The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/virginia-tech/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:04:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Virginia Tech | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/virginia-tech/ 32 32 From Columbine to Uvalde: Two decades of horrifying school shootings in the US https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-columbine-to-uvalde-two-decades-of-horrifying-school-shootings-in-the-us/ Wed, 25 May 2022 09:36:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2769289 Latest massacre in Texas is part of a persistent, bloody cycle of classroom mass shootings

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]]> Over 100 leaflets with swastikas left at Virginia Tech Chabad https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-100-leaflets-with-swastikas-left-at-virginia-tech-chabad/ Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:38:17 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1583999 Incident occurs a day after Orthodox outreach group's campus center announced it would host a lecture by a Holocaust survivor

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]]> Virginia Tech, Strauss seek Israeli firms for food R&D https://www.timesofisrael.com/virginia-tech-strauss-seek-israeli-firms-for-food-rd/ Mon, 02 Jan 2017 11:33:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1532126 Agro companies invited to apply for program offering 'plethora of resources' to draw ventures to the Eastern Seaboard state

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]]> Kaine, accepting VP slot, cites Holocaust survivor who died in shooting https://www.timesofisrael.com/kaine-accepting-vp-slot-cites-holocaust-survivor-who-died-in-shooting/ Mon, 25 Jul 2016 01:08:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1433407 Israeli-American engineering professor Liviu Librescu was killed trying to save his students during the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007

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]]> US senator invokes ‘hero’ Holocaust survivor in gun control debate https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-senator-invokes-hero-holocaust-survivor-in-gun-control-debate/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 02:04:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1411396 During filibuster, Tim Kaine praises engineering professor Liviu Librescu, who died saving his students in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting

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]]> US study backs up Israeli law on risks of mobiles in cars https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-study-backs-up-israeli-law-on-risks-of-mobiles-in-cars/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:00:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=830660 Talking on the phone? Not a problem. Fiddling and texting? Likely to cause more accidents among younger drivers

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]]> USY to hold mass rally against gun violence https://www.timesofisrael.com/usy-to-hold-mass-rally-against-gun-violence/ Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:19:40 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=316772 Conservative youth movement adds demonstration to its annual winter convention

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]]> In Israel, unlike the US, a privilege — but no right — to bear arms https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-israel-unlike-the-us-a-privilege-but-no-right-to-bear-arms/ Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:04:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=315130 As America grapples with gun control after the Connecticut shootings, Israeli experts note that only 2.5% of civilians here are licensed to carry a firearm. Yet mandatory training, and a profound sense of shared responsibility, says one scholar, have seen those civilians frequently intervene to foil murderous attacks

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]]> Gunman kills mother, then 26 others at elementary school https://www.timesofisrael.com/27-dead-in-connecticut-school-shooting/ Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:52:30 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=313008 Officials say 20-year-old killer Adam Lanza killed himself; tearful Obama says nation must come together to take meaningful action

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]]> Seth Greenberg, Maccabiah basketball coach, fired from Virginia Tech https://www.timesofisrael.com/seth-greenberg-maccabiah-basketball-coach-fired-from-virginia-tech/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:32:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=80708 Coach apparently shocked by decision

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]]> Virginia Tech’s Greenberg tapped to coach Maccabiah basketball team https://www.timesofisrael.com/virginia-techs-greenberg-tapped-to-coach-maccabiah-basketball-team/ Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:11:32 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=65796 There will be two tryouts in August -- one in New Jersey and another in California

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