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Illustrative: Demonstrators hold a sign as the motorcade carrying President Donald Trump arrives to visit a joint operations center to meet with first responders after the El Paso mass shooting, Wednesday, August 7, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 8, 2019, 3:33 am
Protests, political attacks greet Trump as he visits Dayton, El Paso
President meets with hospital staff and first responders and spends time with wounded survivors and their families after deadly shootings
By Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin
US President Donald Trump talks to the press before walking across the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, August 7, 2019, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and then on to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in the afternoon to praise first responders and console family members and survivors from two recent mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 7, 2019, 6:12 pm
Protests await Trump as he heads to El Paso, Dayton after mass shootings
Leaving White House, US president pushes back against accusations that his rhetoric fuels violence, says critics ‘looking for political gain’
By Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller
Mourners embrace at a vigil honoring Horizon High School sophomore Javier Amir Rodriguez, who lost his life in a mass shooting in nearby El Paso, on August 5, 2019 in Horizon City, Texas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
August 7, 2019, 1:36 am
El Paso residents tell Trump to stay away after shooting
As US president plans visits to Texas and Ohio after weekend murder rampages, Dayton’s mayor says she plans to tell him ‘how unhelpful he’s being’
By Gilles Clarenne and daniel woolls
Mourners bow their heads in prayer as they gather for a vigil at the scene of a mass shooting on Sunday, August 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
August 6, 2019, 11:51 pm
Ex-girlfriend says Dayton gunman was interested in Pittsburgh synagogue attack
On his first date with girlfriend Adelia Johnson, shooter Connor Betts, 24, showed her a video of the October terror attack at the Tree of Life synagogue, she says
By AP and TOI staff
El Paso police and FBI continue to investigate the crime scene of the Cielo Vista Mall Walmart shooting on August 6, 2019. (Mark Ralston/AFP)
August 6, 2019, 9:23 pm
US authorities probe motives of gunmen in mass shootings
While El Paso shooter wrote the attack was a ‘response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas,’ friend of Dayton assailant says the rampage appeared motivated by hatred of everybody
By Mark RALSTON
A child takes part in a vigil in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, on August 03, 2019, after a mass shooting which left 20 people dead on in El Paso, Texas, United States. (HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP)
August 6, 2019, 1:13 am
Victims of Texas, Ohio shootings include parents, students
Dozens of people gunned down in pair of deadly attacks include mom who died protecting her newborn baby, parents fundraising for son’s little league and would-be nurse
By MORGAN LEE and AMY GUTHRIE
Annette Gibson-Strong visits a memorial to those killed in yesterday's mass shooting in the Oregon District, on August 5, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 5, 2019, 9:45 pm
US police say no indication of racial motive in Ohio mass shooting
Dayton authorities add, however, that no explanation can be ruled out until investigation is completed
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, August 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
August 5, 2019, 6:42 pm
Trump says he wants stronger gun checks, but has reneged in past
US president urges condemnation of ‘racism, bigotry and white supremacy’ after 2 fatal shootings, says social media monitoring must be improved
By Zeke Miller
People arrive at MacArthur Elementary looking for family and friends, as the school is used a reunification center during the aftermath of a shooting at the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall, August 3, in El Paso, Texas (Briana Sanchez/ The El Paso Times via AP)
August 4, 2019, 8:20 pm
Netanyahu offers condolences after Texas, Ohio mass shootings
Prime minister tweets: ‘Best wishes for recovery to the injured, and solidarity with the American people’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Authorities work the scene of a mass shooting, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
August 4, 2019, 11:42 am
At least 9 dead, 16 injured in Ohio mass shooting; suspect dead
No known motive as gunman opens fire near lively entertainment district in Dayton, hours after mass shooting in El Paso, Texas; police say gunman killed by responding officers
By TOI staff and Agencies
Counter demonstrators against a KKK rally in Dayton, Ohio gather behind a security fence at Courthouse Square in the city's downtown on May 25, 2019.(Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images via JTA)
May 27, 2019, 4:33 am
KKK members drowned out by hundreds of counter-demonstrators in Ohio
9 white supremacists face off with 500 protesters in downtown Dayton; no arrests or reports of violence
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: In this April 23, 2016 photo, members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in cross burnings after a 'white pride' rally in rural Paulding County near Cedar Town, Georgia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
May 24, 2019, 12:45 am
Dayton Jews cautioned to keep away from KKK rally
Rabbi Ari Ballaban calls on community members to not go to counter-protest but rather attend ‘positive alternative programming’ sponsored by the local NAACP chapter
By JTA
Avi Gilbert, left, and Menachem Simon harvest microgreen crops at Hillel Academy Jewish day school of Dayton, Ohio, March 7, 2019. (Marshall Weiss/Dayton Jewish Observer)
April 2, 2019, 11:35 pm
Ohio day school students farm microgreens through project with Israeli roots
An indoor farming initiative teaches fifth- and sixth-graders key skills, melds science with Jewish values related to food justice, and partners them with kids in the Jewish state
By Marshall Weiss
Mama Duck and her 14 hatchlings depart Dayton, Ohio's Temple Israel for the Miami River, April 22, 2017. (Screenshot of video by Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz)
April 25, 2017, 10:09 pm
Dayton synagogue has its ducks lined up
After a mama duck annually hatches eggs in Temple Israel’s courtyard, she parades her ducklings en route to a local river
By Marshall Weiss
Woosh co-founder and CEO Itay Tayas-Zamir (L) with Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley at the launch of Woosh Water Stations at Sinclair Community College in Dayton on February 1, 2016. (Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer)
February 11, 2016, 1:12 am
Ohio campus goes beta over Israeli start-up water system
In what it hopes will be a cascade of cooperation, the Dayton Region Israel Trade Alliance brings Woosh water stations to Sinclair Community College
By Marshall Weiss
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