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
17662 Fri Feb 07 22:47:16 EST 2014 N Prophet End gun violence, life is too precious to end violently.
17661 Sat Jan 25 14:35:22 EST 2014 Charles Maffei
17660 Mon Jan 20 23:47:29 EST 2014 Alan Herschman Monroe, NJ
17659 Tue Jan 07 12:18:44 EST 2014 Clifford Weiss Bellevue, WA
17658 Fri Dec 27 15:39:31 EST 2013 susan Mayon BELLEVUE, WA
17657 Sun Dec 22 03:54:37 EST 2013 Eva Jakubowicz Seattle , WA
17656 Fri Dec 20 17:00:14 EST 2013 Robin Plotnik Redmond, WA
17655 Fri Dec 20 00:59:48 EST 2013 Rita Lawson Seattle, WA
17654 Fri Dec 20 00:47:42 EST 2013 Florence Klein Seattle,
17653 Thu Dec 19 23:12:46 EST 2013 Dave Mumm Mercer island, WA A must.
17652 Thu Dec 19 22:33:35 EST 2013 Ward Hinds Concord, CA The fewer guns, the better.
17651 Thu Dec 19 21:37:37 EST 2013 Bonny Oborn Seattle, WA
17650 Thu Dec 19 20:18:40 EST 2013 Phyllis Levine, PhD Seattle, WA
17649 Thu Dec 19 19:19:55 EST 2013 Jan Held Seattle, WA
17648 Wed Dec 18 20:07:04 EST 2013 Linda Clifton Seattle , WA
17647 Wed Dec 18 17:49:40 EST 2013 Marilyn Wade Bellevue, WA
17646 Wed Dec 18 16:09:46 EST 2013 Zari Weiss Seattle , WA
17645 Sat Dec 14 16:45:30 EST 2013 Debra Hachen Jersey City, NJ
17644 Fri Dec 13 10:27:09 EST 2013 Melanie Krutzel
17643 Fri Dec 13 10:21:27 EST 2013 Paul Jacobson
17642 Tue Dec 10 15:53:15 EST 2013 Shaun Dakin Falls Church, VA
17641 Tue Dec 03 13:13:02 EST 2013 Richard Ellin Sandy Springs, GA
17640 Mon Dec 02 16:11:19 EST 2013 Judith Wolf Nashville, TN
17639 Mon Dec 02 14:13:12 EST 2013 Marvin Elmowitz West Caldwell, NJ
17638 Mon Dec 02 12:26:12 EST 2013 Capt. Maury Polse Lafayette, CA Give up your guns and take them away from the "sheeple" and when the National Socialists are marching you to the boxcar who will stop them?
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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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