This is the Forward’s coverage of shootings involving or impacting Jews, many of which are motivated by antisemitism.
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News At Las Vegas Synagogue, A Promise That Love Will Prevail
Before saying the prayer for healing of the sick, Rabbi Malcolm Cohen asked his congregants at Temple Sinai in Las Vegas if anyone knows someone who was injured in Sunday night’s shooting. Five raised their hands and listed the names of their friends and relatives still hospitalized. Then, when it came time for the kaddish…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Says Israel Stands With GOP Shooting Victims
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent wishes for a speedy recovery for the victims of the shooting at a Republican team’s baseball practice for a charity game against congressional Democrats. “On behalf of the Government and people of Israel, I send our heartfelt wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Congressman…
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Opinion Right Wing Pundits Jump To Conclusions About Steve Scalise Shooting — Are They Right?
The early morning shooting of majority whip Rep. Steve Scalise and at least four others during a practice session of the GOP congressional baseball team has shaken both sides of the political spectrum. Fox News reports that alleged shooter James T. Hodgkinson asked Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla, whether Republicans or Democrats had been practicing just…
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Fast Forward Authorities Say Ft. Lauderdale Shooter Said Nothing — ABC News Claimed He Shouted ‘I’m Not Jewish’
Authorities Saturday said the gunman who shot and killed at least five people at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Florida did not say anything during the rampage. That rebutted an early report by ABC News that the gunman screamed “I’m not Jewish” as he unleashed the gunfire. Witness say the shooter in some sort of…
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Fast Forward Ari Fleischer Tweets Live Updates From Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting
Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer is live tweeting from Florida’s Fort Lauderdale International Airport, where a gunman killed at least five people before police captured him Friday. Police say the shooter opened fire at about 1 p.m. in the baggage claim, of a terminal used by Delta and Air Canada, according to The…
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Fast Forward Houston Gunman Wearing Nazi Uniform Once Belonged to Jewish Fraternity
— The gunman wearing a Nazi uniform during a shooting spree in Houston belonged to a Jewish fraternity in college. Nathan DeSai, 46, was carrying two guns and 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he was shot dead by police Monday morning after injuring nine people in his attack on commuters, one critically. DeSai belonged…
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News For Seth Rich, Passion for Service Started With Kosher Cookouts at Camp Ramah
Strictly speaking, grilling food inside cabins has never been allowed at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. But for Seth Rich, the Jewish Democratic National Committee staffer tragically killed in Washington on July 10, the prohibition rarely got in the way of a late-night salami cook-in or a marathon grilled cheese-making session. “Seth had a whole kitchen…
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News Promising Jewish Democratic National Committee Staffer Shot Dead on Own Washington D.C. Block
Seth Rich, a promising employee of the Democratic National Committee from a prominent Jewish family in Omaha, Nebraska, was shot and killed as he walked home on his Washington D.C. block early Sunday. Police were investigating the crime and said there were no suspects and no motive known for the slaying, which took place at…
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