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 Synagogue Shooter Named, Also Under Investigation For Unsolved Mosque Arson
The suspect in the shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California is a 19-year-old white man named John Earnest, San Diego County Sheriff William Gore confirmed Saturday. Gore also confirmed that an “open letter” was being investigated. A manifesto published in his name was published on Saturday morning on 8chan, an online message board popular…
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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 Restaurant Threatened For Serving Conservative Radio Host Michael Savage
(JTA) — Conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage said he stopped frequenting a restaurant that had received a mass shooting threat for serving him. The restaurant received an email warning of “serious f—ing damage” if they allowed Savage to dine at the restaurant again, the Washington Times and the New York Post reported Thursday….
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Fast Forward Palestinian Suspected Of Killing 2 Israelis Shot Dead By IDF
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian man suspected of killing two Jewish-Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank was killed in a shootout with Israeli forces who came to arrest him. Ashraf Naalwa, 23, was killed early Thursday morning after Israeli forces surrounded his hideout. He was armed when…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Soldiers Killed In West Bank Shooting Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israelis were killed and two seriously injured in a second shooting near a bus stop in the West Bank. The attack on Thursday morning occurred at a bus stop outside of the Givat Asaf settlement, about a mile down the same road from the settlement of Ofra, where in an attack…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Kill Suspect Of Terror Attack That Killed Newborn Baby
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security forces shot and killed the son of a West Bank Hamas leader suspected of involvement in the shooting attack outside of the West Bank settlement of Ofra that left 7 injured and a newborn baby dead. Four other Palestinian men alleged to have been involved in the attack also were…
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Fast Forward Family Of Kansas City JCC Shooting Victim Settles With Walmart Over Sale Of Gun
(JTA) — The family of a victim of a white supremacist attack on two suburban Kansas City Jewish institutions settled a lawsuit with the national chain Walmart, which sold one of the shotguns used by the killer. News of the settlement were announced on Tuesday. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Terri LaManno…
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News Jewish Video Game Gunman Was Loner With ‘Significant Medical Problems’
David Katz, the electronic gaming enthusiast who fatally shot two rivals and wounded nine others in Florida, had a history of “significant medical problems,” according to multiple reports and court documents. David, 24, opened fire at a “Madden NFL” video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on August 26, killing fellow gamers Elijah Clayton, 22, and…
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