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Behind the Headlines: Personal responses to vandalism of historic Jewish cemetery in St. Louis

A crowd waits to enter Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery for a volunteer clean-up event on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Carolina Hidalgo | St. Louis Public Radio
A crowd waits to enter Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery for a volunteer clean-up event on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

On Friday’s "Behind the Headlines" on St. Louis on the Air, we took an in-depth look at one of the top news stories of the week. This week, we continued the conversation about the vandalism at one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the region, the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery.

Joining the program were three people, all of whom have loved ones buried in that cemetery. They shared their personal reflections on the week's events.


Listen to the conversation here. 

On this week's Behind the Headlines on St. Louis on the Air, we discussed the vandalism at a historic Jewish cemetery in St. Louis with reporters and community members who were personally impacted.

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