Muslim-led fundraiser to repair Jewish cemetery after vandalism surpasses goal

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

A Muslim-led fundraiser to repair anti-Semitic vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis blew past its initial fundraising goal on Tuesday.

The fundraiser, titled “Muslims Unite to Repair Jewish Cemetery,” had raised more than $40,000 from more than 1,400 donors as of around 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, pushing well past its $20,000 fundraising goal.

An update on the campaign’s website via Launch Good says the fundraising goal was reached in just three hours.

Vandals destroyed nearly 100 headstones at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in St. Louis on Monday. The incident comes as a growing number of Jewish community centers across the country received a wave of bomb threats — 11 centers received threats on Monday alone, the JCC Association of North America reported.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/320572-muslim-led-fundraiser-to-repair-vandalism-at-jewish-cemetery

[gopiscrap]

1. Excellent

[irisblue]

2. being better "christians" then conservative christians are

Just in case....

[Hekate]

3. We still have good people...

[YOHABLO]

4. And this my friends is what America is about.

[democratisphere]

5. Well said!

Thank you!

[harun]

12. +1

[leftynyc]

6. May G-d bless each and

every one of them.

[nitpicker]

7. Now up to over $55M

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39049102

[IronLionZion]

8. Normal people make America great while our President encourages hatred

[samnsara]

9. this is what America REALLY is!...

THIS is what makes it GREAT!...

[bullwinkle428]

14. +1000.

[JudyM]

10. Now $66,00, more than $45,000 beyond their ask. Wishing they'd spend some of the extra to

hire investigators or pay for cameras outside the threatened locations, or donate to the ADL or Wiesenthal center or something like that. Holding it to pay for future damage is a nice concept but IMO it should be donated, in whatever way, to the Jewish community.

[The Polack MSgt]

11. According to an article on BBC.com...

The plan is to donate the excess funds to Jewish Centers in other US cities.

The project, which is still accepting funds, aims to repair damage at the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in St Louis, but the campaigners said that any additional funds raised would be used to "assist other vandalised Jewish centres nationwide".

[JudyM]

13. Yes, they are going to hold it pending future damage.