The Feb. 14, 2018 shooting tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL in which 17 victims died still affects Rabbi Bradd Boxman five years later. Boxman is the spiritual leader of Congregation Kol Tikvah, a Reform synagogue in Parkland that is located about a mile from the high school. He said, “It…
WASHINGTON, DC – To fight the hate underlying mass shootings, hundreds took to the streets of America armed only with chalk. The campaign – ‘Chalk Over Hate’ – launchesd on the eve of Shavuot and on the National Day of Gun Violence Awareness, which took place last week. Over 900 participants across the country committed…
This whole week has been very difficult. For me. For my children. For you. And for our country. Nine people were killed and 27 injured early Sunday morning in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio, the city where my wife lived during her teen years. The attack came less than 24 hours after a man killed…
Every day, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and its Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) work on behalf of our Jewish community in Salem. And every year we provide you with an “end of session” report, which will add to the length of this week’s Marc’s Remarks. Marc’s Remarks is a weekly email from Jewish…
