emanuel ame church Archives

Editorial Cartoon: That could have been us

Steve Greenberg July 8, 2015

Obama to deliver eulogy Friday for slain South Carolina pastor

Jewish Journal June 26, 2015

South Carolina will take a step forward in healing the wounds of last week\’s mass shooting when President Barack Obama arrives on Friday to deliver the eulogy for the pastor of the historic church where the attack took place.

Reflections on the Charleston murders from Berlin: A conscience

Rabbi Mordecai Finley June 22, 2015

I was sitting at the lunch tables yesterday here at the language school in Berlin, checking the news, when I read of the massacre at Emanuel AME in Charleston.

Jewish community reacts to the Charleston shooting

Jewish Journal June 18, 2015

It is beyond belief that in the year 2015 we wake up to headlines reading: Nine Dead as Gunman Strikes a Black Church… Police Call Attack a Hate Crime.

South Carolina church shooting suspect got gun for birthday, uncle says

Jewish Journal June 18, 2015

Dylann Roof, the man suspected of fatally shooting nine people at a historic African American church in South Carolina on Wednesday, was given a gun by his father as a 21st birthday present in April, his uncle told Reuters on Thursday.

White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church

Jewish Journal June 17, 2015

A white man suspected of killing nine people in a Bible-study group at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina was arrested on Thursday and U.S. officials are investigating the attack as a hate crime.