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Venue switched to celebrate `Israel@60'; Unspecified security concerns prompted organizers to move the event from the Mall of America to the Metrodome.(NEWS)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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April 4, 2008
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Byline: CURT BROWN; STAFF WRITER
Citing unspecified security worries, Mall of America officials recently asked organizers of an Israel independence celebration to hold their event elsewhere.
So the 60th anniversary of Israel's statehood will be celebrated May 7 at the Metrodome.
"They told us that it posed a potential security threat to the facility," said Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, which is coordinating the "Israel@60" event with other community groups.
Mall of America spokesman Dan Jasper said Thursday that, as a matter of policy, "we just don't talk about security."
"We ...
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