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school shootings

At Tehiyah Day School student joins her classmates on the March 14 school walkout.
Posted inOpinion

Bolstered by moral courage, and marching for their lives

by J. Editorial Board March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

All parents worry about their children. Will they be happy? Will they be resilient? Will their lives have meaning? Judging by the extraordinary teen-led movement to demand gun safety legislation, […]

Students at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto participate in the March 14 school walkout inspired by the shooting last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (Photo/Facebook-Gideon Hausner)
Posted inOpinion

We marched, but maybe our voices weren’t loud enough

Salma Siddiqui by Salma Siddiqui March 20, 2018March 20, 2018
A student at Tehiyah Day School in El Cerrito participating in the National School Walkout, March 14, 2018. (Courtesy/Tehiyah Day School)
Posted inOpinion

Watching my 9-year-old protest school shootings gave me hope for the future

Shaun Kozolchyk by Shaun Kozolchyk March 19, 2018March 23, 2018
Student at Brandeis School of San Francisco making posters for the March 14 school walkout. (Photo/Courtesy Brandeis SF)
Posted inNews

Students at local Jewish schools will join anti-gun school walkout

by Dan Pine March 13, 2018March 19, 2018
A young girl clutches a friend during candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 15, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Mark Wilson-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I’m 16. Here’s why I’m joining the national anti-gun school walkout

Zella Lezak by Zella Lezak March 12, 2018March 14, 2018
Noah Pozner, 6, was the youngest of 20 child victims of the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that also claimed six adults. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Pozner family)
Posted inColumns

As a mom, it’s getting harder to pretend away school shootings

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein March 11, 2018March 9, 2018
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inOpinion

Poland puts survivors at risk; gun numbers don’t lie

by J. Readers March 9, 2018March 9, 2018
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 22, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call)
Posted inColumns

Why Wayne LaPierre freaks out Jews and heartens anti-Semites

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 1, 2018February 28, 2018
A makeshift memorial erected in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., days after the shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, Feb. 18, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
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To fight for gun control, learn to understand the other side

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

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