Attorney General Jeff Sessions met with Jewish community leaders on Thursday to discuss widespread threats to Jewish institutions.
“The Department of Justice will not tolerate hate crimes against Jewish communities or the targeting of any community in this country on the basis of their religious beliefs,” the agency said in a statement.
Sessions met with officials from the JCC Association of North America, as well as other JCC heads.
According to a spokesperson, Sessions praised the leaders “for their responsiveness, efficiency, calm and competence in the face of those who would threaten these institutions and the millions of Americans who walk through their doors.”
The talks come following an arrest of an Israeli suspect in connection with the ongoing threats made against Jewish Community Centers, schools and other institutions that began in January. A former journalist was also arrested for making threats in the New York City area.
