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estern Canadian Jew-
ish communities are on
alert after a parcel
bomb detonated but did
not explode at the Calgary Jew-
ish Centre this week, injuring a
secretary.
"We sent a security notice to
all the institutions and groups
alerting them to be more careful
and describing the types of pack-
ages they might be particularly
concerned about," said Marilyn
Berger, associate director of
Canadian Jewish Congress, Pa-
cific Region.
Shortly before 10 a.m. on April
29, a female secretary in Cal-
gary's Jewish National Fund
(JNF) office received minor burns
when a package she was open-
ing detonated. She was taken to
the nearby Rockyview Hospital
in Calgary for treatment for face
and hand burns, said Calgary
Police Service Insp. Brendan Ka-
puscinski. The unidentified sec-
retary, who is not Jewish, has
since been released and is back
to work.
The damage could have been
more severe. "When it exploded
there was large portion of the de-
vice still intact," Insp. Kapus-
cinski said in a telephone
interview. He didn't know
whether the bomb, which arrived
at the JNF office April 26 but
wasn't opened until April 29, was
mailed or hand delivered. No one
claimed responsibility for the at-
tack.
JNF, raises money to help
plant trees and build infrastruc-
ture in Israel.
"We were obviously stunned
and shocked. You don't expect
this kind of thing to happen in
Canada," said Ruth Freeman,
president of JNF in the Pacific
Region. "Somebody was injured,
so we're taking this seriously."
All Jewish agencies and orga-
nizations have been briefed
about opening mail, said Mrs.
Freeman. "We have been advised
to be very careful." Mrs. Freeman
said she has been in touch with
her JNF colleagues in Calgary,
but could not elaborate further
other than to say the bombing
was discussed.
Staff in the Vancouver office
of JNF are working, she said,
"but everybody is fairly anxious.
This matter extends beyond
one's office. My name and others
are listed on the letterhead, so
Roberta Staley is a reporter for
and Ariela Friedmann is editor of
our sister paper, the Jewish
Western Bulletin, in
Vancouver.
I've advised my family to be care-
ful."
Vancouver Police Department
spokesperson Const. Anne
Drennan said the Calgary bomb-
ing is worrisome. "We're always
concerned about copycat artists,
which are often out there taking
this as a suggestion." That could
range from someone making a
fake bomb simply as a scare tac-
tic to the real thing, Const.
Drennan said.
She warned the community to
be on the lookout for lopsided or
heavily wrapped packages with
protruding wires or oil stains.
A suspicious package often is
handwritten with excessive
postage and a rush label.
One person
was slightly
injured.
"If you have any reason to be-
lieve a letter or parcel is suspi-
cious, do not take a chance or
worry about possible embar-
rassment if the item turns out to
be innocent. Contact the police
and do not take chances," Const.
Drennan warned.
Talmud Torah principal Hugh
Burke said the Vancouver day
school has had a frill-time secu-
rity guard posted at the 465-
pupil elementary school since
April 30. And staff have been for-
bidden to open any suspicious
packages. "It's important to an-
ticipate these things, not simply
to react," said Mr. Burke.
Reached in Calgary, Jewish
Free Press editor Judy Shapiro
reported that "expressions of sup-
port and sympathy have been
pouring in," coming from as far
away as Israel. The chief rabbi
of Kiryat Shmonah, site of many
of the Katyusha attacks in north-
ern Israel, called and extended
a personal message of sympathy,
Ms. Shapiro said.
Ms. Shapiro said she was able
to enter the Calgary JCC about
one hour after the bombing, but
the place was "swarming with
cops."
The Calgary JCC has been on
high alert since the incident, but
"life is back to normal," said Ms.
Shapiro, noting that the center's
day care opened the next day, as
did all center offices and facilities.
In Ottawa, Justice Minister
Allan Rock told reporters he
found the incident "troubling,"
adding the the government will
monitor any rise in anti-Semi-
tism.
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