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gun violence

Flowers and a note left behind to honor the victims of the mass shooting at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Jan. 24, 2023. (Photo/Twitter @CAgovernor)
Posted inBay Area

Half Moon Bay rabbi after shooting: ‘Judaism calls upon us to take a leap of action’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 25, 2023January 26, 2023

Rabbi Moshe Tom Heyn of Half Moon Bay has been thinking about a quote by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, the famous civil rights rabbi. “He said, ‘Judaism calls upon us […]

Central Avenue Synagogue in Highland Park. (Photo/Forward-Google Street View)
Posted inUncategorized

Suspect in July 4 Highland Park shooting was ‘sizing up’ synagogue

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
Law enforcement officers at the scene of a July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. (Photo/Forward-YOUNGRAE KIM-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘We’re living in an imperfect world’: Highland Park rabbi speaks out after mass shooting in heavily Jewish Chicago suburb

Lauren Markoe by Lauren Markoe and Forward July 5, 2022
Steven Dettelbach testifying in his Senate confirmation hearing. (Screenshot/Forward)
Posted inNews

Steven Dettelbach, nominee for ATF chief, highlights his Judaism at Senate hearing

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
A family grieves outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (Photo/Brandon Bell-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Jewish groups condemn Uvalde school shooting, but only some push for action

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Gun control activist Loren Lieb (right) and her son, Josh Stepakoff, who survived a 1999 shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center.
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish activist and legislators line up behind state’s proposed new gun law 

by Ryan Torok January 18, 2022January 20, 2022
Max Lewis (left) and Ilan Naibryf both served as leaders in the University of Chicago Jewish community. Lewis died after being hit by a stray bullet and Naibryf is missing in the building collapse in Surfside, Florida.
Posted inU.S.

University of Chicago’s Jewish community reels with 1 student missing in Surfside and another killed by a stray bullet

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 7, 2021
A Jewish emergency crew and police officers at the site of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S., News

Legislation would grant additional funds to synagogues for security

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster May 20, 2019
Composer Ron Ramin
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: This composer hits the right notes on gun violence

by Patricia Corrigan May 8, 2019May 10, 2019
people in kippot embrace during a memorial event
Posted inLocal Voice

Shootings make it official: We no longer feel safe as Jews in America.

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen November 6, 2018November 6, 2018

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