This is the Forward’s coverage of shootings involving or impacting Jews, many of which are motivated by antisemitism.
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News ‘Then We Hear A Boom’ — Inside The German Synagogue During The Attack
It was during the Torah reading on Yom Kippur morning that Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz, a visitor to the little synagogue in Halle, Germany, noticed the security guard staring intensely at his video monitor and trying to get the attention of the community president, Max Privorozki. “And then we hear a boom, like a very loud…
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Fast Forward German Synagogue Shooter Thwarted By Recently Upgraded Security Door
On Yom Kippur, 51 congregants in a Halle synagogue watched the feed from security cameras as their would-be shooter tried to break down the door. He pushed it, fired a few rounds with his gun and even attached an explosive to the jamb. The heavy wooden door wouldn’t budge, CNN reported.. The door and the…
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Fast Forward White Nationalists Praise German Synagogue Gunman As A ‘Saint’
White nationalists have praised the alleged gunman behind the attempted synagogue shooting in Germany as a “saint,” Vice reported. The praise for the shooter – who killed two people after being thwarted from entering a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on Yom Kippur – was prevalent on Telegram, an encrypted messaging service once…
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Fast Forward German Jewish Leader: Police Didn’t Have Enough Protection At Attacked Synagogue
(JTA) — A Jewish leader in Germany doubled down on his accusation that police did not adequately protect a local synagogue at the center of an attack in the east of the country. “If police had been stationed outside the synagogue, then this man could have been disarmed before he could attack the others,” Josef…
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Fast Forward Poway Shooter Told 911 He Was ‘Defending Our Nation Against The Jewish People’
(JTA) — The accused gunman in the deadly shooting at a San Diego-area synagogue told a 911 operator in the moments after the attack that he did it to save white people from Jews. The recording was played Thursday at a preliminary hearing in San Diego to determine if the case should proceed to trial,…
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Fast Forward Suspect In Shooting Of Old Man Outside Miami Synagogue Charged With Hate Crime
(JTA) — A man arrested last month in the shooting of an elderly man outside a synagogue in Miami, Florida, was charged with a hate crime. Carlints St. Louis, 30, was arraigned last week in criminal court in Miami on charges that include one count of attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon with prejudice; one…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Arrested For Texting Threat To Shoot Up Synagogue
A Florida man who threatened to attack a synagogue was arrested by the FBI on Friday, the Miami Herald reported. Hanson Larkin, 25, allegedly threatened to kill Jews several times via text messages. According to court documents, Larkin had been trying to convince an associate to meet him in Miami throughout the month of August…
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Fast Forward Poway Rabbi Who Lost Finger In Synagogue Shooting Gets Lifelike Prosthetic
(JTA) — The rabbi who lost his finger in the April shooting attack on the Chabad of Poway in California has received a lifelike prosthetic finger. The silicone prosthetic is meant to help his hand function properly and is removed for sleep. Sam Heifetz, a third-generation prosthetist at Orthocraft Prosthetic and Orthotic Services in Brooklyn,…
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