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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

St. Louis

From left: Sammi Rotibi as 'Nate' and John Berchtold as 'Isaac' in 'The Forbidden Wish' (Underdog Overkill Productions)
May 4, 2021, 3:42 am
Convinced he’s dead, a young man asks a rabbi to recite mourner’s prayer for him
Michael Carnick writes and directs ‘The Forbidden Wish,’ an intense encounter between an Ethiopian-Israeli rabbi and a US Jew who talk racism, faith and the meaning of life
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Armed homeowners standing in front their house along Portland Place confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St. Louis. The protesters called for Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
July 12, 2020, 5:42 pm
St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters had run-ins with local synagogue
Mark McCloskey reportedly destroyed beehives whose honey was set to be harvested for Rosh Hashanah; community rabbi: ‘The children were crying’
By ToI Staff and JTA
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, who persecuted Jews. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 30, 2020, 9:04 am
St. Louis archdiocese defends statue of King Louis IX, who persecuted Jews
Missouri city’s namesake presided over notorious public burning of the Talmud and issued order to expel his Jewish subjects
By Ben Sales
Armed homeowners standing in front their house along Portland Place confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St. Louis. The protesters called for Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
June 30, 2020, 5:37 am
Trump retweets coverage of couple who drew guns at crowd in St. Louis
Mark and Patricia McCloskey say they don’t want to become heroes to those opposing the Black Lives Matters cause
By AP
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
Workers placing headstones back on their bases at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in the St. Louis area. (James Griesedieck)
March 24, 2019, 7:10 pm
St. Louis Jewish cemetery vandal gets 3 years’ probation
Alzado Harris, 35, accused of toppling over 100 headstones, causing $30,000 in damage; hate crime ruled out
By Marcy Oster
Beth Shalom Cemetery officials said they were trying to service the entire Jewish community in opening its new section. (Courtesy of Beth Shalom Cemetery via JTA)
March 20, 2019, 4:11 am
Orthodox-run cemetery okays area for cremated remains, burial of non-Jewish kin
‘The blended family and intermarriage have become very prevalent, and they need a place that will be inclusive,’ says director of St. Louis area Jewish cemetery
By ERIC BERGER
Jewish refugees aboard the German liner St. Louis, June 29, 1939. (Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 9, 2018, 6:17 pm
Canada to apologize for turning away Nazi era ship of Jews
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says refusing German liner MS St. Louis carrying 907 German Jews was blight on country’s past
By AP
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)
April 26, 2018, 3:35 pm
Man admits toppling more than 100 headstones in St. Louis Jewish cemetery
Despite 2017 vandalism occurring during wave of anti-Semitic incidents, Alzado Harris not suspected of a hate crime
By JTA
In this March 2, 2017 photo, Moderator Jamie Allman, host of Allman in the Morning, sits at a City of St. Louis Mayoral Debate filmed at Vue 17, in Richmond Heights, Mo. The conservative commentator who tweeted that he would use "a hot poker" to sexually assault a survivor of a Florida high school shooting resigned from KDNL-TV, a St. Louis TV station. (Cristina M. Fletes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
April 11, 2018, 7:02 pm
TV host quits after threat to ‘sexually assault’ school shooting survivor
Jamie Allman, who headed St. Louis TV program, tweeted that he would use ‘a hot poker’ on David Hogg who survived Parkland, Florida massacre
By AP
Iranian master chess player Dorsa Derakhshani. (YouTube screenshot)
October 6, 2017, 10:50 pm
Chess player banned by Iran gets a new start in St. Louis
Dorsa Derakhshani receives scholarship to US university after being booted from Iranian team for not wearing headscarf; brother similarly banned after playing against Israeli
By AP
Demonstrators confront police while protesting the acquittal of former police officer Jason Stockley in St. Louis, September 16, 2017. (Anthony Lamar Smith. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
September 17, 2017, 9:38 pm
#GasTheSynagogue trends after St. Louis synagogue opens doors to protesters
Twitter users share the hashtag after police threaten tear gas those sheltering inside, who were protesting a police killing
By JTA
Parkway Central High School, St. Louis, Missouri. (Screenshot: Google maps)
September 14, 2017, 6:45 pm
Missouri schools reschedule graduations to accommodate Jewish pupils
Petition with 2,000 signatures prompts Parkway School Board to move graduations from Saturday; board president apologizes
By JTA
Grandmaster chess player Garry Kasparov, left, makes the first move as he plays grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the opening round of the Grand Chess Tour at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis, August 14, 2017. (AFP/BILL GREENBLATT)
August 15, 2017, 3:08 pm
Chess legend Kasparov rolls back the years in competitive return
Returning from retirement, ex-world champion draws three games at speed tournament in St. Louis
By Shahzad ABDUL
Workers placing headstones back on their bases at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in the St. Louis area. (James Griesedieck via JTA)
August 7, 2017, 4:54 pm
St. Louis Jewish cemetery rededicated 6 months after vandalism
Dozens of members of Jewish community attend ceremony at Chesed Shel Emeth, where over 150 gravestones were toppled
By JTA
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