Andy Cohen Invokes Jewish Roots In Condemning Attack On St. Louis Cemetery
([JTA](http://www.jta.org ” “JTA”) the recent vandalism of a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery on his show Monday night.
In doing so, he mentioned that some of his great-grandparents and other relatives are buried there. Over 170 gravestones were toppled in the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in University City, Missouri.
“I don’t have to have a personal connection though to know that this is not who we are as Americans,” Cohen says in the powerful clip below.
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