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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey stands in the governor's office after being sworn in, January 13, 2025, in Jefferson City, Missouri. (AP/Jeff Roberson)
July 11, 2025, 6:38 am
Missouri AG threatens lawsuits after AI chatbots give Trump low marks on antisemitism
Andrew Bailey sends letter to major tech firms demanding explanations on how they train their AI tools, which ranked US president as worst ever US leader in terms of Jew hatred
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
US Rep. Cori Bush, Democrat-Missouri, speaks to supporters in Webster Groves, Missouri, July 31, 2024. (Jim Salter/AP)
August 6, 2024, 8:19 am
Israel-critical Democrat Cori Bush faces primary against pro-Israel rival Tuesday
Political action groups tied to AIPAC have spent at least $9 million on ads for Wesley Bell, who says he will fight to keep US supporting Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
Former US president Donald Trump attends his trial at the Manhattan Criminal court, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Win McNamee/ Pool Photo via AP)
August 5, 2024, 11:48 pm
US Supreme Court upholds gag order on Trump in hush money case
Missouri attorney general had filed long-shot lawsuit against New York, arguing gag order was politically motivated and wrongly limited ex-president’s ability to campaign
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Finished bracelets sit in a basket at former Girl Scout Troop 149's fundraiser for children affected by the war in Gaza at the Dar Al Jalal Masjid Mosque in Hazelwood, Missouri, on March 2, 2024. (Vanessa Abbitt/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
March 5, 2024, 12:25 pm
US Girl Scout troop’s charity bracelets for Gaza kids roils organization
Dispute over fundraiser by Troop 149 in St. Louis caused it to disband while supporters and pro-Palestinian advocates slammed Missouri chapter for cracking down on project
By AP and ToI Staff
Artwork from Art Spiegelman's 'Maus.' (Courtesy/Pantheon & Schocken Books)
June 15, 2023, 7:50 pm
Missouri school district to debate ban of ‘Maus’ over potential ‘sexual material’
Art Spiegelman, author of Holocaust graphic novel, leading fight against possible move at district of 6,000 students: ‘Book burning leads to people burning’
By Andrew Lapin
Mayor Stephen Wright of Odessa, Missouri (center) said the town's trash collectors are "not trying to Jew anybody" during a meeting of the Board of Aldermen, May 15, 2023. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 19, 2023, 10:40 am
US mayor apologizes for saying trash collectors ‘not trying to Jew anybody’
Video of Odessa, Missouri council meeting removed from social media for violating standards; town of 5,000 does not appear to have any Jewish presence
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: The Passover Seder plate, as shown in this March 8th, 2007 photo, is a special plate containing symbolic foods used by Jews during the Passover Seder. The items include (from top center): horseradish; a shank bone; a mixture of fruit, wine and nuts called haroset; lettuce, parsley and an egg. (AP Photo/Dan Goodman)
April 6, 2023, 5:30 am
Episcopalian bishop of Missouri bans Christian Passover seders in diocese
Reverend Deon K. Johnson calls practice ‘deeply problematic’ and warns ‘it contributes to the objectification of our Jewish neighbors’
By Jacob Henry
Illustrative: A police car in Chesterfield, Missouri, on Oct. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
December 6, 2022, 8:45 pm
Police investigating swastika sprayed on Missouri elementary school
Spokesman for Springfield Public Schools says window at the under-construction school was immediately replaced upon discovery of the vandalism
By AP
School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's 'Maus' because of its language and images. (Philissa Cramer/JTA)
November 17, 2022, 9:11 am
Holocaust books, including ‘Maus,’ pulled from some Missouri schools over state law
Amendment allows criminal penalty for providing ‘explicit sexual material’ to students; Holocaust books often included in bans initiated by right-wing groups
By Andrew Lapin
Goldie's Bagels in Columbia, MO is giving away free bagels and coffee to those who cannot afford to pay. (JTA)
September 4, 2022, 2:17 pm
Missouri bagel shop goes viral for Talmudic effort to feed unhoused
A former campus Hillel educator, Goldie’s Bagels founder Amanda Rainey aims to imbue Jewish values into its daily operations
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Members of the Bowling Green Fire Department dig through the remains of a house destroyed by a tornado in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Clubb)
December 11, 2021, 12:53 pm
At least 50 feared dead in Kentucky tornadoes as powerful storms rip across US
Governor says state’s death toll ‘probably closer to somewhere between 70 and 100’; deaths reported in Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri; roof collapses at Amazon warehouse in Illinois
By Agencies
Missouri Democratic congressional candidate Cori Bush gives her victory speech at her campaign office in St. Louis, Missouri on August 4, 2020. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
August 6, 2020, 7:40 am
Candidate who urged support for Israel boycott wins Missouri Democratic primary
Cori Bush defeats longtime congressman Lacy Clay by 3 points; her campaign website had posted message defending BDS, later removed it
By Ron Kampeas
The J.C. Nichols fountain in Kansas City, Missouri, June 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
June 27, 2020, 4:15 am
Protests spark move to rename iconic Kansas City fountain
Installation is named after influential developer J.C. Nichols, who barred Jews, Black people, other minorities from buying his homes
By MARGARET STAFFORD
The Apotheosis of St. Louis, which stands in front of the St. Louis Art Museum in the city's largest park, memorializes the city's namesake. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 27, 2020, 3:21 am
Activists call for St. Louis to take down statue of its anti-Semitic namesake
Monument in Missouri city to medieval French king Louis IX, who expelled Jews, burned Jewish texts, sparks row as statues topple worldwide amid racial justice protests
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: BDS supporters in New York, October 2015. (BDS Facebook page via JTA)
May 15, 2020, 4:45 am
Missouri lawmakers pass bill against boycotting Israel
Legislation, set to be signed by governor, would require companies to pledge not to boycott Jewish state in order to do business with Missouri
By Summer Ballentine
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