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 WATCH: Trump Gives Sympathies To Victims, Brags About ‘Very Fast’ Golf Game
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…
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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Jews ‘Heartbroken’ After Poway Synagogue Shooting Six Months Later
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…
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Fast Forward ‘Choc Et Tristesse’: Poway Chabad’s Facebook Page Accumulates Well Wishes
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…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Wounded In Synagogue Shooting Finished Sermon Before Going To Hospital
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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Fast Forward UPDATED: San Diego Tragedy Could Have Been Worse But For Shooter Training
Update, April 27, 11:09 p.m.: This version of the story includes information on shooter drills the Poway Chabad congregation recently did. The shooter at a San Diego-area synagogue praised the man who attacked a Pittsburgh synagogue exactly six months ago, but the carnage in San Diego would have been worse but for safety and shooter…
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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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