Tag: Parkland
Father of daughter killed in Parkland shooting lights White House menorah
WASHINGTON–Ten months after losing their daughter Meadow in the mass shooting at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Andrew Pollack and his family stood alongside U.S. President Donald Trump as he lit...
Jewish students in Miami Beach show solidarity with Stoneman Douglas
High school students at the Hebrew Academy (RASG) in Miami Beach recently honored the victims of the shooting tragedy of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland with a student-run solidarity program.
This program, a...
Israeli team provided trauma counseling after Parkland high school shooting
Just 10 days after a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., experts from the Israel Trauma Coalition arrived to help people cope and offer concrete tools to educate teachers...
GOP Congressman says Jews were killed in WWII because they didn’t have guns
A Republican Congressman from Alaska has suggested Jews wouldn't have died in the Holocaust if they had owned guns.
Donald Young, who is also an NRA board member, made his comments during a conference in...
Looking for anti-Semitism in all the wrong places
In the week after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., a lot of people who are upset about gun violence have been concentrating their fire on the National...
Let’s talk truthfully about the issues behind mass shootings
Jewish groups don’t hesitate to weigh in after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., but the futile nature of the discussion about guns points toward more culture-war bitterness rather than...
Father of Jewish Teen Murdered in Florida High School Shooting Urges Parents to ‘Hold...
The father of a Jewish student killed in the Florida high school mass shooting on Wednesday is asking fellow parents to appreciate every moment they have with their children.
“Hugs to all and hold your children...