This is the Forward’s coverage of shootings involving or impacting Jews, many of which are motivated by antisemitism.
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Fast Forward Chabad Of Poway Dedicates New Torah Scroll To Shooting Victim Lori Gilbert-Kaye
(JTA) — The Chabad of Poway synagogue dedicated a new Torah scroll in honor of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in a shooting attack last month at the San Diego-area synagogue. The ceremony took place Wednesday night marking the end of the sloshim, or first 30-day mourning period, and the night of Lag b’Omer, when…
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Fast Forward Most Jews Think Trump Bears Responsibility For Synagogue Shootings: Survey
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A survey of American Jews showed continued disapproval of President Donald Trump, with anti-Semitism high and Israel low on the priority list for Jewish voters. The survey, conducted for a liberal-leaning Jewish organization, the Jewish Electorate Institute, by Greenberg Research, which does polling for Democratic candidates, showed 71 percent of Jewish American…
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Fast Forward Accused Poway Gunman Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Hate Crime Charges
(JTA) — The accused gunman in the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges. John T. Earnest appeared in federal court in San Diego on Tuesday. He was shackled at his wrists and ankles while in court. Federal prosecutors on Thursday announcing 109 hate crime and other…
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Fast Forward Poway Shooter: I Did It Because Jews ‘Are Destroying The White Race’
(JTA) — The gunman who killed a woman and wounded three others at the Chabad of Poway told a 911 dispatcher he had done it because “the Jewish people are destroying the white race.” Prosecutors described the call Thursday in announcing 109 hate crime and other charges against John T. Earnest, 19. The nursing student was…
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Fast Forward After Poway Attack, Chabad Pressing For Mandatory Moment Of Silence In Schools
WASHINGTON (JTA) – In the wake of a deadly attack on a Chabad synagogue in California, the movement will press for a mandatory moment of silence in American schools, a measure that it claims will reduce violence. In a release Sunday, the Washington-based American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) said chapters in all 50 states would…
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Fast Forward Poway Synagogue Shooting Suspect’s Family Won’t Pay For His Lawyer
The family of the man accused of conducting a mass shooting at a California synagogue aren’t planning on paying for a lawyer for their son, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Nineteen-year-old John Earnest will be arraigned on Tuesday and charged with felonies in connection to the synagogue shooting, as well as the arson of a…
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Fast Forward ‘Act Of Courage’ From Jewish Navy Vet Saved Lives During Poway Shooting
Chabad of Poway member Oscar Stewart, one of two congregants who took action to chase away the shooter during the deadly attack on Saturday, was praised by San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore for his “act of courage,” the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sunday. Stewart, a Navy veteran who served in the Iraq War and…
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Fast Forward Here’s How You Can Help Chabad Of Poway
Updated May 6 After the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, which killed one person and injured three more, people from around the world expressed their condolences to the shaken community. Many have been asking how they can help. The synagogue itself, in cooperation with the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement, has set up a fundraiser…
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Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
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Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
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