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A depiction of the Torgersen Bridge on the Virginia Tech University campus. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 20, 2017, 5:38 pm
Over 100 leaflets with swastikas left at Virginia Tech Chabad
Incident occurs a day after Orthodox outreach group’s campus center announced it would host a lecture by a Holocaust survivor
By JTA
A falafel sandwich ready to be eaten, part of the pantheon of Israeli food. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
January 2, 2017, 1:33 pm
Virginia Tech, Strauss seek Israeli firms for food R&D
Agro companies invited to apply for program offering ‘plethora of resources’ to draw ventures to the Eastern Seaboard state
By Shoshanna Solomon
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, speaking about Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor and victim of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, during a Democratic filibuster in the US Senate, June 15, 2016. (YouTube screenshot via JTA)
July 25, 2016, 4:08 am
Kaine, accepting VP slot, cites Holocaust survivor who died in shooting
Israeli-American engineering professor Liviu Librescu was killed trying to save his students during the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007
By JTA
Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) (YouTube screenshot)
June 17, 2016, 5:04 am
US senator invokes ‘hero’ Holocaust survivor in gun control debate
During filibuster, Tim Kaine praises engineering professor Liviu Librescu, who died saving his students in the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative photo of the scene of a car accident at the Halido junction near the Dead Sea on January 5, 2013. (Assaf Arbas/Firefighter Spokesperson/Flash90)
January 16, 2014, 10:00 pm
US study backs up Israeli law on risks of mobiles in cars
Talking on the phone? Not a problem. Fiddling and texting? Likely to cause more accidents among younger drivers
By Marissa Newman
December 18, 2012, 9:19 pm
USY to hold mass rally against gun violence
Conservative youth movement adds demonstration to its annual winter convention
An Israeli parent on the first day of school in 2009 (Photo credit: Gershon Elinson/ Flash 90)
December 17, 2012, 4:04 pm
In Israel, unlike the US, a privilege — but no right — to bear arms
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
By Mitch Ginsburg
Heavily armed Connecticut State troopers on the scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, December 2012 (photo credit: AP/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)
December 14, 2012, 9:52 pm
Gunman kills mother, then 26 others at elementary school
Officials say 20-year-old killer Adam Lanza killed himself; tearful Obama says nation must come together to take meaningful action
April 25, 2012, 9:32 am
Seth Greenberg, Maccabiah basketball coach, fired from Virginia Tech
Coach apparently shocked by decision
April 11, 2012, 8:11 am
Virginia Tech’s Greenberg tapped to coach Maccabiah basketball team
There will be two tryouts in August — one in New Jersey and another in California
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