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 Dan Markel Talking on Cell Phone When Shot as He Pulled Into Driveway
Law professor Dan Markel was reportedly talking on his cell phone and pulling into the driveway of his Florida home when he was ambushed and shot dead. The killer was waiting for Markel, 41, outside his home in Tallahassee on July 18 and followed Markel into the garage, ABC News reported. The attacker shot the…
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Fast Forward Dan Markel Slain in His Garage — Report Suggests He Knew Killer
Law professor Dan Markel was reportedly shot and killed in the garage of his Florida home — and cops are hunting a silver Toyota Prius seen leaving the scene of the puzzling crime. The new details were revealed in a heavily-redacted four-page police report obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper. The edited report said Markel’s…
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Fast Forward Police Hunt Mystery Car in Dan Markel Murder
Florida police are hunting for a mystery car spotted in the neighborhood of law professor Dan Markel around the time he was shot and killed in his home Friday. The Tallahassee Police Department says it is seeking information about the “vehicle of interest” spotted after the gunshot rang out around 11 am, the Tallahassee Democrat…
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Fast Forward Law Professor Dan Markel Killed by Gunshot to Head
Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author found murdered in his home, died from a gunshot wound to the head, police reportedly said. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo said police want to release as much information about Markel’s murder, without compromising the case. “TPD will strive to release updates in a timely…
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Fast Forward Florida Law Professor Dan Markel Was ‘Intended Victim’ in Slaying
Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author, was the “intended victim” in his shooting death inside his home, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported Tuesday. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DiLeo called the Friday killing a “murder” in a Monday press release. He said the killing was not “a random act” and was not…
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Culture 8 Things About Jews In Kansas
1) Approximately 17,775 Jews live in Kansas. 2) The nation’s only Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned kosher barbecue festival takes place in Kansas City. 3) The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education was founded by Holocaust survivors, Isak Federman and Jack Mandelbaum, and is located in Overland Park, Kansas. 4) 2,000 Jews attend the University of Kansas….
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Opinion Dan Markel’s Meaningful Life Ends in Senseless Death
There was a time, not too long ago, when what we wanted were explanations. Religion, philosophy, art – these were meant to tell us how things fit together, how they made sense. Even today, many of us — religious, secular, spiritual-but-not-religious — hold to this view. “It was meant to be.” “God works in mysterious…
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Fast Forward Utah Man Gets 5 Years for Shooting at Salt Lake City Synagogue
A Utah man was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday for shooting into an unoccupied synagogue in Salt Lake City in what federal authorities said was an attack motivated by religious bias. Macon Openshaw, 22, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Utah in April to the civil rights violation of damaging the…
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