Gun violence in America: Scandal!

By Rob Eshman
Published on May 22, 2013

Two years after his mother was shot and killed, Dallas Sonnier received a phone call from the police: His father had just been shot and killed.

Giffords: ‘Shame’ on senators who voted down gun checks

Published on April 18, 2013

The U.S. senators who defeated a bill that would toughen background checks for gun purchasers "brought shame on themselves," former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said.

Broad Jewish support for Obama’s gun proposals

Published on January 18, 2013

President Obama's new gun control proposals drew broad Jewish communal support.

An outsider’s viewpoint on the Sandy Hook shooting

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on December 18, 2012

The speech President Obama should have given after the Connecticut school shooting

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 14, 2012

When news of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School first broke, President Barack Obama stood before the nation, felt our grief and shed a tear.

Jews and guns: A day on the firing range

By Ryan Torok
Published on December 5, 2012

Susanne Reyto carefully loaded her rifle and switched the safety off. Peering into the scope attached to the top of the weapon, she pulled the trigger while former U.S. Army platoon leader Charlie Jasper looked on to ensure she was handling her weapon safely.

A meditation on the Bulgaria and Colorado tragedies

Published on July 20, 2012

The month of Av has come upon us in a manner true to historical form. Mishenikhnas Av, m’ma’atin b’simha… When the month of Av begins, we are told, we are instructed to diminish our joy. Sadly, a week of violence and tragedy all over the world has done it for us.

Gun is only way to fight Israel, Hamas head says

Published on February 13, 2012

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said in Iran that armed resistance is the only way to fight against Israel. The "gun is our only response to the Zionist regime," Haniyeh said Monday in Tehran, according to the semi-official Iranian Fars news agency.

Reform cites Giffords shooting in urging clip ban

Published on April 28, 2011

The Reform movement cited the attack that seriously wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others in urging Congress to ban high-capacity ammunition clips. "The clips can hold 30, 50 or even 100 rounds, enabling shooters to cause serious casualties before needing to reload," read the letter that Rabbi David Saperstein, the director of the movement's Religious Action Center, sent to all members of Congress.

My Interview with the Department of Homeland Security!

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 1, 2011

ANALYSIS: Sarah Palin . . . and the Jews

By Rob Eshman
Published on August 29, 2008

For Jews who are not necessarily Israel Firsters, she carries some positives and negatives. Positives: she is a crusader for good government and a fiscal conservative. She is smart and successful and patriotic. Jews like all these things.

Ready, Aim, Birthday!

By Judy Gruen
Published on March 9, 2006

It's not every day that I am E-vited to a birthday party promising to feature live ammunition. Excitedly, I E-sponded with a resounding "yes." Paula was throwing a Wild West-themed shindig for her husband Bill's birthday. It was a "BYOF" (Bring Your Own Firearm) affair.

For the Children

By Michael Aushenker
Published on May 18, 2000

"What do we want?" asked the speaker.
"Common sense gun laws!" came the response.
"When do we want them?"
"NOW!" roared the crowd.

Opposing Gun Violence

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 4, 2000

On Mother's Day, May 14, they'll be rallying in Washington, Los Angeles and 38 other cities across the nation to demand concrete action against the gun violence that scars the face of America like a festering wound.

The Diminished Assault on Truth and Memory

By Michael Berenbaum
Published on April 20, 2000

In the wake of the Littleton shooting tragedy, a nation of finger-pointers has rounded up the usual suspects: media violence, guns, video games, the Internet. But for Jonathan Kellerman, this laundry list -- inevitably brought out in the wake of such violence -- omits one major source of responsibility: the perpetrators. "We'll blame society," says an unsurprised Kellerman. "And we'll forget about it until the next tragedy."
Kellerman is not being cynical or prophetic, just reflective.

On Guard in the West Bank

By David Margolis
Published on January 7, 1999

Is this me? Eight o'clock on a Tuesday evening, I'm strolling down the ordinary street of my town, carrying an M-16 rifle. Tonight, it's my turn again to do shmirah, guard duty, a chore required about once a month of every male resident here at Beit Yattir, the West Bank village where I live part time.