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Giffords speaks for first time since shooting

Jewish Journal February 9, 2011

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot. C.J. Karamargin, a spokesman for Giffords (D-Ariz.), told CNN on Wednesday that she had asked for toast.

Giffords upgraded to ‘good,’ begins rehab

Jewish Journal January 27, 2011

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been moved from a hospital to a rehabilitation center. Giffords (D-Ariz.) , who was shot in the head on Jan. 8 while meeting constituents in Tucson, was moved Wednesday from a Houston hospital to the city\’s Institute for Rehabilitation and Research. Doctors said her condition was now \”good.\”

Loughner pleads not guilty in Tucson shooting

JewishJournal.com January 25, 2011

Jared L. Loughner, who the police said was responsible for the shooting rampage outside a Tucson supermarket on Jan. 8, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he tried to murder Representative Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides. Appearing in Federal District Court alongside his defense lawyer, Judy Clarke, Mr. Loughner entered a written plea to Judge Larry A. Burns of San Diego without uttering a word.

Santa Monica Shabbat service advocates for gun control

Ryan Torok January 19, 2011

Politics and religion were intermingled during Friday night Shabbat services in Santa Monica on Jan. 14. In the wake of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz., which also left six dead and 13 others wounded, clergy and congregants at the Reform synagogue Beth Shir Shalom addressed the need for gun control. The service also commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day and mourned performer and composer Debbie Friedman, who died on Jan. 9 at the age of 59. Yet the Tucson shooting remained the focus of the Santa Monica service, which approximately 200 people attended. Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels spoke fervently, saying, “I can’t tolerate a country that doesn’t take weaponry off the street.”

Is Gabby Giffords Jewish enough?

Jewish Journal January 18, 2011

As a Conservative rabbi and a member of the movement\’s Rabbinical Assembly, I cannot officially consider Jewish descent to be determined patrilineally — from the father. In fact, in its Code of Professional Conduct, the section detailing the responsibilities for membership in the Rabbinical Assembly currently lists four standards of religious practice. The first: \”Matrilineality determines Jewish status.\” Yet like many Jews who regard Jewish status to require a Jewish mother or proper conversion, I admit to feeling pride when a Jewish athlete or celebrity is successful, even if their \”Jewishness\” isn\’t technically defined by halachic standards. After all, when Major League Baseball player Ryan Braun won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2007, should the Jewish community have refused to claim the \”Hebrew Hammer\” as one of our own since only his father is a member of the Tribe? Braun considers himself to be Jewish, and his Israeli-born father lost most of his family in the Holocaust.

Giffords’ husband urges volunteer service

Jewish Journal January 17, 2011

The husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is urging Americans to volunteer in their communities on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. \”Many of you have asked how you can help and how you can honor the memory of those who were wounded or lost their lives. What united the victims of the tragedy on Saturday was service – they volunteered in church or at soup kitchens, worked in government, and tended to their communities. On behalf of Gabby and our family, I ask that you consider honoring their commitment to service by dedicating a few hours on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this Monday, January 17th, to volunteer in your community,\” Mark Kelly said in a statement distributed by the Giffords for Congress campaign.

Jewish groups join faith call for civility

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

Jewish faith leaders joined a call for soul searching in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. \”This tragedy has spurred a sorely needed time of soul searching and national public dialogue about violent and vitriolic political rhetoric,\” said the open letter to Congress signed by 50 Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders appearing Thursday in Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Congress. \”We strongly support this reflection, as we are deeply troubled that rancor, threats and incivility have become commonplace in our public debates.\”

Palin’s ‘blood libel’ remark overwhelms message

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

It was a well-crafted message preaching unity — and mined with a “blood libel” that blew it all apart. Sarah Palin’s video message Wednesday, her first substantial commentary since Saturday’s shooting in Tucson that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed six others, at first appeared to succeed in reconciling two American precepts that have seemed irreconcilable in recent days: a common purpose and a rough-and-tumble political culture. “Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions,” said the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate. “And after the election, we shake hands and get back to work, and often both sides find common ground back in D.C. and elsewhere.”

The Precious Center

Rob Eshman January 12, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner is crazy. That, more than any other single fact, is to blame for why he walked up to a gathering outside a Tucson Safeway last Saturday and tried to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, murdering six other people in the rampage.

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