Sandy Springs, GA – A bomb threat at Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs interrupted a bar mitzvah service on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 18.
The Sandy Spring Police Department and Fire Department responded to the synagogue, temporarily closing Trowbridge Road.
“The police department requested Cobb County Police Canine detection dogs, and they searched the building, and no threat was detected,” Fire Chief Keith Sanders said.
Or Hadash posted a message on social media, assuring the community that all was well.
The bomb threat at Or Hadash is the latest reported in a series of antisemitic acts in metro Atlanta. A November survey by the Anti-Defamation League shows that 70% of Americans agree Jew-hatred is a serious and growing problem in the U.S.
The last bomb threat against a Jewish organization was on Aug. 17, when a building in Midtown that houses the Breman Museum and Jewish Federation of Georgia was cleared by police. The threat kicked off a search of The Temple, a synagogue on Peachtree Street. No evidence of a bomb was found at either location.
