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 Jewish Rampage Survivor Issues Gun Control Call
Joshua Stepakoff was just 6 years old when he was shot and wounded in a 1999 shooting rampage at his suburban Los Angeles preschool. Now 19, he wants to know why more hasn’t been done to curb gun violence in America. “If now is not the right time, when is? People are shot every day……
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Fast Forward Search for Answers Begins After Newtown Shooting
People in the small Connecticut community of Newtown grieved on Saturday over one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history and police sought answers about what drove a 20-year-old gunman to slaughter 20 children at an elementary school. The attacker, identified by law enforcement sources as Adam Lanza, opened fire on Friday morning at…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Town Rocked by School Shooting
The peace and security of the suburban Connecticut community of Newtown lay shattered on Friday after a gunman attacked a primary school in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. Tearful parents and children gathered around Sandy Hook Elementary School by midday on Friday, surrounded by police vehicles, as young and old alike…
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News Jewish Community Consoles Rampage Victims
Rabbi Shaul Praver of the local congregation Adath Israel was among the leaders in Newtown, Conn., who rushed to console victims of one of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Praver rushed to console families and children gathered at the city’s firehouse hours after the school shooting, which left 27 dead including the suspect….
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Fast Forward Jewish Tucson Victim to Gunman: ‘This Is Done’
After 22 months, Suzi Hileman finally got to step into a courtroom and confront Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman who killed six people and wounded her and 12 others who had come to meet with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a Tucson Safeway on Jan. 8, 2011. “I have wanted to speak to him since…
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Fast Forward Jewish Agency Launches Inquiry into Fatal Hotel Shooting
The Jewish Agency is opening an inquiry into its Oranim program after an American participant gunned down a hotel employee in Eilat. “In response to the tragic incident in Eilat, the Chairperson of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky expressed his deep sorrow at the loss of life and has appointed a panel to examine the…
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News Empire State Shooter Worked at Jewish-Owned Company
The gunman who opened fire outside the Empire State Building, killing one person and injuring several others, was a disgruntled former worker at a nearby company owned by a Syrian Jew, sources told the Forward. Owner Ralph Hazan was upstairs in the offices of Hazan Imports on W. 33rd St. when the suspected shooter, identified…
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Fast Forward Gabby Giffords Moves Back Home to Tucson
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has moved home to Tucson. Giffords has spent the last nearly 18 months in Houston, where she has been undergoing rehabilitation after being shot during a constituent event in Tucson in January 2011. Giffords resigned from Congress in January 2012 to concentrate on her rehabilitation, she will continue her therapy…
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