Shaare Zedek Synagogue (University City, Missouri) Explained

Building Name:	Shaare Zedek
Map Type:	St Louis, Missouri
Location:	St. Louis, Missouri
Religious Affiliation:	Conservative Judaism (former)
Country:	United States
Status:	Synagogue (19052013)
Functional Status:	Closed in 2013
Established:	1905

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]}

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]}

External links

• Web site: Faith Family Future: Shaare Zedek by Shaare Zedek Synagogue . Shaare Zedek Synagogue . St. Louis, Missouri . 2005 .
• Web site: Community Directory . https://web.archive.org/web/20120325083644/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/ShaareZedek.aspx?category=2384 . 2012-03-25 . Jewish St Louis .

Notes and References

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