the New York Police Department.

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Video reports on the bombing plot

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to watch the report from NY1. Plus these:

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Riverdale Jewish council: Shows us the security funding

The chairman of the Riverdale Jewish Community Council says the foiled plot “demonstrates the need for the Department of Homeland Security and other relevant agencies to expand the funding of security grants for religious institutions and houses of worship.”

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How did law enforcement infiltrate the group?

“The Take Away” radio program has a report on the foiled plot. Among the questions tackled: How did law enforcement infiltrate the group and quash its plans? How did they decide when to bust the would-be bombers? 

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Gillibrand: Need more security funding for synagogues

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) says she’ll push to “deliver the security funding we need to safeguard our synagogues and other community and religious institutions.”

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Wiesenthal Center: Tighten security

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is calling on “all Jewish institutions, in coordination with their local law enforcement agencies to tighten the security of all communal facilities.”

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AJC: Prisons are terrorist breeding ground

The AJC’s Yehudit Barsky warns that “American prisons have become prime recruiting grounds for incubating terrorists.”

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Police foil attempted ‘Jihad’ against Bronx shuls

The four men who planned to blow up two synagogues in the Bronx and shot down U.S. military planes said they “wanted to commit jihad,” the New York Police Commissioner said.

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