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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Eric Greitens

In this May 17, 2018 file photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens looks on before speaking at an event near the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
March 24, 2021, 10:13 am
Missouri governor who quit after sex scandal announces Senate run
Eric Greitens, whose governorship crashed in 2018 amid revelations of an abusive extramarital affair, plans to run to replace Missouri Republican senator next year
By Ron Kampeas
Eric Greitens speaking at the Robin Hood Veterans Summit at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, May 7, 2012. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images via JTA)
May 25, 2019, 5:09 pm
Ex-Missouri governor to deploy with Navy to Middle East — report
Eric Greitens, a Jewish Republican, tells friends of plan months after he was forced to resign amid sex scandal
By Josefin Dolsten
In this May 17, 2018 file photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens looks on before speaking at an event near the capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
May 30, 2018, 1:19 am
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns amid sex scandal
State’s first Jewish governor says he wants to put a stop to ‘endless personal attacks designed to cause maximum damage to family and friends’
By DAVID A. LIEB
Eric Greitens denied that he blackmailed the woman he admitted to having an affair with. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)
May 16, 2018, 9:28 am
Blackmail case against Jewish Missouri governor dismissed by prosecutors
Investigators fail to find evidence that Eric Greitens took nude photo of woman and threatened to distribute it
By JTA
Eric Greitens speaking at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, May 7, 2012. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation via JTA)
May 5, 2018, 1:10 am
Missouri’s first Jewish governor faces state’s first-ever impeachment hearing
State legislature will convene to consider case against Eric Greitens, a Jewish Republican, who has been accused of coercing a woman into sexual acts
By JTA
Eric Greitens speaking at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, May 7, 2012. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation via JTA)
March 2, 2018, 6:08 am
Missouri governor accused of blackmailing mistress hit with fresh probe
Eric Greitens facing growing calls for impeachment or resignation amid claims he improperly coordinated fundraising efforts with his 2015 election campaign
By AFP and ToI Staff
Eric Greitens speaking at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, May 7, 2012. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation via JTA)
February 23, 2018, 6:08 pm
Missouri’s Jewish governor defiant after being indicted for blackmail
Eric Greitens says he made a mistake but ‘did not commit a crime’ amid growing calls for his impeachment or resignation
By JIM SALTER, DAVID A. LIEB and Summer Ballentine
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens speaks during an interview in his office at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on January 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
February 23, 2018, 1:28 am
Missouri gov. indicted after allegedly blackmailing woman with nude photo
Eric Greitens to face charges for transmitting picture of woman he had affair with, denies threatening her
By AP
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens speaks during an interview in his office at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City on January 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
January 23, 2018, 1:22 am
Missouri governor says he won’t step down amid blackmail allegations
Eric Greitens apologizes for affair that has led to calls for his resignation, but says ‘there is nothing to investigate’
By JTA
Eric Greitens speaking at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York, May 7, 2012. (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation via JTA)
January 11, 2018, 9:45 pm
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens denies use of blackmail to keep affair secret
State’s first Jewish head rejects ‘outrageous claims’ he used compromising photo of woman to silence her
By JTA
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on February 24, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
February 27, 2017, 12:43 am
At Las Vegas confab, Republican Jews find reasons to like Trump
Amid skepticism over president, Jewish conservatives rally around shared support for Israel, embrace Pence
By Ron Kampeas
Muslim activist and BDS supporter Linda Sarsour at SiriusXM event 'Muslim in America' in New York City, October 26, 2015. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images for SiriusXM/via JTA)
February 23, 2017, 11:55 pm
Muslim campaign raises over $115,000 for vandalized Jewish cemetery
Damage to Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in Missouri draws empathy, support from across US political spectrum
By JTA
Volunteers from a local monument company help to reset vandalized headstones at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery on February 22, 2017 in University City, Missouri. (Michael Thomas/ Getty Images)
February 22, 2017, 11:36 pm
Pence visits damaged Jewish cemetery, condemns ‘vile’ vandalism
Vice president chips in with cleanup at St. Louis-area gravesite; most of 150 damaged headstones put back in place after large interfaith effort
By AP and ToI Staff
In this Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Linda Sarsour, director of the Arab American Association of New York, poses for photos in front of a canvas painted by the association's youth group at its headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)
February 22, 2017, 9:16 am
BDS activist raises $56,000 for vandalized Jewish cemetery
Palestinian-American Linda Sarsour says she hopes crowdfunding effort will help bring ‘a sense of security’ to US Jews
By ToI Staff
People walk through toppled graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri, on February 21, 2017. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
February 22, 2017, 6:18 am
Jewish governor, Muslim activists pitch in to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens decries ‘despicable act of what appears to be anti-Semitic vandalism’
By JTA
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