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Maryland man arrested for threats to Philadelphia Jewish museum  

JL;DR SUMMARY A Maryland man, Clift A. Seferlis, has been arrested for sending threatening letters to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and other Jewish institutions over the past 18 months. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PhiladelphiaJewish InstitutionsThreatsJewish SecurityKristallnachtMarylandWeitzman National MuseumFbi ArrestSeferlis

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Garrett Park, Maryland, United States
"Clift A. Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, was arrested on June 17 and charged with mailing threatening communications, one of which made reference to Kristallnacht, a Nazi pogrom carried out in 1938."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Do you deep down reallycare [sic] really about what is going on in Gaza? Will it take something happening to your beloved [institution] to make that happen, it continued, according to a press release by the United States Attorneys office."
Washington DC, United States
"The arrest comes as Jewish institutions increased their security across the country following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last month and the firebombing attack earlier this month on a march for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, that left 15 injured."
Boulder, Colorado, United States
"The arrest comes as Jewish institutions increased their security across the country following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last month and the firebombing attack earlier this month on a march for Israeli hostages in Boulder, Colorado, that left 15 injured."

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