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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
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
Students from the High School for American Studies in the Bronx. (Cathryn J. Prince)
March 24, 2018, 6:57 pm
Jewish marchers at US gun rallies demand Congressional action
'No political agenda is more critical than addressing gun violence issues,' one Orthodox organization says, as hundreds of thousands throughout America rally for legislative reform
By Cathryn J. Prince
Hundreds of high school and middle school students from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia staged walkouts and gather in front of the Capitol in support of gun control in the wake of the Florida shooting February 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Olivier Douliery)
March 24, 2018, 11:02 am
In a Washington march, seeds of a new Jewish future
Like bygone protests on the Sabbath, the gun violence march ignites a conversation about morality and halacha
By Josh Feigelson
Sen. Doug Jones, an Alabama Democrat, heads to the Senate to vote on the bipartisan "Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act" which would allow victims of sex trafficking to sue websites that enabled their abuse, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 23, 2018, 10:58 am
Alabama senator says Congress must act on gun violence
In maiden Senate speech, Doug Jones says nation has reached a tipping point on guns following mass shooting at Florida high school
By Matthew Daly
This March 14, 2018 file photo shows students at Roosevelt High School in Seattle taking part in a protest against gun violence. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)
March 23, 2018, 10:45 am
After Parkland shooting, worldwide ‘March for Our Lives’
Pro-gun critics 'like to believe we're puppets, because if human beings have this power then they might not need a gun,' says organizer
By KELLI KENNEDY
Students protesting against gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 21, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
March 20, 2018, 2:29 pm
Marching for our lives by hopping on the Shab-bus
The gun control rally is so important that I, a rabbi, am going to blatantly disrupt God’s holy Sabbath
By Joshua Hammerman
Students walk to class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida., on February 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
March 9, 2018, 2:20 pm
The lesson of Marjory Stoneman Douglas teens
The kids know what they're doing; it's on adults to empower them to take over the conversation with policymakers
By David Bryfman
Illustrative: Demonstrators take part in a student protest for gun control legislation in front of the White House, February 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
March 1, 2018, 2:11 pm
Vashti, the NRA, & the ‘Memuchan Move’
Wayne Lapierre doubled down to protect the status quo, in a move reminiscent of how Haman reframed the queen's refusal
By Chaim Marder
US President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, February 28, 2018, with members of congress to discuss school and community safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
March 1, 2018, 3:55 am
In startling about-face, Trump tells lawmakers they’re afraid of gun lobby
US president appears to buck Republican base, seems to support expanded background checks, mental health resources, and raising the age to 21 for purchasing some firearms
By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey
In this Oct. 17, 2016, file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Ak., speaks to reporters in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
February 28, 2018, 3:01 pm
Republican lawmaker blames Holocaust on gun control
Alaska congressman Don Young, a longtime NRA member, says millions of Jews could have avoided gas chambers had they been armed
By TOI staff
Spokesperson for the National Rifle Association (NRA) Dana Loesch speaks during the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on February 22, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON)
February 27, 2018, 6:30 pm
NRA spokeswoman accused of anti-Semitism over 2010 tweet
Dana Loesch says her comment was mocking the bigoted statements of a dismissed television host
By TOI staff
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel speaks during a news conference on Thursday, 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)
February 26, 2018, 3:11 am
Florida sheriff says he won’t resign over criticism following mass shooting
Scott Israel, head of police in Broward County, site of last week's deadly school massacre, says officer's inaction during incident makes him 'sick to my stomach'
By JTA
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