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#WeSitTogether to End Gun Violence

Despite the historic June 22-23 sit-in staged by Members of Congress demanding a vote on gun violence prevention, the House of Representatives adjourned through July 5 without action.

#NotOneMore: Taking Action to End Gun Violence

Barbara Lerman-Golomb

The other day, I was asked why I got involved in the gun violence prevention movement. It’s because of my intolerance—I have no tolerance for injustice and nonsense.

This Rabbi is Taking the Fight Against Gun Violence Directly to Seattle Lawmakers

Max Rosenblum

In the month of June, which also marks National Gun Violence Awareness Month, our nation witnessed the largest and deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

Handgun over dictionary definition of "violence"

#NotOneMore: Taking Action to End Gun Violence on September 25

Barbara Lerman-Golomb

This past Mother’s Day, I marched with my family in the Moms Demand Action's 4th Annual Brooklyn Bridge March and Rally to End Gun Violence (#BridgetoGunSense).

Reform Movement Leader Condemns Senate's Failure to Pass Common Sense Measures to Prevent Gun Violence

June 20, 2016

Washington, D.C., June 20, 2016 – In response today’s Senate votes on expanding mandatory background checks and closing the terror gap, Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:

Havdalah with a Gun: A Poem After Violence

Stacey Zisook Robinson, z"l

Havdalah is a short service performed in the very narrow space that separates the holiness of Shabbat from the ordinarin

How Can We Combat the Scourge of Gun Violence?

Rabbi Joel Mosbacher

The scourge of gun violence is one that has affected so many of our neighbors, and we are commanded by Jewish tradition to act.

Responding to Orlando

Tracy Wolf

On Sunday, June 12, the largest and deadliest mass shooting in American history occurred at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida, leaving 49 lives lost, and over 53 people injured.

Remembering Charleston, One Year Later

Tracy Wolf

On June 17, 2015, one year ago today, nine people were killed at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina when a 21-year-old man opened fire in a weekly Bible study.

Rabbinic Responses (and More) to Yesterday's Orlando Nightclub Shooting

Mark J. Pelavin

I spent most of yesterday in the car, sitting in traffic, trying to make conversation with my wife, and thinking about the unfathomable horror of the massacre in Orlando. I find it all but impossible to mentally process evil of such magnitude, let alone to understand it.