Jewish journalist among victims of Maryland shooting
Gerald Fischman, 61, the editorial page editor at the Capital Gazette, was killed Thursday along with four others by a lone gunman.
Survivors’ daughter to speak at site of Florida shooting
Roslyn Franken, an Ottawa resident whose mother survived the Holocaust and whose father survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, has been invited to speak to students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
Parkland shooting was senseless violence in a senseless country
As a parent, I had to turn off the television and silence the radio – I just couldn’t listen to the eulogies for the teens murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.
How to have a joyous Adar in tragic, uncertain times
The rabbis of the Talmud tell us that as we enter the Hebrew month of Adar we are to increase our joy. It is challenging this year to do that, as we contemplate the 17 innocents slaughtered recently.
Messianic Jew among the dead in San Bernadino shooting
One of the victims of the shooting rampage in San Bernadino was a Messianic Jew who wore tzitzit fringes and a Star of David tie clip
