Posts Tagged: Sandy Hook Shooting
Jewish Father of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Wins $450,000 in Defamation Lawsuit
JNS.org - The father of a Jewish boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 was awarded $450,000 in a defamation lawsuit against...
How Prayer and Reflection Can Counter Gun Violence
Earlier this week, another school shooting near Portland, Oregon, rocked this country. Tragically, the teen shooter killed another student and wounded a teacher, before taking his...
School Safety Guide Compiled ‘for the Love of the Jewish People’
JNS.org - It was the day after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. An expert in security, Frank Storch, decided he had...
Tikkun Olam: Ethical Mitzvot are Mitzvot
In the aftermath of human tragedy such as the Boston Marathon bombings (pictured), those of us who think of ourselves as...
Through the Glass Darkly
Over the past year and pouring through every screen available, has been an unrelenting cascade and a succession of horrors, each in their ...
Poll: Majority Disapprove of Obama’s Immigration, Gun Control Policies
Politico - More people disapprove than approve of the way President Obama is handling immigration and guns, according to a new poll by Quinnipiac...
Boston, Cameras, and Civil Liberties
America is a crazy land of contradictions, and yet if ever there was an argument in favor dysfunction, the USA is it. Enough of its senators...
Gun Control, Mental Health, and the Holocaust
While the gun control debate intensifies in the U.S., a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pointing to improved treatment of mental health issues, rather than...
Jewish Teen Turns Tragedy Into Advocacy, Shares a Roundtable With the President
On Yom Kippur, Sept. 26, 2012, Sami Rahamim was with his father Reuven at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, Minn. On Feb....
