Muslim activists organized a fundraiser collecting more than $55,000 after 154 gravestones were knocked over at a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis.

Tombstones at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri, were tipped over and broken sometime late Sunday or early Monday.

Activists Linda Sarsour and Tarek El-Messidi launched a campaign pledging support from Muslim Americans, and the fundraiser exceeded the initial $20,000 goal in just three hours.

The vandalism was uncovered about eight miles west of St. Louis the same day 11 Jewish Community Centers around the country received bomb threats.

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More than 150 headstones were knocked over at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Missouri

Police were alerted to the vandalism around 8.30am on Monday, and investigators are looking at surveillance footage in search of the culprits

Pictured, Sally Amon and her son Max Amon of Olivette, Missouri, as they saw the toppled gravestone of her grandmother Anna Ida Hutkin at the cemetery

No arrests have been made so far, and it remains unclear whether the incident will be pursued as a hate crime

Police were alerted to the vandalism around 8.30am on Monday, and investigators are looking at surveillance footage in search of the culprits.

No arrests have been made so far, and it remains unclear whether the incident will be pursued as a hate crime.

Anita Feigenbaum, the executive director of the cemetery, said she cried when she saw what happened, and told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 'It's hard to even express how terrible it was. It was horrible.'

The cemetery is still cataloging the damage and notifying relatives, although the Rosenbloom Monument Company has started resetting some of the gravestones.

Activist Linda Sarsour, who also helped organize the Women's March, teamed up with fellow Muslim Tarek El-Messidi of Celebrate Mercy, to launch a fundraising campaign

Their initial goal of $20,000 was smashed within just three hours as news of their efforts spread on social media

Activist Linda Sarsour, who also helped organize the Women's March, teamed up with fellow Muslim Tarek El-Messidi of Celebrate Mercy, to launch a fundraising campaign to help repair the damage.

Their initial goal of $20,000 was smashed within just three hours as news of their efforts spread on social media.

They wrote: 'Muslim Americans stand in solidarity with the Jewish-American community to condemn this horrific act of desecration....

'While these senseless acts have filled us with sorrow, we reflect on the message of unity, tolerance, and mutual protection found in the Constitution of Medina: an historic social contract between the Medinan Jews and the first Muslim community.

'Through this campaign, we hope to send a united message from the Jewish and Muslim communities that there is no place for this type of hate, desecration, and violence in America.'

The cemetery is still cataloging the damage and notifying relatives

Tthe Rosenbloom Monument Company has started resetting some of the gravestones

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who is Jewish, posted a statement on Facebook late Monday night calling the vandalism 'despicable' and 'cowardly'

Pictured, a police car patrols the cemetery, where a sign reading 'stop the hate' hangs on a gate

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, who is Jewish, posted a statement on Facebook late Monday night calling the vandalism 'despicable' and 'cowardly.'

'Anyone who would seek to divide us through an act of desecration will find instead that they unite us in shared determination,' he said. 'From their pitiful act of ugliness, we can emerge even more powerful in our faith.'

Karen Aroesty, St. Louis regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, said: 'Anxiety is high. Your loved ones are there. Your memories are there.'

The cemetery collected a full list of the affected gravestones, and urged concerned family members to call and check on the relatives' burial grounds.

Ivanka Trump, who converted to Judaism before she married Jared Kushner, took to Twitter and appealed for religious tolerance

On Monday, 11 JCCs were evacuated in Birmingham, Cleveland, Chicago, St. Paul, Tampa, Tulsa, Nashville, Milwaukee, Houston and Buffalo after they received threats. All appear to be hoaxes and no one has been injured.

Sixty threats were made to JCCs in January alone, prompting the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation.

Ivanka Trump, who converted to Judaism before she married Jared Kushner, took to Twitter and wrote: 'America is a nation built on the principle of religious tolerance. We must protect our houses of worship & religious centers. #JCC.'

After critics slammed the president for failing to address the rise in anti-Semitism, President Donald Trump denounced the recent JCC threats on Tuesday morning.

During a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday morning, Trump said: 'The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil.'

The president did not say what action he plans to take.

During a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday morning, Trump denounced the threats to the JCCs

Just last week, the president berated a Jewish reporter for asking why the Trump administration had not acknowledged the recent spike in anti-Semitism.

President Trump responded to the Ami Magazine reporter, saying the question was unfair, continuing: 'So here’s the story, folks. Number one, I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life. Number two, racism, the least racist person.'

Many also questioned whether or not the White House intentionally failed to mention Jews as victims of the Holocaust in a statement issued on the day of remembrance.