US EditionMaryland Man Arrested for Threats to Philadelphia Jewish Museum
- Federal authorities arrested Clift A. Seferlis, a 55-year-old Maryland tour guide, on June 17 for sending threatening letters to Philadelphia-area Jewish institutions.
- Seferlis allegedly sent these threats over 18 months from New York to Washington, D.C., including a May 7 letter to the Weitzman Museum referencing Kristallnacht and accusing leaders of ignoring Gaza’s situation.
- Seferlis acknowledged to FBI agents that he was responsible for the letters and revealed he had previously conducted tours at the museum, with intentions to lead another tour shortly after his arrest.
- He was granted release after posting a $50,000 bail and was subjected to electronic monitoring, restrictions on travel, a prohibition from entering Jewish institutions, and an order to relinquish any firearms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
- The arrest follows heightened security at Jewish sites after recent antisemitic attacks, including the May 21 shooting outside Washington’s Capital Jewish Museum that killed two Israeli embassy staffers.
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Maryland man arrested for threats to Philadelphia Jewish museum - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The federal government arrested a Maryland man accused of sending threatening letters to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and other Jewish institutions for over a year. 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. In one letter sent on May 7, wh…
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Maryland man arrested for threats to Philadelphia Jewish museum
The federal government arrested a Maryland man accused of sending threatening letters to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and other Jewish institutions for over a year.
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