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Andrew Pollack, father of Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting victim Meadow Pollack, shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a Hanukkah reception in the White House in Washington, DC, December 6, 2018. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
December 7, 2018, 5:34 am
One year on, Trump cheered for embassy move at White House Hanukkah party
Andrew Pollack, father of Parkland shooting victim Meadow Pollack, calls US president ‘greatest friend Jewish people have ever had’ as candle lit in daughter’s memory
By AP and TOI staff
People light candles as they gather for a vigil in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (AP/Matt Rourke)
October 28, 2018, 4:59 am
After synagogue massacre, interfaith Havdalah vigil unites a shattered community
Grieving and angry, thousands of Jews and non-Jews in Squirrel Hill and around nation come together to mark end of Shabbat and mourn victims of deadly shooting
By Ron Kampeas
Stacy Kagan, right, vice mayor of Parkland, Florida, addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Tel Aviv, October 23, 2018. (JFNA)
October 23, 2018, 6:04 pm
In Israel, Parkland official thanks US Jews for support after school shooting
Speaking at Jewish Federations General Assembly, vice mayor of tragedy-struck city says Jewish community ‘gave us strength’ and ‘taught us how to be resilient’
By Ben Sales
Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jamie Guttenberg who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida., left, attempts to shake hands with Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 4, 2018 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 5, 2018, 1:28 am
Kavanaugh snubs Parkland shooting victim’s father at confirmation hearing
Supreme Court nominee refuses to shake hand of Jamie Guttenberg’s father, who is a vocal advocate for gun control
By AP and TOI staff
An employee of the Israeli protection gear manufacturer Masada Armour adjusts a new civilian bulletproof backpack, designed for college students, at the company's headquarters in Julis, in northern Israel, on August 30, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
August 30, 2018, 9:09 pm
Americans buy Israeli bulletproof backpacks after Florida shooting
In wake of February tragedy in Parkland, Masada Armor develops large bags suitable for college students, says its working on smaller versions for schoolchildren
By AFP
A still from a video shot by school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz and released by police on May 30, 2018. (screen capture: YouTube)
May 31, 2018, 2:54 am
Chilling video shows Florida school shooter previewing murderous attack
Nikolas Cruz lays out logistics, says he hopes to kill at least 20 people, in cell phone footage apparently shot shortly before February’s Parkland massacre
By AP
Meadow Pollack (WSVN-TV via JTA)
May 1, 2018, 11:54 pm
Shooting victim’s dad sues deputy who didn’t enter school
Andrew Pollack, father of slain Jewish Parkland student Meadow, targets former sheriff’s deputy Scot Peterson for ‘cowering in safe place’ while gunman killed 17
By AP
David Hogg, a survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida., raises his fist after speaking during the 'March for Our Lives' rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
April 25, 2018, 4:20 am
ZOA says Parkland survivor’s use of Never Again in book ‘trivializes’ Holocaust
Organization emphasizes it does not take a position on gun laws, urges David Hogg to change title of book
By JTA
Naomi Wadler, 11, a student at George Mason Elementary School, who organized a school walkout at her school in Alexandria, Va., after the school shooting in Parkland, Fa., speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally in support of gun control in Washington, Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
April 16, 2018, 3:46 am
11-year-old gun control activist says she’s taunted for being black and Jewish
Classmates told Naomi Wadler she can’t be Jewish because ‘there aren’t black people who are Jews’
By JTA
Mourners bring flowers as they pay tribute at a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
April 13, 2018, 8:42 pm
House members blast anti-Semitic attacks on Parkland school shooting survivors
Student leaders have been likened to Nazis on social media; ‘Policy differences are never an excuse for anti-Semitism’
By JTA
Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing before Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 19, 2018. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
April 12, 2018, 5:26 am
Florida school shooter wants to donate inheritance to survivors
Nikolas Cruz’s lawyers say he wants funds, estimated at some $800,000, to help ‘facilitate healing’
By AFP
Screen capture from the Facebook page of 'The Common Sense Conservative.' 'Facebook)
March 28, 2018, 1:30 am
Aide to NY senator fired for comparing student protesting gun violence to Hitler
Brooklyn Sen. Marty Golden says Facebook photos showing high school activist juxtaposed with war time German dictator are ‘intolerable’
By JTA
Parkland shooting survivors (from left to right) Dani Tylim, Maia Hebron and Eden Hebron spoke at the Tel Aviv March For Our Lives rally on March 23, 2018. (Tracy Frydberg/Times of Israel)
March 25, 2018, 5:02 pm
Jewish teen survivors of Florida attack use Israel trip to talk gun control
On vacation in Israel, Parkland high school students commend country’s gun laws — and vow to fight for similar reform in the US
By Tracy Frydberg
Looking west from the stage area, the crowd fills Pennsylvania Avenue during the 'March for Our Lives' rally in support of gun control, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 24, 2018, 11:38 pm
‘This just needs to stop’: Hundreds of thousands across US decry guns
At nationwide rallies, protesters denounce the National Rifle Association and its allies, say they are tired of government inaction
By ASHRAF KHALIL and Calvin Woodward
People arrive for the March For Our Lives rally against gun violence in Washington, DC on March 24, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm)
March 24, 2018, 7:30 pm
Crowds gather for largest US gun control protest in a generation
Student-organized protest features rallies from coast to coast, with the main event in Washington within sight of the US Capitol
By Chris Lefkow and Sébastien BLANC
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