This couldn’t happen anywhere: How coverage of the shooting failed Highland Park
Mass shootings are seemingly disparate, but almost all mass shooters are motivated by bigoted extremism that festers online
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Opinion I was named after my uncle who was shot and killed. His Hebrew name is a privilege I don’t bear lightly
How many Jewish babies in Highland Park will be named in honor of people who were murdered?
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News ‘The nicest person I’ve ever met’: Friends and family remember Katherine Goldstein, lost in Highland Park shooting
Goldstein, 64, was an avid bird-watcher, devoted mother and adventurous traveler
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News ‘A much more dangerous world’: A gathering of Highland Park Jews contemplates the July 4 massacre
Jews who spent most of their lives in the city try to make sense of the violence, and come to terms with a broken bubble of security
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News Jewish congressman from Highland Park is ‘holding on to the anger’ to act on gun control
Brad Schneider, a moderate Democrat from Ilinois, said he’s ‘hopeful’ that members of Congress will join forces to ban assault weapons
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News How the Highland Park shooter destroyed a Russian Jewish family’s American dream
Irina McCarthy, a Jewish Russian emigre, was killed along with her husband, Kevin. They leave behind two-year-old Aiden.
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Opinion Jewish tradition compels us to not become numb to gun violence
Our nation is held hostage by its worship of guns. Jewish teachings point us toward action.
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News ‘Everybody knows everybody’: At Highland Park prayer vigil, it feels like a small village
Presbyterian minister quoted from the Mishnah to a crowd of more than 400
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