Newtown rabbi joins Muslim, Christian clergy in urging gun controls
Jewish Journal
March 12, 2013
Interfaith clergy from Newtown, Conn., in an open letter urged a leading Republican to back far-reaching gun controls.
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L.A.’s top cop debates gun laws
Jonah Lowenfeld
March 6, 2013
In the ongoing debate over proposed laws aimed at reducing gun violence, the main decision-makers work in Washington, D.C. In cities and state capitols across the country, legislators, advocates and lobbyists push for new limits on gun ownership or advocate for a broad interpretation of the constitutionally protected right to bear arms.
Obama pledges to stand with Israel, stop Iranian bomb, in State of the Union
Jewish Journal
February 12, 2013
President Obama pledged to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb and to \”stand steadfast\” with Israel in his State of the Union speech.
Broad Jewish support for Obama’s gun proposals
Jewish Journal
January 18, 2013
President Obama\’s new gun control proposals drew broad Jewish communal support.
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords launches gun-control initiative
Jewish Journal
January 8, 2013
Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was severely wounded two years ago in an Arizona shooting, is launching a group aimed at curbing gun violence and raising enough money to challenge the well-funded gun lobby.
Giffords meets with Newtown officials to talk gun control
Jewish Journal
January 7, 2013
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords traveled to Newtown, Conn., to discuss gun control with local and state officials.
Sandy Hook: Despair gives way to hope
Rabbi David Wolpe
December 19, 2012
At first it is an anguish so deep that it destroys faith in life. We are witnesses to pain and loss so immense that to yearn for a resting place, to find anything good or hopeful or healing, feels like a betrayal. In the face of such tragedy, do we seek out sparks of hope because we are healers or deniers?
White House readies gun-control plan as more children laid to rest
Jewish Journal
December 19, 2012
The White House revealed the first steps of a gun-control plan on Wednesday as the United States grieved for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in another wave of funerals.
Jewish groups push for action on gun control
Jewish Journal
December 18, 2012
In the wake of the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., Jewish groups are looking to build alliances and back legislation to strengthen gun control laws.
Newtown students return to class after Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre
Jewish Journal
December 18, 2012
Students returned to school in the shattered Connecticut town of Newtown on Tuesday, accompanied by police and counselors to help them cope with grief and fear after a gunman\’s rampage killed 26 people in an elementary school and altered attitudes about gun control in Washington.
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