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Fast Forward For those who warned of ‘Free Palestine’ violence, fatal shooting at DC Jewish museum offers grim validation
'Just because one person pulls the trigger doesn’t mean they acted alone,' one Jewish leader said.
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News Was the DC Jewish museum shooting antisemitic?
Many groups said the shooter's choice of target was inherently antisemitic, while others placed the murders within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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News ‘He was a mensch’: Slain Messianic Jew remembered as bridge-builder
Yaron Lischinsky was killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington
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News Manifesto posted on social media account tied to suspected Jewish museum shooter, who called to ‘bring the war home’
The X account posted the 900-word document under the name of Elias Rodriguez hours before police identified him as the suspect
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Opinion How anti-Israel rhetoric led to the killing of 2 in Washington, DC
The suspected murderer marinated in violent, hateful slogans
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Fast Forward Capital Jewish Museum shooting suspect killed 2 ‘for Gaza.’ His victims were peace advocates.
The Israeli embassy mourned the loss of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a couple said to be near an engagement
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News 2 killed in Capital Jewish Museum shooting by suspect who shouted ‘Free Palestine,’ police say
2 Israeli Embassy staff members were shot in what appeared to be a targeted attack
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Fast Forward Child marriage banned in Washington, D.C., after push by Jewish advocates
The Jewish-led group Unchained at Last was part of a coalition advocating for the law
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