NEW YORK (JTA) — The New York Times apologized for publishing a political cartoon widely criticized as anti-Semitic. In a second statement on the cartoon issued Sunday, the newspaper said it was “deeply sorry for the publication of an anti-Semitic political cartoon” that appeared in its international print edition. The image, which drew wide criticism, including…
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein has emerged from surgery shaken but hopeful for the future. Goldstein is the rabbi of the Chabad center in Poway where a gunman injured three and killed one woman, Lori Gilbert-Kaye. After Goldstein was shot in the hand, Gilbert-Kaye put herself between him and the gunman, and was immediately shot. She succumbed…
Two of the three people injured in the Poway synagogue shooting are related. The young girl injured in the Poway synagogue shooting Saturday is the niece of the Israeli man who was injured shepherding several children to safety out of the sanctuary, according to the man’s brother. Almog Peretz, 34, managed to rush several chidren…
This man is being called a hero. A friend says 34-year-old Almog Peretz saved children during today’s synagogue shooting in Poway. Hear the story tonight on @fox5sandiego pic.twitter.com/FKBIc9tcCL — Kristen Shanahan (@k_shan7) April 28, 2019 Almog Peretz, 34, had the training necessary to react quickly to a life-threatening emergency. He is Israeli, and is from…
(JTA) — Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego, is credited with jumping in front of the synagogue’s rabbi to shield him from the gunman’s bullets. Gilbert-Kaye, 60, of San Diego, is survived by her husband and 22-year-old daughter. “Lori you were a jewel of our community…
The San Diego rabbi who was shot in the hand during Shabbat services — but insisted on finishing his sermon — has also served as the county sheriff’s chaplain. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein is a rabbi with the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which emphasizes outreach and education to other Jews, and as chaplain tended to the “spiritual…
President Trump expressed his sympathy to the victims of the synagogue shooting in Poway, California on Saturday, speaking briefly to reporters on the way to his helicopter to share his support – and also talk about his upcoming rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin and his recent golf game with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. “My…
Jewish institutions in Pittsburgh expressed their condolences after a gunman killed one person and injured three more at a synagogue in California on Saturday – six months to the day after a similar attack in the Steel City. “Our hearts are broken once again by the horrifying attack against a synagogue in San Diego,” the…
The Facebook page of the synagogue near San Diego that was the site of a shooting quickly became the virtual equivalent of those makeshift memorials that materialize after tragedies. The page quickly accumulated condolences and expressions of sympathy and solidarity from all over the San Diego area, and the world. A message from Mickael Szerman…
Twitter can’t ban white nationalists in the same way it has removed ISIS-affiliated terrorists from the platform because doing so would affect the accounts of Republican politicians, Vice reported Thursday, citing an internal all-hands meeting that occurred last month. According to Vice, a technical employee explained to his peers at the meeting that any algorithms…
The San Diego rabbi who was shot in the hand during Shabbat services — but insisted on finishing his sermon — has also served as the county’s police chaplain. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein is a rabbi with the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement, which emphasizes outreach and education to other Jews, and as chaplain tended to the “spiritual…
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