Cameron Kasky embodies rising Gen Z Jewish criticism of Israel. Can it get him to Congress?
Kasky, the 25-year-old Parkland school shooting survivor, recently went on a solidarity mission to the West Bank
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Fast Forward Cameron Kasky, Jewish Parkland shooting survivor, is running for Congress on platform to ‘stop funding genocide’
Kasky, a 25-year-old self-described “unhinged politics Jew,” enters an already crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler in New York City
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Opinion 3 years after Parkland, only education can battle resurgent conspiracy theories
If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. That’s what QAnon adherents are trying to do with their conspiracy theories about pedophile cults and satanic worship — claims so outlandish as to seem laughable, except that, for some people, they have become enshrined as truth. One of those true believers is sitting…
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News At RNC and DNC, two Jewish dads from Parkland, and two very different views on guns
Two dads, themselves born in the same year. Both Jewish. Both New York-area transplants to Florida, who didn’t think much about politics, until their daughters were shot dead by a gunman in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Now Andrew Pollack and Fred Guttenberg are lauded as authorities on gun violence and…
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Fast Forward Harvard Rescinds Acceptance Of Parkland Survivor Over N-Word Messages
A survivor of last year’s deadly shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school who recently graduated said on Monday that Harvard College had rescinded his acceptance over racist comments he had made as a 16-year-old. Kyle Kashuv, who is Jewish, has become an advocate for gun rights in the year since the attack on Marjorie…
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Fast Forward Parkland Father: Tombstone Unveiling Reinforced Decision To Take On Gun Lobby
Nearly a year since the tragic shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, one victim’s father shared on Twitter about the unveiling of her tombstone. Fred Guttenberg buried his 14-year-old daughter Jaime shortly after the February 14 massacre. Yesterday we had the unveiling of Jaime’s tombstone. In the Jewish religion, it is…
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Fast Forward Florida Governor Firing Sheriff Scott Israel Over Parkland Shooting Response
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to suspend and then replace Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel over the public safety department’s response to the school shooting in Parkland last year, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. DeSantis will share the news Friday afternoon, sources told the Sun Sentinel. He’s likely to name former Coral Springs…
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Fast Forward Father Of Parkland Shooting Victim Snubbed By Brett Kavanaugh
When the father of a student killed in the mass shooting at her high school in Parkland, Florida, earlier this year approached Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court hopeful’s confirmation hearing, Kavanaugh simply walked away. In a tweet, Fred Guttenberg suggested he attended the hearing to observe discussions about the Second Amendment and gun control,…
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