On Friday December 14, a gunman armed with three high-powered firearms and high-capacity magazines walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Hundreds of shots were fired and twenty first-graders, ages six and seven, and six educators were killed.

This violent and horrific event aimed at children shocks our conscience and country. Our hearts are broken, our souls weep, and our arms are outstretched to the families of the victims, the survivors, the first responders, and the entire community of Newtown, Connecticut. In just the last few months, we have seen shootings at schools, malls, theaters, and houses of worship. We are pained and dismayed by the pandemic of gun violence, far exceeding other western nations, and we will not accept it.

Our tradition teaches us of the sanctity of life and how each and every person is created in the divine image. We must directly confront gun violence so that our nation is not marked nor the years measured by senseless massacres. We will not allow the intense emotion we feel now to return to a place of complacency where we become desensitized to the atrocities that unfold around us daily. We must come together to build a society worthy of those lost and a culture that represents our best virtues.

We stand committed to working with our local, state, and national leaders to squarely address these issues and honor the victims, survivors, and their families. We recognize the right of Americans to own guns, but we do not accept the current state of affairs. We stand united and call on our leaders to support comprehensive action, including meaningful legislation to limit access to assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines, aggressive enforcement of firearm regulations, robust efforts to ensure that every person in need has access to quality mental health care, and a serious national conversation about violence in media and games.

We, the undersigned, ask that President Obama, Congress, and every citizen to take direct and unequivocal action to stop the outrageous and unacceptable violence that is destroying the fabric of our society.
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Number Date Name Location
17353 Mon May 20 13:22:31 EDT 2013 Mamie Stewart Unlike with cancer, we actually have the ability to control guns in our country and stop the unnecessary and inexcusable loss of life.
17352 Sun May 19 16:49:29 EDT 2013 Carole Wilder
17351 Mon May 13 01:51:07 EDT 2013 Roberta Roos Dobbs Ferry, NY
17350 Thu May 09 10:11:06 EDT 2013 Jacob Toporek Scotch Plains, NJ
17349 Tue May 07 06:50:39 EDT 2013 David Strauss Charlotte, NC
17348 Mon May 06 21:30:19 EDT 2013 Noam Rauche Charlotte, NC
17347 Wed May 01 14:04:17 EDT 2013 Sarah Benor Los Angeles, CA
17346 Mon Apr 29 22:38:30 EDT 2013 Marquise Simmons
17345 Mon Apr 29 21:58:33 EDT 2013 Marquise Simmons
17344 Sun Apr 28 20:04:01 EDT 2013 Tiffany Faltas Saint Bonaventure, NY Tiffany Faltas
17343 Thu Apr 25 19:38:30 EDT 2013 Ann Kazer Andover, MA
17342 Thu Apr 25 13:03:42 EDT 2013 Harvey Shacket Sunland, CA
17341 Wed Apr 17 18:13:44 EDT 2013 Elka Looks San Francisco, CA
17340 Wed Apr 17 16:54:48 EDT 2013 Alayne Yates Bridgeton, MO
17339 Wed Apr 17 15:24:21 EDT 2013 Karen Greenbaum Wilmington, DE
17338 Wed Apr 17 15:09:20 EDT 2013 Elke Ereshefsky
17337 Wed Apr 17 15:07:42 EDT 2013 Marsha Goldwasser Highland Park, NJ
17336 Wed Apr 17 14:02:35 EDT 2013 Idelle Hammond-Sass Ann Arbor, MI Vote for this bi-partisan gun registration bill. Yes, they can use knives and bombs but let us prevent unlicenced and indescimminate ownership.
17335 Tue Apr 16 22:22:40 EDT 2013 Sue & Tom W. Penfield, NY
17334 Tue Apr 16 21:24:48 EDT 2013 Donna Oberstein Overland Park, KS
17333 Tue Apr 16 17:46:26 EDT 2013 Vanessa Garippo Chicago, IL
17332 Tue Apr 16 13:55:48 EDT 2013 Suzanne Lutkoff Sarasota, FL Suzanne G. Lutkoff
17331 Tue Apr 16 10:11:38 EDT 2013 Betty Lager Great Neck, NY I,m counting on you to pass gun laws to prevent
further wantless killings.
17330 Mon Apr 15 17:06:33 EDT 2013 Martin Cooper Livingston, NJ Hang your heads in shame, if you do not pass
a new reasonable gun law that will prevent future mass killings with assault rifles.
17329 Mon Apr 15 15:25:18 EDT 2013 Selwyn Oskowitz Boston, MA
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Rabbi Gary Bretton-Grantoor, World Union for Progressive Judaism

Cantor Jack Chomsky, Cantors Assembly

Sarrae Crane, Women's League for Conservative Judaism

Rabbi Elliot Dorff, American Jewish University

Rabbi Mark Dratch, Rabbinical Council of America

Rabbi Amy Eilberg, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning

Rabbi Steven Fox, Central Conference of American Rabbis

Abraham Foxman,
Anti-Defamation League

Rita Freedman, Jewish Labor Committee

Rabbi Laura Geller, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills

Rabbi Menachem Genack, Orthodox Union

Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal

Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Rabbinical Council of America

Rabbi Lisa Goldstein, Institute for Jewish Spirituality

Rabbi Leonard Gordon, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Rabbi Susan Grossman, Beth Shalom Congregation

Rabbi Steve Gutow, Jewish Council for Public Affairs

David Harris, American Jewish Committee

Rabbi Richard Hirsh, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association

Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale

Rabbi Richard Jacobs, Union for Reform Judaism

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America

Rabbi Simcha Katz, Orthodox Union

Nancy Kaufman, National Council of Jewish Women

Rabbi Jay Kornsgold, Beth El Synagogue

Daniel Mariaschin, B'nai B'rith International

Rabbi Jack Moline, The Rabbinical Assembly

Marci Natan, Hadassah

Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, New York Board of Rabbis

Rabbi Yehiel Poupko, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Rabbi Gilbert Rosenthal, National Council of Synagogues

Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, The Rabbinical Assembly

Rabbi Gerald Skolnik, The Rabbinical Assembly

Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Congregation Dorshe Tzedek

Rabbi David Teutsch, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Shalom Center

Rabbi Steve Weil, Orthodox Union

Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, Central Conference of American Rabbis

Rabbi Steve Wernick, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

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