ALBANY - The Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center is being evacuated after the Whitehall Road's second such threat in the last two weeks.

Director Adam Chaskin confirmed that a threat was made Tuesday morning and people were being led out of the building.

The center was evacuated and searched on Jan. 18 after someone called to warn a bomb had been planted. No bomb was found.

In the earlier incident, Albany police said three bomb-sniffing dogs swept through the building and found no devices or evidence after a call was received at 9:40 a.m. from a person who sounded like a woman and told a staff member there was a bomb in the building, Police Officer Steve Smith said.

The FBI is investigating the earlier Albany threat and others made at JCCs in other parts of the country on Jan. 18.

NBC stations in San Francisco said bomb threats were made at JCCs in Miami; Newton, Mass.; Scotch Plains, N.J.; and two Connecticut locations. The threats came after another rash of calls last week, which the Albany JCC noted in emails to its members.

Religion News Services reported that during the prior week at least 16 Jewish community centers received bomb threats on Jan. 9 in an apparent attempt to rattle American Jews, who have seen a spike in anti-Semitism incidents in the past year.