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Hate is rising. But guns make Jews less safe, not more secure.

by Rebecca Fischer September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

(JTA) — As a Jewish woman, public health professional and advocate, New Yorker and mother, I feel the fear coursing through our community. Antisemitic violence is rising, and Jews across […]

Jewish people at a shooting range training in February of 2024. (Andrew Esensten/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

Guns, no thanks; dress code, yes please; Etc.

by J. Readers September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
Rabbi Jason Rodich at the entrance to Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, which has long used metal detectors and unarmed guards to screen people coming into the building. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inNews

State bill will extend security grants program ‘indefinitely’

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene August 31, 2022August 31, 2022
Police respond to the site of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
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Eleven dead, 6 injured in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

by JTA October 27, 2018October 27, 2018
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Enough is enough

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