Weeks have gone by and Jewish Community Centers have been receiving numerous bomb threats across the country and now some individual(s) have decided to desecrate Jewish headstone at a Missouri cemetery.
Nope nothing going on here in 2017 that raises the bar of anti-Semitism in the US. – PB/TK
Vandals damage dozens of headstones in Jewish cemetery in Missouri – By Matthew Weaver
Dozens of headstones in a Jewish cemetery in Missouri have been toppled in what the state governor described as an “act of desecration” amid growing concern about a US-wide rise in antisemitism.
More than 100 headstones at the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in St Louis were damaged or knocked in Monday’s attack.
Police say they have not ruled out treating the damage as a hate crime. Lt Fredrick Lemons said investigators were looking at surveillance camera footage to help determine who had pushed over the headstones.
The state governor, Eric Greitens, described the attack as a cowardly act of vandalism. In a Facebook post, he said: “Anyone who would seek to divide us through an act of desecration will find instead that they unite us in shared determination. From their pitiful act of ugliness, we can emerge even more powerful in our faith.
“Whoever did this slipped into a cemetery in secret to break things. We will stand together in the open to rebuild them, stronger.”
Continue to theguardian.com article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/vandals-damage-dozens-of-headstones-in-jewish-cemetery-in-missouri
