Shaare Zedek Synagogue (Missouri)

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Shaare Zedek
Religion
Affiliation Conservative Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue (1905–2013)
StatusClosed in 2013
(Merged with Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel)
Location
Location St. Louis, Missouri
CountryUnited States
Architecture
Date established1905 (as a congregation)

Shaare Zedek Synagogue was a Conservative synagogue located in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. Founded in 1905, the synagogue merged with Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel synagogue in 2013 to become Kol Rinah. [1] [2] [3]

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Shooting

On October 8, 1977, guests who attended a bar mitzvah were leaving Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel synagogue when white supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin began shooting at them, killing Gerald Gordon, and wounding Steven Goldman and William Ash. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Commemorate: Our history". Kol Rinah. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  2. "Jewish merger born of hardship". St. Louis Post Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. September 25, 2012.
  3. "Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel and Shaare Zedek Synagogue". St. Louis Jewish Light. St. Louis, Missouri. January 2, 2013.
  4. Fattel, Isabel (October 28, 2018). "A Brief History of Anti-Semitic Violence in America". The Atlantic . Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. Vitello, Paul (November 20, 2013). "White Supremacist Convicted of Several Murders Is Put to Death in Missouri". New York Times . Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  6. Green, David (October 28, 2018). "From Lynchings to Mass Shootings: The History of Deadly Attacks on Jews in America". Haaretz . Retrieved November 20, 2018.