# St. Louis Jewish Cemetery Vandalized **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447 "2017-02-22T05:07:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/21 "2017-02-27T02:26:31Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Add a [Philly](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Cops-Report-of-vandalism-at-Jewish-cemetery.html) Jewish cemetery to the list. More [detailed](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Cops-Report-of-vandalism-at-Jewish-cemetery.html) story, including donation links. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/22 "2017-02-27T06:42:12Z")
BTW, this reminds me of something-- remember that neo-Nazi who named his kid Adolf Hitler, and wanted a birthday cake that said “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler?” and one store refused to make it? A few people I know sided with the family, even while they agreed that it was pretty terrible to name a kid Adolf Hitler. They just didn’t see the harm in the cake. Well, on the original Adolf Hitler’s actual birthday (something most people wouldn’t know off-hand), people who think it’s funny, leave cakes that say “Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler,” or some variant thereof, on the doorsteps of synagogues and Hillels. My college Hillel got one once, and to be on the safe side, the first person to work there in the morning called the police, and the police called the bomb squad. There was no bomb, but a lot of city dollars were wasted making sure, and it was probably a good decision. So the person who refused to make the cake was probably familiar with this practice. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/23 "2017-02-27T18:35:44Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Add a [Philly](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Cops-Report-of-vandalism-at-Jewish-cemetery.html) Jewish cemetery to the list. \<\\> ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/24 "2017-02-28T02:12:43Z")
There were so many threats today, that we kept all the children inside in the preschool (with all the doors locked). A lot of times bomb threats are a way to get people out of the building so they can be fired on. No one threatened us, but we have a plan to go to a neutral building if there is ever a threat that is a pattern of Jewish threats. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/25 "2017-02-28T15:05:05Z")
My old JCC (I went to school there from 4-12 years old, as there’s an attached primary school) got another threat yesterday, so I think they’ve been evacuated three times now since the new year. I think I remember it happening once in all the years I went there, and even then it was some kind of state emergency drill. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/26 "2017-02-28T15:13:34Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Well, on the original Adolf Hitler’s actual birthday (something most people wouldn’t know off-hand) Actually, that’s the only person outside of myself and my brother whose birthday I remember. I don’t even remember my mom and dad’s birthdays. It’s a really easy date to remember is why. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/27 "2017-02-28T16:31:35Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Actually, that’s the only person outside of myself and my brother whose birthday I remember. I don’t even remember my mom and dad’s birthdays. It’s a really easy date to remember is why. I don’t…indulge but I remember it for that anyway, and because a close friend had that birthday too. This is so sad little kids have to even be thinking they might be hurt in their school. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/28 "2017-03-04T04:27:37Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > This is so sad little kids have to even be thinking they might be hurt in their school. I don’t think our toddlers have a clue. Our four and five year olds may know something from their parents, but we haven’t told them anything. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/29 "2017-03-04T07:07:55Z")
One of the suspects responsible for eight of the bomb threats has been caught > **[Officials Arrest Former Reporter In 8 Bomb Threats On Jewish Community](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arrest-suspect-jcc-bomb-threats_n_58b97d1be4b0b9989416d265?qoe71wfk0llbk8d7vi=)** > > The FBI is searching for more suspects in the dozens of calls to Jewish institutions around the nation. Former journalist Juan M. Thompson made eight bomb threats while claiming that the threats were part of a harassment campaign by his former girlfriend. He tried to make it look like the girlfriend was doing it in order to get himself in trouble. > [@Huffpo article linked above](#): > > Thompson originally began harassing the woman in July, after she ended their relationship, according to the FBI’s allegations. On July 27, Thompson allegedly sent an email to the victim’s employer at a social service organization in the greater New York area, claiming that she’d been pulled over for drunk driving and was being sued for spreading sexually transmitted diseases. > > In October, anonymous emails sent to the woman’s employer, and later traced to Thompson, said she had sexually transmitted diseases and accused her of having child pornography, the FBI complaint said. As early as November, investigators with the St. Louis Police Department and the NYPD began interviewing Thompson about the accusations. > > Thompson then made eight bomb threats to Jewish institutions over the course of a month, authorities said. Sometimes he’d make threats in his own name; other times, he’d make them in the victim’s name and then claim she was trying to frame him. According to the FBI, he sent the first threat via email to the Jewish History Museum in Manhattan on Jan. 28. Further Reading: **NYT** Ex-Reporter Charged With Making Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/nyregion/jewish-centers-bomb-threats-arrest.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/nyregion/jewish-centers-bomb-threats-arrest.html) **CNN** Fired reporter accused of threatening some Jewish centers, cyber-stalking > **[Fired reporter accused of threatening some Jewish centers, cyber-stalking | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/03/us/jewish-institutions-bomb-threats-arrest/index.html)** > > A former reporter who was fired for fabricating sources was arrested Friday and accused of making some of the bomb threats against Jewish institutions that have rattled the Jewish community recently. What a slimeball. I hope he spends years in prison. It’s a shame the authorities drug their feet on the original cyberstalking charges. Terrorism is Terrorism, even if the victim is an ex-girlfriend. So far, he’s only charged with one count of cyberstalking in Missouri but will face more charges in New York, where the bomb threats were sent. And of course, there are still more terrorists out there threatening Jewish institutions. Hopefully, the FBI can make headway against the other nazi scum, too. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447/30 "2017-03-23T16:50:48Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > And of course, there are still more terrorists out there threatening Jewish institutions. Hopefully, the FBI can make headway against the other nazi scum, too. Perhaps, but: > [@](#): > > A Jewish teenager was arrested Thursday in connection with a series of bomb threats that have rattled Jewish institutions and community centers across the US and other countries, Israeli police said. > > A months-long international investigation led to the 19-year-old suspect, who used “advanced camouflage technologies” to cover his tracks, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. > The suspect holds dual American-Israeli citizenship, an Israeli security official told CNN. He was arrested in Israel after an undercover investigation with the FBI. > **[JCC bomb threats: Teen suspect arrested in Israel | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/middleeast/israeli-american-teen-arrested-jcc-bomb-threats/)** > > A Jewish teenager was arrested Thursday in connection with a series of bomb threats that have rattled Jewish institutions and community centers across the United States and other countries, Israeli police said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-louis-jewish-cemetery-vandalized/780447.md?page=1)