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 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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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Rabbi Says He’s Against Death Penalty For Synagogue Shooter
(JTA) — Don’t seek the death penalty for the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman. That’s the message from a spiritual leader at one of the three congregations that share the Tree of Life synagogue building to U.S. Attorney General William Barr. Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, whose New Light Congregation lost three worshippers in the October attack by Robert…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Jewish School Installs Bullet-Resistant Doors To Thwart Would-Be Shooters
(JTA) — An Orthodox girls’ school in Brooklyn has installed bullet-resistant classroom doors to keep out shooters. Bnos Menachem in the heavily Hasidic Crown Heights neighborhood is the first of more than 50 Jewish schools and synagogues in Brooklyn to have the 150-pound metal doors installed by an Israel-based manufacturer, the New York Post reported…
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Fast Forward Dayton Gunman Retweeted Longtime Former Forward Contributor
The Twitter account believed to belong to the man who killed nine people in a Dayton, Ohio bar frequently retweeted posts supportive of left-wing figures and movements, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, antifa protesters and, on a few occasions, longtime former Forward contributor Eli Valley. Valley, a cartoonist, has risen in prominence during the Trump administration…
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Fast Forward Dayton Gunman Showed Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Video To Girl On First Date
The man who allegedly killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio on Sunday showed a woman footage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on their first date, the woman told the Associated Press. Adelia Johnson said she met suspect Connor Betts in a college psychology class this year and that they dated for a few months until…
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News Synagogues Are Now Conducting Active Shooter Drills During Services
(JTA) — When the ushers locked the door to the sanctuary, and the congregants prepared to flee the synagogue in preparation for a mass shooting, Rabbi Neil Cooper made sure it all happened before they had to take the Torahs out of the ark. Ten minutes later the worshippers were back in the pews, doors…
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