Tag: Chabad Poway Shooting
June 2 Friendship Walk to honor Lori Gilbert Kaye, z”l
Friendship Circle is an internationally recognized organization providing life-changing opportunities for individuals with disabilities and for the youth and adult volunteers. Local volunteers provide social opportunities for people living with developmental disabilities which enhances...
Chabad of Poway synagogue shooter pleads not guilty
John Earnest, the 19-year-old suspect in Saturday’s shooting at Chabad of Poway in Southern California, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and hate-crime charges.
Earnest showed no emotion in San Diego County Superior Court...
Poway shooting again raises issue of gun control
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — While our president must do “some very heavy research…(to) get to the bottom of it,” most Americans figured it out instantly: A deranged person had access to firearms, in this case...
Stop debating about which kind of anti-Semitism is worse
American Jews were shaken by the second attack on a synagogue within six months this past weekend. But, as was the case with the aftermath of the shooting in Pittsburgh, the assault on Chabad...
After Poway shooting, California governor pledges $15 million to protect religious institutions
In the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting at the Chabad of Poway in Southern California, the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, pledged $15 million for the State Nonprofit Security Grant Program in the state budget.
The program...
What if there’s no way to stop another synagogue shooting?
Who caused a madman to enter a synagogue in Poway, Calif., and begin shooting? And what can we do to stop another such extremist from committing the next atrocity?
These, aside from our grief at...
Poway shooter charged with murder in death of woman and injuries of three others
John Earnest, the suspect behind killing a womanand injuring three others during Saturday-morning services at the Chabad of Poway in Southern California, has been charged with a count of first-degree murder and three counts attempted...
From Pittsburgh to Poway
When a natural or human-made disaster strikes my community, it’s my natural instinct to write about it. That was the case when floods devastated Houston year after year after year, and now again after the shooting at Chabad of Poway,...
Chabad puts out statement expressing concern about more anti-Semitic attacks
Chabad-Lubavitch leaders worldwide are warning Jewish communities about the possibility of more anti-Semitic attacks like the Saturday synagogue shooting in Poway, Calif., on the last day of Passover.
In a message put out after the April...
Sderot residents among wounded in California Chabad synagogue shooting
Two of the victims of Saturday’s shooting at the Chabad synagogue in Poway, Calif., were former residents of the rocket-beleaguered Israeli town of Sderot, and had come to the United States for respite from...