Florida school shooting

Then Broward County sheriff Scott Israel speaks during a news conference on February 15, 2018, near Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting the day before. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images/via JTA)

March 10, 2019, 7:15 pm

Sheriff suspended over Parkland shooting response sues to get his job back

Scott Israel’s lawsuit alleges that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis improperly removed him for political reasons

By Marcy Oster

People at Trails End Park pause for a moment of silence in honor of the 17 that were killed during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last year, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in Parkland, Fla. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

February 15, 2019, 5:21 am

Year after Parkland massacre, victims honored with silent memorials

With emotions running high, students and others across country hold moments of silence in memory of 17 victims of Florida high school shooting

By AP

Lori Alhadeff, mother of 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff who was one of 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks during an interview with a portrait of her daughter in the background, on January 30, 2019, in Parkland, Florida.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

February 12, 2019, 12:16 am

Parkland mom who lost teen daughter heals through advocacy

Lori Alhadeff keeps up a dizzying pace of campaigning, saying it helps her handle the grief, a year after her daughter Alyssa, 14, was killed in Florida school shooting

By KELLI KENNEDY

Suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, center, at a news conference after new Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Israel on January 11, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

January 13, 2019, 8:49 pm

New Florida governor suspends sheriff over Parkland school massacre

Ron DeSantis says Scott Israel ‘repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership’ as head of Broward Country police

By TERRY SPENCER

Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in the shooting, at a meeting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

January 6, 2019, 11:36 pm

Father of Parkland school shooting victim appointed to Florida education board

Andy Pollack says he wants to hold school boards and officials accountable for campus safety at the local level

By Marcy Oster

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

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

Illustrative: Mourners bring flowers as they pay tribute at a memorial for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday, February 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